Coronavirus - Australia
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@taniwharugby yeah, said this new version of omicron will be the dominant strain by next month, but nothing more than we're keeping an eye on it
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Cases and hospitalisations trending upwards again now that everyone's crotch goblins are back in school.
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@antipodean the vibe i got was not to a level which anyone was worried about though, which was good and hopefully it stays that way
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@kiwiwomble last report our school had was 15% - those are known. There will be others of course.
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Wife and I both have it now so the kids are all home until the w/e. Trying to avoid the daughter catching it (again) as she has a big running comp on the w/e. Wife had it first and hit much harder - I'm a bit tired from a restless sleep last night with a few sweats and weird dreams, but no other symptoms today since a few chills and sweats yesterday.
That said, I have ingested half my body weight in neurofen and panadol, so that may be helping.
Bloody painful being stuck at home again TBH!
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@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Wife and I both have it now so the kids are all home until the w/e. Trying to avoid the daughter catching it (again) as she has a big running comp on the w/e. Wife had it first and hit much harder - I'm a bit tired from a restless sleep last night with a few sweats and weird dreams, but no other symptoms today since a few chills and sweats yesterday.
That said, I have ingested half my body weight in neurofen and panadol, so that may be helping.
Bloody painful being stuck at home again TBH!
Is this your second time?
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Fucking LOL
I'm sitting in a restaurant on the esplanade. A "freedom rally" just walked past.
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@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Australia:
The fuck are these people protesting?
What have you got?
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@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Fucking LOL
I'm sitting in a restaurant on the esplanade. A "freedom rally" just walked past.
The fuck are these people protesting?I wouldn't mind some freedoms back right now?
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LOL, ask them about there new dude, Vlad Putin.
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@antipodean said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Sydney Airport is a shit fight. Apparently it's the fault of "inexperienced travellers" and "close contact rules".
Perfect opportunity to kill two birds with one stone: The theatre of security and these ridiculous covid rules in 2022.
so, lucky enough to travel last week. Relatively pain free in the end. "restrictions" at our destination were not overly tough to navigate, and in the end mainly lip service.
Getting back in to Aus not too bad, had to download an app, but that was it. Everything scanned in so data input minimal.
And both ways everything taken care of at time of check-in, so customs was the same old automatic e-gates.Way out Brisbane International Terminal still not at 100% open inside, but understandable when there was only 13 flights a day.
Yep, everything was sweet, right up until coming back through Sydney airport. Hooooly fuck. I was there about 3 weeks back and it was bad then. This was worse. Way worse.
Starters. The domestic transfer desk at the International Airport? closed. Still sending people down there, but only to make their way to the domestic terminal on the bus. Leaving the poor driver to try and sort out international travelers, their luggage, and various levels of English. predictable shitfight.
Get to the terminals and both are just a sea of people. Two Qantas staff to man the whole front, including check in kiosks and bad drop and directing people.
4 scanners open to do the whole fucking terminal, so the line was all the way around the terminal.Alan Joyce having a pop at travellers is a fucking joke.
Both the airlines and the airports sacked all their fucking staff. Now they are trying to re-open with inadequate staffing levels of inexperienced people (i have heard horror stories about how bad the ground crews are) and just expecting to cover it all. Guess what guys, not even fucking close. Sydney airport is an embarrassment to the Country at the moment. We want and expect tourists to come here, but this is a shithouse first impression.Also, on Security. Am I the only one who finds it ridiculous the levels we go to when screening every single person because of one very high profile, and some less high profile incidents 20 years ago?
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@mariner4life But did you find time to watch the Chiefs/Blues game?
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@tim said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@mariner4life But did you find time to watch the Chiefs/Blues game?
what game? As far as i am aware the comp went on holidays too
at least, one squad appeared to
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I'm supposed to be on a regional flight with my 11 month old baby tomorrow. Originally my wife was accompanying us, but COVID has ripped through our house and she will still be isolating. Thanks to the NSW close contact rules we are allowed out as we both have recovered in the last 14 days.
It's the first flight with the baby. I'm doing it on my own. And the airport is apparently an apocalypse. Having real second thoughts now, and eyeing off the 5 hour drive down the coast instead...
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@barbarian said in Coronavirus - Australia:
I'm supposed to be on a regional flight with my 11 month old baby tomorrow. Originally my wife was accompanying us, but COVID has ripped through our house and she will still be isolating. Thanks to the NSW close contact rules we are allowed out as we both have recovered in the last 14 days.
It's the first flight with the baby. I'm doing it on my own. And the airport is apparently an apocalypse. Having real second thoughts now, and eyeing off the 5 hour drive down the coast instead...
good chance your flight will be delayed 5 hours anyway...
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@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Also, on Security. Am I the only one who finds it ridiculous the levels we go to when screening every single person because of one very high profile, and some less high profile incidents 20 years ago?
No. No, you definitely are not. It gives me the shits every time... especially when there have been SOOO many tests proving that the "Security" is fucking ineffective anyway.
And I always get to fuming that it's not just that it was one very high profile incident 20 years ago. It's that they are testing against somebody doing exactly the same thing again. That incident was so successful because it was reasonably innovative.
Then some fella thought of making a "shoe bomb" - and suddenly we're all taking our shoes off to go through Security.
Guess what... the next big event is going to be another new idea... and not prevented by checking for copycat terrorists.The worst part for me is always re-boarding the plane at whatever airport I stopped at halfway from UK-NZ. By then, I've already been travelling for god-knows how many hours. I'm probably more than a little inebriated. And then I have to go through some nonsense security to board my 2nd plane. "Yes, sure, I'll take my laptop out of my bag, put it all aside for some reason, great - yes, you're doing a great job. Now, please pass me those 2 glass
weapons, whoops, no... sorry... misspoke - bottles, to take onboard with me? Cheers."