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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2020 17:42:02 GMT 10
Time is up....its act now or sink.
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Post by caskur on Aug 11, 2020 18:47:13 GMT 10
Time is up....its act now or sink. It's up and humans are sinking already. This virus plaguing our planet is probably the end. So what do we do with the time? Our Prem. is going to keep our hard boarders for 1 year.... My oldies generation are dead and dying... we're next.
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Post by caskur on Aug 12, 2020 18:15:48 GMT 10
WA is sending masks and Nurses to Victoria to help.
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Post by Gort on Aug 12, 2020 22:12:33 GMT 10
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Post by Gort on Aug 18, 2020 14:30:51 GMT 10
Meanwhile ... in Victoria ... It started with a family of four: Rydges seeded 90% of Victoria's second-wave COVID casesBy Tammy Mills and Noel Towell August 18, 2020 — 12.08pm More than 90 per cent of COVID-19 cases in Victoria's deadly second wave have been traced to a family who arrived back from overseas in May and were quarantined at Melbourne's Rydges on Swanston hotel. Dr Charles Alpren, an epidemiologist at the Department of Health and Human Services, told the inquiry into the state's hotel quarantine program on Tuesday that the rest of the cases could be traced back to three more travellers who were quarantined at the Stamford Plaza the following month. The epidemiologist told the inquiry that Victoria's efforts to control its second surge of COVID-19 could have been improved by a better understanding of at-risk and marginalised communities and that although Victoria had a large scale testing program while the second wave developed, "you've got to test the right people". Dr Alpren said he and his colleagues had been unable to pinpoint the exact "transmission events" at either hotel when the virus escaped from the quarantined travellers to staff, although "opportunities for transmission" had been identified. Monday's hearings heard that returned travellers, quarantined the Rydges on Swanston and Stamford Plaza, were the source of more than 99 per cent of the state's current COVID-19 cases. But the DHHS specialist provided more detail on Tuesday morning about how the outbreaks, which have forced Melbourne into a strict stage four lockdown and claimed dozens of lives, spread from returned travellers, via hotel workers and security guards and into the community. Dr Charles Alpren said the Rydges hotel outbreak started with a family of four who arrived in Australia on May 9 and who all fell ill and were diagnosed in the subsequent nine days. He did not specify which country the family returned from, but they are believed to have come from Bangladesh. On May 25, three members of staff, identified in Dr Alpren's evidence as a "mixture of Rydges employees and external staff", were then diagnosed with COVID-19. When asked by lawyer for Rydges, Andrew Woods, if the external staff were government-contracted security guards, DHHS lawyer Claire Harris, QC, objected to the question and the inquiry upheld the objection. Dr Alpren referred in his witness statement to a suggestion that the family was taken by security guards for a walk outside the hotel on May 18, but there is no conclusive evidence that the virus was passed on during the walk. By June, 17 staff members and people close to them, such as their family members, contracted coronavirus. It all stemmed from the family of four, Dr Alpren said. The Stamford Plaza outbreak has been traced back to a couple and another returned traveller. The returned traveller – a man – returned to Australia from overseas and commenced mandatory quarantine on June 1, Dr Alpren said. He became symptomatic the same day and was diagnosed with COVID-19 on June 4. The couple returned to Australia on June 11 and were diagnosed on June 15 and 16. The $3 million inquiry into the hotel quarantine system, set up by the Andrews government and led by former judge Jennifer Coate, also heard on Monday that DHHS advice to guards at quarantine hotels was "inappropriate" for use in a high-risk setting. Asked for his view about what might improve the state's response to outbreaks of transmissible diseases, Dr Alpren said community understanding was crucial. "There is nothing as far as case and contact tracing that beats local understanding," Dr Alpren said. "Understanding the communities that are affected by whatever disease you are seeking to control is crucial to be able to bond with those communities and work with them to reduce disease transmission." www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/it-started-with-a-family-of-four-rydges-seeded-90-per-cent-of-victoria-s-second-wave-covid-cases-20200818-p55mqe.html
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Post by KTJ on Aug 18, 2020 15:20:22 GMT 10
KTJ you are a bigoted cretin Merely stating FACTS.
Nothing more and nothing less.
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Post by pim on Aug 18, 2020 17:35:08 GMT 10
Careful ... you'll upset The Jew. Facts? Yes Freddy did disclose that factoid about his background years ago. So long ago in fact that I can’t remember when it became common knowledge on the board nor the circumstances. But it’s generally accepted and Freddy doesn’t deny it so I guess it qualifies as a “fact”. Not a particularly controversial one. A bit like you disclosing that you drive trains for a living. Some people have taken the low road and have tried to use it against you. But not me. Here’s another fact: you try to weaponise Freddy’s stated Jewishness against him as a sneer and a slur. Like you do in the post of yours that I quoted which is the context of my reply to you that you are a bigoted cretin. And I repeat that assertion because it is a fact as well as the truth. Not a shallow opportunistic sleazy racist half truth that you use to insult, demean and spread hate, but the deeper truth that your racist sledging attempts to deny: KTJ, you are a bigoted cretin. Michelle Obama puts it best ... www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000007293952/michelle-obama-dnc-speech.html
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Post by Gort on Aug 18, 2020 17:40:28 GMT 10
Careful ... you'll upset The Jew. Facts? Yes Freddy did disclose that factoid about his background years ago. So long ago in fact that I can’t remember when it became common knowledge on the board nor the circumstances. But it’s generally accepted and Freddy doesn’t deny it so I guess it qualifies as a “fact”. Not a particularly controversial one. A bit like you disclosing that you drive trains for a living. Some people have taken the low road and have tried to use it against you. But not me. Here’s another fact: you try to weaponise Freddy’s stated Jewishness against him as a sneer and a slur. Like you do in the post of yours that I quoted which is the context of my reply to you that you are a bigoted cretin. And I repeat that assertion because it is a fact as well as the truth. Not a shallow opportunistic sleazy racist half truth that you use to insult, demean and spread hate, but the deeper truth that your racist sledging attempts to deny: KTJ, you are a bigoted cretin. Michelle Obama puts it best ... www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000007293952/michelle-obama-dnc-speech.htmlWas it Jody or Stellar who observed that having driven away almost everyone from this board, they would then turn on each other. Spot on.
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Post by pim on Aug 18, 2020 18:06:16 GMT 10
Trickles gratuitously inserts himself into the exchange. His agenda? Gaslighting. Makes sense given his own racist track record.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2020 18:38:43 GMT 10
Should we care since Yassir went all religiosity and supports Trump who has vowed to make Israel great at the expense of the Palestinians...?
Notice in the media when they talk of the Palestinians as if they are trying to make a illegitimate claim on Israel's land.
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Post by pim on Aug 18, 2020 19:33:25 GMT 10
I can agree with everything that you just said, Ponto, but gratuitous Jew-baiting is a separate issue and I will call it out whenever KTJ takes that low road.
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Post by Gort on Aug 19, 2020 11:15:44 GMT 10
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Post by Gort on Aug 21, 2020 13:09:47 GMT 10
Speaking of State Premiers and borders ... What price to cross over?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2020 7:52:47 GMT 10
Allowing travellers from O/S into the country who have the virus stops people who are in need of medical operations and who have been on waiting list for years unbale to get operations due to these people with covid, students mean money...money before people neoliberalism..
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Post by caskur on Aug 28, 2020 20:29:36 GMT 10
Speaking of State Premiers and borders ... What price to cross over? If this is true, it is a diabolical act. They cannot even stop drugs coming in.... occasionally they get lucky but since they test the urine at sewage plants, we know drugs infested Oz.
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Post by Gort on Aug 30, 2020 10:27:46 GMT 10
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Post by Gort on Sept 11, 2020 23:10:39 GMT 10
Meanwhile, in Victoria ...
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Post by Gort on Oct 8, 2020 9:29:02 GMT 10
Nice assortment of masks ...
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Post by Gort on Oct 11, 2020 18:23:53 GMT 10
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Post by caskur on Oct 11, 2020 18:38:38 GMT 10
In WA I saw, on 2 separate occasions, a pair of males in their 20's shake hands and a female recptionist cough straight into her hand. You wonder why Vic and NSW never seem to crush this virus?..... target the 18-30 year olds with repetitive information. They are not a very bright generation.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2020 15:09:51 GMT 10
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Post by Gort on Oct 26, 2020 17:34:16 GMT 10
Meanwhile, the latest IPSOS poll shows ... Andrews support strong, but Liberal leader floundering: pollSupport for Premier Daniel Andrews remains solid, with just over half of Victorians backing his handling of the coronavirus pandemic despite months of tough lockdown restrictions and criticism over the failed hotel quarantine program. In a week that saw new daily COVID-19 cases drop to single digits after a peak of 725 in August, an Ipsos poll commissioned by The Age and Nine News found 52 per cent of Victorians surveyed approved of the way Mr Andrews had performed his role, with 33 per cent disapproving. The online poll conducted over three days last week before Mr Andrews' decision on Sunday to temporarily delay easing restrictions or Monday's announcement that they would proceed this week. The poll's findings are devastating for the opposition. Only 15 per cent approved of Opposition Leader Michael O'Brien's performance during the pandemic. His approval rating among even Coalition supporters surveyed was just 27 per cent. The poll found opinion was divided on how the state government overall had handled the pandemic in Victoria. Of the 858 Victorians surveyed, 49 per cent were satisfied and 40 per cent dissatisfied. www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/andrews-support-strong-but-liberal-leader-floundering-poll-20201026-p568kz.html
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Post by Gort on Oct 27, 2020 9:26:14 GMT 10
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Post by Stellar on Oct 27, 2020 9:29:54 GMT 10
It's about bloody time!!
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Post by Gort on Oct 27, 2020 9:39:46 GMT 10
LOL It has been a really testing time down here (no pun intended.)
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