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Is there an extra zero in the global last 5 day death number Russ??
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When was the last Covid death in Australia?
(Serious question....) We have like 15 on average per day (similar population to Victoria)
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In other statistical news: Greece has had a bad time lately and their CMR has almost doubled to 3.235% as had their deaths per 100k which is now at 40.842. Slovenia has also doubled the rates although they aren't as bad at 2.238% and 114.433. The countries with the worst CMR (only counting populations above 500k) are: Yemen (29.057%), Ecuador (6.761%), Sudan (6.315%), Bolivia (6.23%), Egypt (5.646%), China (5.336%), Liberia (4.666%), Iran (4.621%) and Afghanistan (4.1%). The global average is 2.199% and Australia is still above that with 3.22%. In fairness, the CMR of most of those is slanted because they have very low test percentages with Yemen (0.6%), Ecuador (4.04%), Sudan (0.0%), Bolivia (3.3%), Egypt (1.0%), China (11.1%), Liberia (0.78%), Iran (8.45%) and Afghanistan (0.47%). The global average is 14.2% tested and Australia is at 41.77%. Note: as some people have had multiple tests this does not imply that 41% of the population have been tested but it is a useful comparison with other countries. A better indicator is cases per 100k of population. Again, only counting countries over 500k population we have: Slovenia (5,112), Bahrain (5,135), Armenia (5,199), Belgium (5,400), USA (5,574), French Polynesia (5,818), Czechia (5,860) and Luxembourg (7,165) the worst. The global average is 998.4/100k and Australia has had 110.5/100k. There are 18 countries below 10 cases / 100k; 159 below 100 cases / 100k; and 117 countries above 500 cases / 100k. In terms of mortalities per 100k, the global average is 21.95 with Australia at 3.56 and the worst affected countries with more than 500k population being: Belgium (160.7), Italy (114.4), Slovenia (114.3), Bosnia (112.9), Peru (112.5), North Macedonia (111.0), Spain (105.3) and Montenegro (100.3). The USA narrowly misses that list with 98.66/100k. There are now 217 countries with at least 1 case although 24 of those have had no deaths. There are a further 47 countries with less than 2 deaths / 100k; 29 between 2 and 10 deaths / 100k but also 80 countries with more than 20/100k.
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Since they arrived before the border restrictions, there's no record of them arriving in Melbourne. Only decided to get tested because daughter showed symptoms. If the daughter didn't show symptoms, she could've been out in the community, and potentially spread it around in Melbourne. How many others have arrived in Melbourne from NSW hot spots before the border closure? How many will be willing to do the right thing and get tested (specially if they're NSW residents), knowing that if they return a positive result their Christmas and New Year plans are done and dusted?? Well done to the mother and daughter for doing the right thing by getting tested, and telling contact tracers exactly where and who they had exposure with. |
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The last recorded death in Australia was on November 30th so 23 days ago but that was an older one that had been missed. Otherwise the previous one was October 28th.
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Bet there's a lot of less honest people who got out of Sydney about the same timeframe with symptoms who haven't bothered to get tested.. |
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What happened the last few days could all be hype and hysteria over nothing....or it could be a wuhan moment....no one knows and there are too many unknowns. Their residents panicked and "escaped" in droves. This virus has an incubation period and won't know the full impact until another week or so. Even if the "new cases" remain low over the next couple of days, my bet is that the states won't reopen borders until about a week after New Years. They'll want to see the impact of Christmas and NYE activities. There are also still a number of "mystery" cases not linked to the cluster, which epidemiologists are very concerned about. |
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DIY Tragic
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I haven’t heard personally of anyone fleeing as implied.
A lot of people have been waiting to go places prior to this outbreak, if they’re domiciled away from the “epicentre” why wouldn’t they have gone? |
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https://au.news.yahoo.com/sydney-air...202216455.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-holidays.html "Greater Sydney" has been declared a red zone for a reason. The virus doesn't just stick to the epicentre. Anyhow, it looks like they have a very good handle on the known cluster. Its the mystery cases, of which some were detected in the CBD? which are most concerning at this stage. If you look back through Vic's 2nd wave, the numbers were low for a week or so, I think we even had one day of ZERO, then jumped into high teens, then back to low teens, then it just escalated. Current reports from QLD is that there are A LOT of cars trying to get through, and quite a large number are not qualified. How many of these passed through rural NSW, stopped over to have a bite or a drink? This is why Vic enforced the ring of steel around metro melb. It not only protected the regional areas, it also hindered people crossing over to SA, ACT and NSW. Anyway, we all hope for the best. Last edited by T3rminator; 22-12-2020 at 05:32 PM. |
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Friggin unreal what some read in reports eh and or posted on here wish some facts would be made instead of hear say. Booking increased all over for people in other states and nsw due to typical panic to get back home in fear of lockdowns/isolating/border closures etcetc.... Don't you think that is normal if your in that position. FFS covid has really brought out some spinners. There will always be people trying to beat a system, any system they are the ones who need to be dealt with thats for sure.
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This just shows how out of touch Trump was with the virus......
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-...pital/13002874
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Turn it up mate, it wouldn't be NSW streets I expect you mean Sydney streets but thats how you read it somewhere without thinking, you talk rubbish so many times.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Agree. This one took the cake. The sheer arrogance. |
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#8476 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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What is with this thread turning people into disrespectful jerks?
It is the thread doing this right? |
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And this seems like a good time to remind everyone about AFF's Site Terms & Conditions.
Specifically 3. Posts that are disrespectful or insulting to another forum member. Remember that everyone is entitled to their opinion as long as it is expressed in a reasoned manner. Any more will be deleted.
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Just how....? It's boggling to the mind
![]() Coronavirus cases recorded in Antarctica at Chilean research station https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-...ctica/13007596 |
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Interesting to note, the Oliver's Real Food outlet at Gundagai NSW, the one where the positive case visited on Thursday, has a "Closed due to power outage" sign at the door today!!
Not a sign stating they're closed due to COVID exposure on this day / time, deep cleaning in progress, please go and get tested, etc. etc. - but because of a "power outage"?? WTF? I can't confirm this, but apparently they have remained open as usual since Thursday, until this morning. So no deep cleaning happening there, just closing of the doors. |
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I'm still wearing my mask until vaccines appear or we start hitting zeros for months. |
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#8482 | |||
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Here is the latest list of locations and recommendations by NSW Health. Doesn't look to be a northern beaches only issue.
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In a strange way all the panic being created by border restrictions changing may make it worse by everyone rushing to get out.
I have always thought it is quite counter productive from a health perspective to give advanced deadlines rather than immediate action though of course people will complain if they don't have it. We will see how it all plays out but what is happening in NSW at the moment is not yet comparable to anything that has happened in VIC. Diplomats don't have to quarantine due to international protocol which is no different elsewhere and it was previously the airline's responsibility to manage it's aircrew in NSW. It's in the airlines best interest to be safe to keep flights going into the country and if it was a bigger issue then we would have had these problems ages ago. NSW have already made changes which close this gap but which may affect flight availability for those wanting to coming back here. I wouldn't blame NSW for capping their arrival numbers and tell everyone else to pick up their fair share after all of this. |
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OK everyone, time to have a reset.
A couple of you are long term, very valued members on this forum, but you are starting to back the mods into a corner where we will have to start taking more formal action. Please don't put us in this position. |
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It will be interesting to see how much the cooler weather has boosted testing rates, ongoing.
As to behaviour outside the “red zone”, I visited Aldi and Woolies today, both times using Google live traffic to gauge a quieter period. Almost no mask usage, and the Woolies was a black mark for physical distance. People seemed focused simply on shopping, not safe shopping. |
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Yeah theres a little too much alarm for what is basically zero covid impact.
Too much anger at these people who may or may not have left someplace while they did or didn't have some virus. Its the holidays people go see family , they spend money doing that and money is hard to come by right now. So its understandable they don't want to be trapped away from home . It could be financial disaster to be stranded away from home , for weeks because of some panic . You could lose your job to someone who may be in even more financial distress than you. Anyway , while because I never officially got my test results to know for sure , because I am convinced I had the covid I walk around feeling like I don't have to worry all that much about it and its a great relief actually. I believe I had it and while I wear a mask when I'm around strangers I no longer give two ****s about anything I hear on the news and live in a state of comparative bliss because of it. Like my mother is 79, I don't want her to get it right? SO she should and does , stay home and I do shopping for her and bring her most of what she needs . I feel like I'm a safe contact point to the world . Regardless of what the lunatics on TV say , if you get it and survive you are not going to worry about getting it again. Whether its technically possible or not , its not an issue. I'm not saying go make out with a covid patient but if you happen to get a mild dose of it you can then move on from the drama. ![]() |
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Well they are now saying the antibody tests are not reliable. And its probably out of pocket so you have to weigh the bragging rights of being the first kid on your block to curb stomp the covid against forking up to pay for a test ![]() We are in a media terror bubble here and its ludicrous . I mean its a virus which is sucky to get but 99% survivable right? Like driving double the speedlimit on the highway , most of the time you should be fine. The media loves itself some pandemic to go on about . We had 4 years of nonstop Trump whining now its virus whining what are they going to do when the two are over? |
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