Originally Posted by
Ex FSO GRIFFO
Just a thought.......
A 'Particular Problem' in WA at the mo., is that the hospitals are ALL 'understaffed', nurses and docs are run 'off their combined feet', ambulance ramping is 'rampart'.
Due to staff shortages due the Virus and 'isolations'......
So, naturally, the WA Gummint HAS TO cancel 'non urgent' surgery, and 'other treatments' so as to leave 'some beds' available for the inevitable......following the
introduction of people - yes fellow humans - back into WA ('cause they actually live here' / 'used to live here'...) BUT.....they MIGHT bring in the 'dreaded lurgy'.
So, 'we' politicians just 'close the gate'.......ZIMPLES!!! To protect our 'authority AND our jobs' of course.....WHO SAID THAT???
No names......But without an 'effective' opposition....(in WA).....WOT CAN ONE DO??
Even some business leaders are re-locating to the 'East' 'cause they reckon they cannot do business here to an adequate satisfaction.....so they say.
So, the PM opens the gates to INTL arrivals by air, and then what? Does the WA Premier say 'NYET'..??
Interesting times ahead methinks.
Cheers .....
What is all the apparent fear about Omicron anyway in WA? All my family, and many aquantances have had it this year. No real problems. In my case 70+, nearly symptomless, perhaps a sore throat, nothing more than the usual sniffles we get in our normal UK Winter. All clear in 8 days. (Easy to check/test, as the Pharmacies have an ample supply of free Lateral Flow self test kits, and free on line from our NHS)
For the majority of the fully vaccinated, life is almost back to normal. Fortunately the prevelant C19 strain now seems to be more an inconvenience than a debilitating illness.