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So 2 or 300,000 dead (in Australia) but more likely over a million in ICU. The hospitals will be completely overwhelmed and they will be digging mass graves like they did in New York. That means if your car or plane crashes then no hospital bed for you sorry, you can die on the street.
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If you have been in Victoria in the last 14 days.. you are no longer allowed to come into WA, no matter what reason you have. The only exception are transport and freight workers.
So... you still can come into WA from Vic with the right reason?
So... you still can come into WA from Vic with the right reason?
Its interesting looking at Sweden’s well publicised figures. Both total cases and deaths on a significant decline without harsh lockdowns. I wonder if in years to come we’ll look at their solution as better overall in the long term? Let it run its course rather than rolling lockdowns for who knows how long.
Worldometer Sweden Coronavirus Cases
Worldometer Sweden Coronavirus Cases
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1% of the Australian population is 250,000. It should be pretty obvious that not everybody dies from the virus, in fact most recover but some end up in ICU. Australia has ~2500 ICU beds (as of March, could be more now). Pretty simple maths, right?
Or are you one of these "it's all a hoax!" people? We're shutting down society for fun or because "comrade dan" is a closet commie and wants to steal our liberties ? ...........
What bull**** are you going to come up with next?
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Hoax? Where do you draw that conclusion? Who said it was a hoax? Apart from a few of Chairman Dan's comrades.
Can't be any worse than the hysterical bull**** you're coming up with.
What bull**** are you going to come up with next?
WA borders just got a lot tighter. Both national and international. People who were coming from Victoria to work on the mines and things like that.. no longer can. If you have been in Victoria in the last 14 days.. you are no longer allowed to come into WA, no matter what reason you have. The only exception are transport and freight workers. More to come ...
short flights long nights
The Swedish government is having a review to see what can be done BETTER now they’re past the worst of it. NOT because they think they’ve done the wrong thing.
Like any sensible government should after this is over.
The Swedish mortality rate is now back to average. The UK mortality rate is also back to average.
There are studies now suggesting the UK mortality rate may actually be lower for the next 1-5 years because COVID brought some deaths forward.
Nobody likes losing their loved ones. I’m not about to volunteer mine either. But the longer this goes on, the better the information available gets.
No this is not the Flu.
But neither is it SARS or MERS.
Lets try to stick to some facts instead of the worst case ‘what if’ that’s always presented by most of the media.
Its interesting looking at Sweden’s well publicised figures. Both total cases and deaths on a significant decline without harsh lockdowns. I wonder if in years to come we’ll look at their solution as better overall in the long term? Let it run its course rather than rolling lockdowns for who knows how long.
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Hong Kong also, masks are common place there, seems to be key to stopping the spread of the virus
Maybe you should look up the what's allowed and what isn't, the border closure has never been a hard closure. Flights between the states and from OS have been allowed from day one, as has vehicle traffic and there are processes in place to handle it. To call WA's border closure porous is ignorant.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-...unday/12377760
If it wasn't porous then why the need to tighten entry even further?
No and No.
The Swedish government is having a review to see what can be done BETTER now they’re past the worst of it. NOT because they think they’ve done the wrong thing.
Like any sensible government should after this is over.
The Swedish mortality rate is now back to average. The UK mortality rate is also back to average.
There are studies now suggesting the UK mortality rate may actually be lower for the next 1-5 years because COVID brought some deaths forward.
Nobody likes losing their loved ones. I’m not about to volunteer mine either. But the longer this goes on, the better the information available gets.
No this is not the Flu.
But neither is it SARS or MERS.
Lets try to stick to some facts instead of the worst case ‘what if’ that’s always presented by most of the media.
The Swedish government is having a review to see what can be done BETTER now they’re past the worst of it. NOT because they think they’ve done the wrong thing.
Like any sensible government should after this is over.
The Swedish mortality rate is now back to average. The UK mortality rate is also back to average.
There are studies now suggesting the UK mortality rate may actually be lower for the next 1-5 years because COVID brought some deaths forward.
Nobody likes losing their loved ones. I’m not about to volunteer mine either. But the longer this goes on, the better the information available gets.
No this is not the Flu.
But neither is it SARS or MERS.
Lets try to stick to some facts instead of the worst case ‘what if’ that’s always presented by most of the media.
ok, so he didn’t say this then?
Sweden's top epidemiologist has admitted his strategy to fight COVID-19 resulted in too many deaths, after persuading his country to avoid a strict lockdown.
"If we were to encounter the same illness with the same knowledge that we have today, I think our response would land somewhere in between what Sweden did and what the rest of the world has done," Anders Tegnell said in an interview with Swedish Radio.
But you are right when you say it is not SARS or MERS
Covid has killed a bucket Load more people than they have...And that’s the facts Jack.
And just to prove it is not only the yobbos who can’t follow the rules, check out the crew selfie and story in this one.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-...paign=abc_news
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-...paign=abc_news
Again, any decent government could make the same comment:
“If we were to encounter the same illness with the same knowledge that we have today”
We would do.... ???
My point with COVID vs SARS/MERS is the average mortality. If you want to go for total deaths, a bad flu season still kills more people. I’m arguing that the overbearing response of a lot of countries will not work long term. There will have to be some sort of risk vs reward discussion to decide what each individual country want. That depends on how bad they’ve got it IE; every response will be different.
For the morons who think “let the 1% die”, etc. The problem children, is that the mechanics of a pandemic will see the hospitals completely overwhelmed. It’s not about the. number of deaths it’s about the RATE OF CASES PRESENTING. The entire medical system gets overwhelmed and collapses. Think 100,000 people all trying to get medical attention at once at one hospital.
That means you break a leg, you die. Difficult birth you die. Heart attack you die. accident you die. There will be no medical treatment available at a all for anything. No pharmacies either. Your baby gets sick, it dies.
Under those conditions the economy stops. People don’t go to work. Food doesn’t get delivered. Power generation stops. Petrol stations close. Supermarkets can’t open. Panic, Riots, looting, crime collapse. That is what happens. You had a tiny taste a few months ago.
That is why the doctors talk about smoothing the curve, blunting the peak, etc.
You should be aware that Governments have been very carefully monitoring stuff like food and energy supplies for this reason.
That means you break a leg, you die. Difficult birth you die. Heart attack you die. accident you die. There will be no medical treatment available at a all for anything. No pharmacies either. Your baby gets sick, it dies.
Under those conditions the economy stops. People don’t go to work. Food doesn’t get delivered. Power generation stops. Petrol stations close. Supermarkets can’t open. Panic, Riots, looting, crime collapse. That is what happens. You had a tiny taste a few months ago.
That is why the doctors talk about smoothing the curve, blunting the peak, etc.
You should be aware that Governments have been very carefully monitoring stuff like food and energy supplies for this reason.
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Why are people still spruiking Sweden as an example? It has one of the highest Covid 19 fatality rates in the world.(adjusted for population, of course)
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/t...hs-per-million
Why are people still spruiking the Swedish economy? It has tanked there like everywhere else.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/07/b...ronavirus.html
Why are people still spruiking herd immunity? Research is showing it to be a non starter, without a vaccine at least.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/vaccine-re...ry?id=71662733
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/t...hs-per-million
Why are people still spruiking the Swedish economy? It has tanked there like everywhere else.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/07/b...ronavirus.html
Why are people still spruiking herd immunity? Research is showing it to be a non starter, without a vaccine at least.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/vaccine-re...ry?id=71662733
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Agreed Sunfish, let the 1% die would result in a spike of probably close to 10% higher deaths than usual due to all other problems unable to be treated due to no hospital capacity. So that 250000 could turn into one or 2 million deaths over an un specified period depending on the time frame of COVID patients presenting, probably a couple of years.
However on the flip side stop start lockdowns will destroy people’s livelihood and increase deaths due to other causes too. This virus will keep doing this and outbreak constantly.... at some point I think a tactic of protecting the vulnerable and letting it run through the general population may be the only option in the future, Vaccine? Haha right, no effective one will ever appear, this virus is here for good.
As for international flying if we persist with lockdowns after each outbreak (which are going to occur again and again) forget 1 year, it could stretch out to 3-5 years until meaningful travel becomes an option.
However on the flip side stop start lockdowns will destroy people’s livelihood and increase deaths due to other causes too. This virus will keep doing this and outbreak constantly.... at some point I think a tactic of protecting the vulnerable and letting it run through the general population may be the only option in the future, Vaccine? Haha right, no effective one will ever appear, this virus is here for good.
As for international flying if we persist with lockdowns after each outbreak (which are going to occur again and again) forget 1 year, it could stretch out to 3-5 years until meaningful travel becomes an option.
Its interesting looking at Sweden’s well publicised figures. Both total cases and deaths on a significant decline without harsh lockdowns. I wonder if in years to come we’ll look at their solution as better overall in the long term? Let it run its course rather than rolling lockdowns for who knows how long.
Worldometer Sweden Coronavirus Cases
Worldometer Sweden Coronavirus Cases
It is only the city!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Numbers there are very very poor - now count the rural (no figures available), but from memory the do count aged care in the "official numbers" that other countries do not.
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I agree. What airlines will be around after that period of time to do the flying? The Air Force?