Australian Reports of the Virus Spread

[Pushka]

SA has prevented many from returning home from Vic and NSW, reduced numbers at weddings and no dancing etc, as well as reduced venue capacity by 50% yet we have no () community spread, but not to worry, we can have full capacity at the footy this week.

 

[hydrabyss]

Just from map (so it could be CHarmhaven or Canton Beach) but a friend who lives in Gorrokin has been compalining about people breaking restrictions all week.

I found a facebook page dated 10th july with information that they where linked to a known case at a Sydney construction site. Is currently in Sydney health accommodation to protect their close contacts who are in isolation.
I think this end of the coast is so near to the lock down border some must think they are not included in the restrictions. Across the road from me I counted three neighbours in a row with visitors one day early this week.

 

[Lynda2475]

And the Fairfield LGA stepping up testing levels magnificently.

Its good to see an increase but that chart is a little confusing, given Fairfield have only tested 18% why is their dot larger than Randwick who tested 23%?

The two main hotspots still have room for improvement:

• Eastern suburbs - Waverly (9%), Randwick (23%), Woollahra (16%)
• South West - Fairfield (18%) , Liverpool (9%) , Cantebury Bankstown (10%)

Look at Inner West 4 postives but 11% tested or Northern Beaches 3 cases 10% tested. LGAs with the higher case counts should be testing more, than those with less than 5.

 

[I love to travel]

The SMH reports that....

https://twitter.com/x/status/1415980750403510273

About time

 

[hydrabyss]

I am being pessimistic I know and I guess I hope I'm wrong, but I am feeling like we are just the latest South Asian domino to follow. That is, our illusion and fantasy of zero COVID is now well and truly past us. I am not sure if we can get to zero across the country again, I feel like this variant just moves too fast. If we end up with another 3 months or so of restrictions while we give everyone the opportunity to be vaccinated then so be it. But then, that's it. Like the UK, line in the sand time.

Maybe I'm smoking the good stuff but I just have this niggling feeling in the back of my mind that we aren't going to get back to what we had.

I think the problem was the states mostly eliminated the spread of the virus then decided to get life back to normal by lifting restrictions before the population was vaccinated.

Now we can see by the time an outbreak occurs there is already enough spread to cause a major problem. I get the feeling if or when NSW gets on top of this some restrictions will remain until people are vaccinated. Better to lose some economic activity and personal freedom then lock downs which must do so much damage each time.

 

[Batterytraveller]

But then, that's it. Like the UK, line in the sand time.

I’m not sure that a policy designed to appease 50 or so headbangers in the Tory party and save Boris the embarrassment of relying on labour support to extend restrictions should be held up as an example.

England’s Covid unlocking is threat to world, say 1,200 scientists

International experts say ‘unethical experiment’ could allow vaccine-resistant variants to develop

www.theguardian.com

 

[andye]

For comparison...that number peaked at 19 for Avalon and single figures for Crossroads.

IiRC the "under investigation" didn't count in mystery

Edit: though the number you say sounds correct given the size of the outbreak

 

[moa999]

New Reddit guy and Tiktok guy saying 111 for NSW tomorrow

https://www.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusDownunder/comments/oleyua

TikTok - Make Your Day

 

[Must...Fly!]

I’m not sure that a policy designed to appease 50 or so headbangers in the Tory party and save Boris the embarrassment of relying on labour support to extend restrictions should be held up as an example.

England’s Covid unlocking is threat to world, say 1,200 scientists

International experts say ‘unethical experiment’ could allow vaccine-resistant variants to develop

www.theguardian.com

I am hoping they are successful in their endeavours. If they are not, the mental and economic pain and suffering will continue for quite some time in this country, and the international border opening will not be the biggest debate we have in Australia.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

New Reddit guy and Tiktok guy saying 111 for NSW tomorrow

https://www.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusDownunder/comments/oleyua

TikTok - Make Your Day

So by the time of the 11am NSW Presser, if that it is accurate in 111 cases to 8PM Friday, there will probably be more like approaching two hundred cases that the NSW Gov will actually know about when they speak.

If so, the current restrictions on mixing are continuing to lose the battle.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Looks like there has been an officer worker working for 3 days while possibly infectious in Melbourne.

Now being on Level 19, that may also mean people being exposed in the elevator.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Details on the lecturer I mentioned earlier are now out.

The timeline would suggest that they were at two classes. So all attendees will have been asked to quarantine for 14 days. I know an email went out on 16th July to all at Deakin. So that is pretty much right on the 48hours that some people can become infectious by.

For those not in the actual classes.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Another notable new exposure site the Yarra Yarra Rowing club. (And looking at the timeline, the case may be the office worker at Collins Square above).

Hopefully they were out on the river in a single scull (and not in eight!) and not doing ergo (rowing machine) sessions. Ergo sessions will cause a lot of air to be expelled as I can attest as I use my ergo at home regularly. And if other people were also doing ergo sessions at the same time they would have been be inhaling deeply.








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So once you had up all those public sites it means that a large number of people may potentially have been exposed and will now be needing to quarantine for 14 days.


I think that it is also more and more clear now that it is most fortunate that the decision to commence lockdown was not made any later than it was.

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

Yet they claim there is no spread in retail. Until this number is zero they cannot say that.

Its possible workplaces could be code for retail..........hard to tell unless you are skilled at doing deep dives into data.

 

[jakeseven7]

Another notable new exposure site the Yarra Yarra Rowing club. (And looking at the timeline, the case may be the office worker at Collins Square above).

Hopefully they were out on the river in a single scull (and not in eight!) and not doing ergo (rowing machine) sessions. Ergo sessions will cause a lot of air to be expelled as I can attest as I use my ergo at home regularly. And if other people were also doing ergo sessions at the same time they would have been be inhaling deeply.

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So once you had up all those public sites it means that a large number of people may potentially have been exposed and will now be needing to quarantine for 14 days.


I think that it is also more and more clear now that it is most fortunate that the decision to commence lockdown was not made any later than it was.

Im sniffing this probably means the Sydney outbreak will put Melbourne into at least 14 days of lockdown…

 

[hydrabyss]

Im sniffing this probably means the Sydney outbreak will put Melbourne into at least 14 days of lockdown…

One thing if you look back is why was Victoria reducing restrictions when NSW was not geting on top of the new cases. Then allowing essential workers to cross the border and it only takes a small number to do the wrong thing to spread the virus.
Would mask wearing and capacity limits have limited any potential spread considering all the issues over the border. Compared to last year it seams like states are quick to lift restrictions when we now have a variant that spreads with minimal contact and to make things worse in some reading I did last night there is now a Delta Plus variant.

 

[bcworld]

Victoria was definitely not quick to lift restrictions after lockdown 4.0.

There were many settings still in place when these new cases have popped up which were not in place prior to the previous outbreak.

Prior to that we were fully unmasked except on public transport. At the time of this outbreak masks were required indoors. I think on the day the Sydney removalists showed up there had just been a change to remove masks from non public facing workplaces.

Our ever constructive opposition were constantly shrieking from the sidelines that our stadium capacities were not high enough...funnily enough, their tweets seem to be gone now. But there has been much complaint about the conservative nature of relaxing rules post the May / June outbreak.

 

[33kft]

One thing if you look back is why was Victoria reducing restrictions when NSW was not geting on top of the new cases.

Bit of an odd question. There has always been the expectation that a state would take control of its own outbreaks. When has NSW introduced or retained restrictions within NSW in response to another state's outbreaks?

Border closures and travel restrictions are one thing, but local restrictions for outbreaks in another state and no cases or exposures locally? Should SA be going into lockdown on account of NSW's deteriorating situation?

 

[bcworld]

19 new!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1416167798472994816

 

[drron]

Its good to see an increase but that chart is a little confusing, given Fairfield have only tested 18% why is their dot larger than Randwick who tested 23%?

The two main hotspots still have room for improvement:

• Eastern suburbs - Waverly (9%), Randwick (23%), Woollahra (16%)
• South West - Fairfield (18%) , Liverpool (9%) , Cantebury Bankstown (10%)

Look at Inner West 4 postives but 11% tested or Northern Beaches 3 cases 10% tested. LGAs with the higher case counts should be testing more, than those with less than 5.

The 2 big dots on the right end of the table shows that Fairfield LGA had the largest percentage of residents tested of any LGA for those 2 days.