Australian Reports of the Virus Spread

[oz_mark]

Thats a DEFINITE NO !! And there is a lot more to being a doctor on a cruise ship than taking temps and some paperwork !!

Did I just hear the sound of a foot being put down?

 

[andye]

We just went up to have mstrandye4 PCRd. He's RAT+ as are two of his symptomatic brothers (PCRd Sunday result pending).
Was due to be on leave this week anyway and highly likely we parents are next in line. A home holiday in process (were considering Gold Coast but I was getting twitchy about getting stuck) and it does make his birthday on Sunday tricky to prepare for.

 

[Port Power]

Thats a DEFINITE NO !! And there is a lot more to being a doctor on a cruise ship than taking temps and some paperwork !!

No, it's not like on a cruise ship. Coral have only had a doctor on board during Covid, and that really is the only job. On the last trip the lovely young Irish doctor did spend time helping a lady with asthma though. Otherwise they were out snorkeling and exploring with the rest of us. All of the expedition team are qualified in first aid to a high level, and the Captain and First Officer have higher training again. There were only 49 passengers including him and fiancée. Currently no more than 99 pax allowed.

 

[love_the_life]

ACT numbers have surged in the past 24 hours - well over double the 400+ of yesterday. Just back from my booster shot out at the AIS vaccination centre. Very well organised - in and out quickly.

 

[dajop]

The numbers of those testing positive surely have to be underestimates. Getting up at 5am to get in the queue and/or waiting for 3, 4, 5+ hrs to get a test surely has to be a huge disincentive.

 

[N860CR]

So to go back to numbers, even on confirmed positive test results (over 500k) we’ve had 2266 deaths, which is a mortality rate of about 0.4%. This is dropping daily as it includes a period with no vaccination (when the vast majority of deaths occurred). So this puts our absolute worst case scenario death toll at about 10,000 (halve it if we assume we’re only catching 50% of cases).

The number of deaths in Australia in a given year are about 160,000 (so roughly 320,000 since the pandemic started)

Clearly, the vaccination program was a massive success. This is the message that needs to start getting into peoples heads

 

[mhouse165]

The numbers of those testing positive surely have to be underestimates. Getting up at 5am to get in the queue and/or waiting for 3, 4, 5+ hrs to get a test surely has to be a huge disincentive.

Absolutely! Weve had only 2 confirmed positive cases in our family yet ALL of us have clearly also been positive (judging by symptoms and timing) but it is impossible to get pcr tests where we live. That's 8 unrecorded positive cases in our family alone. We have tried daily to get tested but either the testing centres are not open or are at capacity within hours of opening. If the govt want us to get tested then they need to make that testing accessible. Instead we've just treated ourselves as presumed positive and have all been isolating together, until 7 days and neg RAT.

 

[VPS]

Interesting thread from Paul McDermott especially the police check up

https://twitter.com/x/status/1477857000755064835

 

[drron]

With the positive cases on Coral Discoverer bringing it to mind, have you thought about being the volunteer doctor on some of the expedition ships? Free cruise and fabulous food for you and mrsdrron all for the price of taking temperatures each day. Plus paperwork! Plenty of sailings out of Cairns when you have “retired”.

First a home having only 1 bathroom is regarded as being unsuitable for isolation in Tasmania -it is actually in the regulations.

Second being QLD registered once retired you are actually forbidden from any medical activity down to writing scripts or writing a request form for my required 3 monthly blood letting.

 

[Carrots]

The Opposition Leader is into Day 2 and said if he wasn't positive he feels fine with just a scratchy throat and would go to work. Police Commissioner also day 2 and feels fine and continues to work (lead SA) from home. Both have had their booster, maybe about two weeks ago and the PC is about retirement age so a little older, but looks a fit person.

A pity really.... the radio silence had both been quite ill would've been nice. The icing on the cake would've been had it run right through the "transition committee" and friends.

I think the Comm is 68 from memory. He was meant to retire, but they extended his contract instead.

 

[drron]

Tasmania data for today.


And from today any staff returning from interstate even if no symptoms must have a negative RAT test before starting -done by the hospital -plus a PCR test at day 5. same proceedure if a close contact.

 

[Pushka]

Interesting thread from Paul McDermott especially the police check up

https://twitter.com/x/status/1477857000755064835

No booster just AZ primary course. And for the first time in ages my QR was checked in Coles in Port Pirie. Must be a few cases here.

 

[oznflfan]

The numbers of those testing positive surely have to be underestimates. Getting up at 5am to get in the queue and/or waiting for 3, 4, 5+ hrs to get a test surely has to be a huge disincentive.

By June it'll be more who hasn't had COVID, and many of us won't know we've had it. Be 1M cases per week soon, between known and unknown infections.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Detected cases.... makes you wonder just how much is out there that is undetected mild. I personally know now 5 people with it and 1 recovered from last week (7 days = recovered now)

Well you can't have undetected cases, they are just infections. Cases are just "found" infections.

But yes the % of unknown infections is probably higher than ever due the combination of a higher asymptomatic rate combined with the inability of pcr availibity for covid likelies to get tested.

 

[N860CR]

Very calm and logical presser from the DCMO currently on ABC. For all the social media and tabloid media hysteria, I suspect that there’s not actually a whole lot of concern at the level that matters.

 

[Amanad78]

The numbers of those testing positive surely have to be underestimates. Getting up at 5am to get in the queue and/or waiting for 3, 4, 5+ hrs to get a test surely has to be a huge disincentive.

My husband tried for hours to get our daughter tested, he was unsuccessful. Went to 3 places, 1000s of people. She is positive on the RAT. QLD. Double vaccinated. Quite unwell.

 

[MARTINE]

My husband tried for hours to get our daughter tested, he was unsuccessful. Went to 3 places, 1000s of people. She is positive on the RAT. QLD. Double vaccinated. Quite unwell.

Hospital may be best if very unwell

 

[Amanad78]

Hospital may be best if very unwell

Thanks, yes that's what I said to my husband. He will watch her but I think she'll be ok, not having breathing problems

 

[MARTINE]

Thanks, yes that's what I said to my husband. He will watch her but I think she'll be ok, not having breathing problems

All the very best to you

 

[drron]

With apologies to Buddy Holly.

Every day, it's a-getting closer
Going faster than a rollercoaster
Covid like yours will surely come my way
A-hey, a-hey-hey

Every day, it's a-getting closer
Everyone said "go and ask a tester"
Covid like yours will surely come my way
A-hey, a-hey-hey

So today it got closer.I was on for the weekend and that means seeing quite a few patients in ED. On Sunday there was a child that tested positive for Covid. Three that I saw are said to be close contacts though as far as I can make out only 1 is a true close contact. The contact was said to be in the ED waiting room.
But one of the patients was already in a ward at the time of the supposed contact.Another never got into the waiting room as there is a triage set up to get in.This fellow had a letter from his doctor saying his Hb was 30. He didn't have to pass Go to get into the ED.

Inevitable that I will be exposed. Just a case of when.