Australian Reports of the Virus Spread

[Lynda2475]

That was time well spent

Yikes, where were you tested?

Wondering if they failed to store the samples properly meaning they couldnt be processed or a case of too many to process?

Ive heard any testing site run by Laverty and Forcite is to be avoided. Histopath and hospital sites still returning results the fastest.

 

[love_the_life]

Decided to stuff around doing a PCR test early in the week in the hope that it comes back positive so I can start the process of getting a recovery certificate.

Tested Monday, received this yesterday;

“Your COVID-19 PCR sample is no longer suitable to be tested and no result can be provided. If currently symptomatic, assume you are positive and arrange rapid antigen or repeat PCR swab confirmation as appropriate.”

That was time well spent

So that means they didn’t get to test the sample quickly enough? Though you don’t say if the test was necessarily because you thought you probably had COVID. If just to get a recovery cert, why clog the system.

 

[jb747]

That was time well spent

So, why would you bother getting tested at all?

 

[jakeseven7]

Anyway… I think it’s pretty safe to assume when NSW get around to adding a form on their website for RATs they could well be at 100k reported infections a day…. Perhaps the ‘real number’ might even be 150/175k.

Which means the peak actually might be earlier than they have forecast….

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

Victoria (146,863 active – 15,000 public hospital beds, 476 public/private ICU beds)
[previous peak hospital/ICU: 851/163 - October 2021]
Certain elective surgery suspended/paused - announced 6/1

31/12 5919 positives, 66k tests, 428 hospital, 54 ICU active, 43 ICU cleared
1/1 7442 positives, 63k tests, 451 hospital, 51 ICU active, 47 ICU cleared
2/1 7172 positives, 48k tests, 472 hospital, 52 ICU active, 46 ICU cleared
3/1 8577 positives, 44k tests, 491 hospital, 56 ICU active, 48 ICU cleared
4/1 14,020 positives, 60k tests, 516 hospital, 56 ICU active, 52 ICU cleared
5/1 17,636 positives, 59k tests, 591 hospital, 53 ICU active, 53 ICU cleared
6/1 21,997 positives, 64k tests, 631 hospital, 51 ICU active, 49 ICU cleared
7/1 21,728 positives, 68k tests, 644 hospital, 58 ICU active, 48 ICU cleared
8/1 24,928 PCR+, 89k tests, 5923/26,428 RAT+, 731* hospital,109* ICU active + cleared
9/1 22,104 PCR+, 83k tests, 22,051 RAT+, 752 hospital, 104 ICU

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

NSW (268,021 active 8/1 – 21,000 public hospital beds, 884 public/private ICU beds)
[previous peak hospital/ICU: 1268/242 - September 2021]
Certain elective surgery suspended/paused - announced 7/1

31/12 21,151 positives, 148k tests, 832 hospital, 69 ICU
1/1 22,577 positives, 119k tests, 901 hospital, 79 ICU
2/1 18,278 positives, 90k tests, 1066 hospital, 83 ICU
3/1 20,794 positives, 96k tests, 1204 hospital, 95 ICU
4/1 23,131 positives, 83k tests, 1344 hospital, 105 ICU
5/1 35,054 positives, 108k tests, 1491 hospital, 119 ICU
6/1 34,994 positives, 111k tests, 1609 hospital, 131 ICU
7/1 38,625 positives, 112k tests, 1738 hospital, 134 ICU
8/1 45,098 positives, 116k tests, 1795 hospital, 145 ICU
9/1 30,062 positives, 98k tests, 1927 hospital, 151 ICU

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

Tasmania (7473 active – 1500 public hospital beds, 38 public/private ICU beds)

31/12 137 positives, 451.1k coughulative tests, 3/4 hospital (3 out of 4 treated for covid)
1/1 428 positives, 452.6k coughulative tests, 1/2 hospital
2/1 404 positives, 454.3k coughulative tests, 3 hospital
3/1 466 positives, 1.9k tests, 2 hospital
4/1 702 positives, 2.0k tests, 1/3 hospital
5/1 867 positives, 2.4k tests, 0/5 hospital
6/1 751 positives, 2.9k tests, 1/5 hospital
7/1 1489 positives, 5.2k tests, 3/8 hospital
8/1 1051 PCR+, 4.4k tests, 1172 RAT+, 4/10 hospital
9/1 598 PCR+, 3.2k tests, 808 RAT+, 4/15 hospital

 

[Lynda2475]

Melbourne presser just said any pcr samples taken 7 or more days ago that have not yet been processed wont be, as obviously pointless.

 

[N860CR]

Yikes, where were you tested?

Wondering if they failed to store the samples properly meaning they couldnt be processed or a case of too many to process?

Ive heard any testing site run by Laverty and Forcite is to be avoided. Histopath and hospital sites still returning results the fastest.

Gladstone Park in Melbourne. Can't remember the name of the provider.

So that means they didn’t get to test the sample quickly enough? Though you don’t say if the test was necessarily because you thought you probably had COVID. If just to get a recovery cert, why clog the system.

Because I don't want to get stuck overseas?

So, why would you bother getting tested at all?

I totally agree. But this is the system they've created for us. I also don't get access to free RATs (not that I'm sure they'd be acceptable for a recovery anyway).

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

ACT (5766 active – 1200 public hospital beds, 37 public/private ICU beds)
Certain elective surgery suspended/paused at 1 hospital - announced 7/1

31/12 462 positives, 4.6k tests, 6 hospital
1/1 448 positives, 3.5k tests, 9 hospital
2/1 506 positives, 3.6k tests, 9 hospital, 1 ICU
3/1 514 positives, 3.5k tests, 11 hospital, 2 ICU
4/1 926 positives, 4.3k tests, 13 hospital, 1 ICU
5/1 810 positives, 3.4k tests, 16 hospital, 1 ICU
6/1 992 positives, 3.3k tests, 20 hospital, 2 ICU
7/1 1246 positives, 4.5k tests, 24 hospital, 3 ICU
8/1 1305 positives, 4.3k tests, 24 hospital, 5 ICU
9/1 1039 positives, 3.1k tests, 27 hospital, 4 ICU

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

Tasmanian hospital services under review as reduced staff takes a toll​

Services at both the Royal Hobart Hospital and the Launceston General Hospital are being reviewed because of the reduced number of available staff, with more than 200 isolating with the virus or as close contacts.

State Health Commander Kathrine Morgan-Wickssays the resumption of normal surgery levels after the holiday period was originally scheduled for Monday but has to be reassessed.

"[It] will be reviewed to ensure emergency surgery and inpatient services are prioritised, with elective surgery to continue depending on staffing levels being safely maintained," she says.

Staff have been asked to reconsider leave arrangements.

 

[Quickstatus]

hospital sites still returning results the fastest.

Not for my neighbour
Hospital testing site.
Yesterday was day 12 no result.

I’ve told him to just forget he ever had a test.

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

Qld

18,000 positives (including 4320 RAT+), 402 hospital, 22 ICU

School delayed to 7/2 (year 11 and 12 remote learning 31/1) - extra week of school at the end of year now changed to 16/12.

Schools open for vulnerable children and children of essential workers

 

[Lynda2475]

I got my PCR back from hospital test site in 42 hours ymmv. 12days sounds like the lost it and pointless as beyond iso period anyway.

Just do a RAT unless travelling overseas, chemist warehouse in NSW restocked most stores on Wed and Coles has stock again but you have to ask and only 1 box per person.

 

[love_the_life]

I have no problem with the concept that if I want to travel I will pay for any testing and pay for RATs if I want to check I am not infected before visiting vulnerable others etc. I don’t expect to have them for free for my choices.

 

[ethernet]

So why get tested at all - a really good question if you have no underlying conditions and asymptomatic - given 1 in 3 probably are positive, or recently recovered from a nye acquired infection. Yeah, some work testing excluded for high value essential individuals and those with risk /care situations. Even then - their odds are not good if they go shopping.

Spoiler alert: I am staying home, because my eyes focus with glasses in the morning is a little delayed - I wonder if that is a symptom. OTOH I feel unusually bright ,alert and well.

I reckon I was smart - I put all my effort into getting a booster ASAP. It seems ATAGI, for AZ people, willfully discounted UK numbers. This one size fits all group-think is dangerous. Or they decided let-it-rip was workable(or outside their ambit) - or rather nothing could prevent silly season mayhem. The UK pushed that button before 14 December and NSwan did the talk.

I have lots of wasted NSW text messages 'you are required to monitor for symptoms' because someone about the time I checked in, was about. Monitor what? I have a few distant friends now with the bug, and they are asymptomatic - even the 73yo with severe cardiac conditions. Nothing, nada. And they can't afford to treasure hunt RAT kits. There are no new TV commercials - IMHO now needed, telling people to stay at home/shop little as possible in the next 3 weeks. It would certainly save more lives than seatbelt or speeding ads on a thing called probability tables.

Probability will feed into nursing homes etc, so I sure hope Dept Health is on that ball, as omicron will find the weakest links.

As usual, we saw rules, measurements and measures changed to fit resources, shortages, nobody asking to see risk assessments, but we do know CHO's have been politically overridden before, even gagged. The RAT kit fiasco - market failure, not a single ACCC shaming?

The INFORMATION I want to see is how long does an omicron infection last for, by age, sex and prior vaccination type, possibly BMI in there too. What is the spreader protection curve for those that just had a booster?

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

Qld (80,563 active – 13,000 public hospital beds, 408 public/private ICU beds)
Certain elective surgery suspended/paused - announced 8/1

31/12 3118 positives, 35k tests, 64 hospital, 1 ICU
1/1 2266 positives, 34k tests, 80 hospital, 1 ICU
2/1 3587 positives, 33k tests, 112 hospital, 5 ICU
3/1 4249 positives, 30k tests, 147 hospital, 10 ICU
4/1 5699 positives, 33k tests, 170 hospital, 11 ICU
5/1 6781 positives, 29k tests, 265 hospital, 10 ICU
6/1 10,332 positives, 34k tests, 284 hospital, 12 ICU
7/1 10,953 positives, 36k tests, 313 hospital, 14 ICU
8/1 11,174 positives, 33k tests, 349 hospital, 17 ICU
9/1 13,680 PCR+, 37k tests, 4320 RAT+, 380 hospital, 23 ICU

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

Critical essential workers in Queensland who are deemed close contacts will be allowed to work​

The change comes into effect immediately.

There are a couple of caveats, though.

• You must be asymptomatic
• You must work in a critical industry AND be classified as a critical essential worker by your employer
• You're only released from quarantine to go to work (so you can't hit the shops, sorry)
• You must be fully vaccinated and wear PPE at all times
• You must travel to work in personal transport or transport organised by your employer (so no public transport)

So what counts as a critical industry? Here's what the Health Minister had to say:

• health (private hospitals included)
• emergency services
• resource sector
• power and utilities
• agriculture and fisheries
• production
• freight and logistics
• public transport
• teachers
• essential retail such as supermarkets
• and stores in remote locations and communities

"Those businesses will have to submit to government the list of critical essential workers. It doesn't need an approval process and they do not need to wait until they've sent us that list to start operating," Yvette D'Ath says.

"We have empty shelves in supermarkets right now because of the number of people in the community who are positive, but importantly, how many people have to quarantine because they are a close contact."

.......courtesy ABC

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

NSW: Critical workers furloughed as close contacts can leave self-isolation to work​

The change is being put in place to ease pressure on supply and distribution networks.

There are a couple of caveats, though.

• It only applies to food logistics and manufacturing sectors
• You'll need to be asymptomatic
• Your employ must verify that your absence from the workplace poses a high risk of disruption to the delivery of critical services or activities and you are unable to work from home

"That change comes in effective immediately today," the Premier says.
"Those orders were signed off this morning and we believe that that will ease the pressure on supply and distribution networks, particularly for those essential areas across our state as we move through the next few weeks."

....courtesy ABC

 

[Must...Fly!]

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public transport

So don't catch public transport but if you work in the industry, go to work.

Who makes up this stuff? Why can't people use PT if they're fully vaccinated? Stupid bureaucratic nonsense yet again.