Australian Reports of the Virus Spread

[OZDUCK]

Interesting report on the ABC. I wonder what they intended to do in W.A.. It would also be interesting to know where they indtended to abandone their transport. I am sure that there are plenty of stops when they could have jumped off.

Four alleged stowaways arrested in Adelaide on freight train from Melbourne

Four men will face court tomorrow after they were allegedly caught stowing away on an interstate freight train, police have said.

www.abc.net.au

 

[dajop]

More capacity was added and is still being added.

Thanks, informative and makes sense.

What the news was talking scaremongering about was enough ICU beds to cover every current active case and have 2200 to spare.

 

[DC3]

Interesting report on the ABC. I wonder what they intended to do in W.A.. It would also be interesting to know where they indtended to abandone their transport. I am sure that there are plenty of stops when they could have jumped off ....

And “of no fixed address”?

Edit: So much for the threat of fines/gaol. Perhaps they were just heading to Adelaide (Party Central):

Packed nightclub and hostel fined for breaching coronavirus rules in Adelaide CBD

Police issue $5,000 fines to a backpackers hostel and a nightclub in the centre of Adelaide for failing to comply with public health regulations intended to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

www.abc.net.au

 

[lovetravellingoz]

And “of no fixed address”?

Edit: So much for the threat of fines/gaol. Perhaps they were just heading to Adelaide (Party Central):

Magpie fans off to the game?

Or maybe being possibly homeless, they do it all the time and it was just this time due to checking that someone noticed.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

And continuing the border checking theme.

This lady, presumably from NSW and found in SA had to be stopped with road spikes!

Woman arrested and fined for failing to stop at SA border, coughing on police

A woman is issued the first fine for a breach of the new coronavirus regulations in South Australia after she allegedly sped through a border checkpoint and coughed on two police officers.

www.abc.net.au

 

[get me outta here]

Well, some would call us ‘elitist’ who “hates” people who go to the footy.

I'm not a fan of sport in general.

 

[DC3]

Well, some would call us ‘elitist’ who “hates” people who go to the footy.

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Alex Hawke, MP. Comes across as a bit of a tosser. Maybe I’m reading too much into it.

 

[Himeno]

Well, some would call us ‘elitist’ who “hates” people who go to the footy.

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I don't 'hate' people who go to the footy. I'd rather they went and didn't watch on the TV. Makes for a more enjoyable, quieter, evening when they go.

 

[p--and--t]

I don't 'hate' people who go to the footy. I'd rather they went and didn't watch on the TV. Makes for a more enjoyable, quieter, evening when they go.

I'm still lobbying for a separate sports channel like the racing channel so I can see more than 4 minutes of real news in a row without some reference to a misbehaving footballer or sacked coach.

 

[Himeno]

More capacity was added and is still being added.

Surge capacity such as the Peter MacCallum was built and remains unused, but is there if required. There was also a similar hospital refurbished in Geelong which is also empty and waiting if required. At present it makes more sense to use the ICU in the main hospitals. But there is extra unused capacity if needed..

A makeshift intensive care unit built at the former Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in East Melbourne remains empty despite a huge surge in coronavirus infections across Melbourne.

The $30 million refurbishment, which includes 84 beds over eight floors, was completed on May 20 after builders worked around the clock as part of the Andrews government's "accelerated program" to combat COVID-19.



Part of the original expansion planned back when internationally Covid 19 was predicted to require vast numbers of ICU beds was a 750 bed facility at Jeff's Shed. Such facilities built in the UK (Nightingale Hospitals) and USA (built by US Cops of Engineers) were in the main largely unused and have mainly been removed.
A proposal for a 750-bed intensive care unit at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre was shelved in May, after construction group Lendlease was engaged to build the makeshift facility

If required that contact could be re-activated. But capacity on that scale seems unlikely even with the current spike.

$30m intensive care refit at former hospital stands empty amid COVID-19 surge

A makeshift intensive care unit built at the former Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in East Melbourne remains empty despite a huge surge in coronavirus infections across Melbourne.

www.theage.com.au

seems odd that they had plans to turn MCEC into a ICU facility. The US cities that had the Army Corps of Engineers turn convention centres into medical facilities were for non covid patients in order to get them out of hospitals and more ICU capacity into hospitals. The makeshift covid facilities in the US were converted from hotels, since it was more effective to turn hotel rooms into single patient isolation rooms then to get the needed air circulation measures into large expo halls.

 

[DC3]

Alex Hawke, MP.

Pardon me for going OT here, but having never heard of this fellow, googling indicates that he’s a bestie of Scomo, and is currently under a branch-stacking investigation within the Liberal party:

PM's right-hand man Alex Hawke subject of internal branch stacking inquiry

 

[Pushka]

Just been busy today.....did you find the COVID number plate car?

Yes. Here it is. I posted it in the other thread as i couldnt remember which thread it was

 

[jase05]

And continuing the border checking theme.

This lady, presumably from NSW and found in SA had to be stopped with road spikes!

Woman arrested and fined for failing to stop at SA border, coughing on police

A woman is issued the first fine for a breach of the new coronavirus regulations in South Australia after she allegedly sped through a border checkpoint and coughed on two police officers.

www.abc.net.au

That was about 4 months ago wasn’t it?

 

[DC3]

That was about 4 months ago wasn’t it?

Perhaps a bit of a must-see, now?

 

[lovetravellingoz]

That was about 4 months ago wasn’t it?

Yes checking the date now. 29 March. It was a link in an article I was reading and I did not note it was an older article.

 

[Pushka]

Geez. Israel's graph has gone crazy again and Govt says they've lost control.

 

[SydneySwan]

Gladys on 7.30 on ABC tonight gave a very robust account on her government’s actions over the Crossroads cluster and came out very firmly on the side of the suppression policy. She has no intention of closing NSW down again. I am sure Pushka will be pleased.

 

[jakeseven7]

Gladys on 7.30 on ABC tonight gave a very robust account on her government’s actions over the Crossroads cluster and came out very firmly on the side of the suppression policy. She has no intention of closing NSW down again. I am sure Pushka will be pleased.

Well SA have shut them out anyway...

When is the high court thing happening again?

 

[jakeseven7]

Cases linked to Planet Fitness grows

Sydney pub cluster grows to 30 community transmission as more people from the gym nearby contract the virus.

Two more men in their 20s were confirmed as having the virus after they came forward for testing when it was revealed a confirmed case of the Crossroads Hotel outbreak visited the same gym as them.

Anyone who attended the Planet Fitness Gym at Casula from July 4 to 10 to immediately self-isolate and get tested.

As it happened: Victoria records 270 new COVID-19 cases and two deaths as NSW remains on high alert amid Crossroads Hotel cluster growth

Global infections have now surpassed 13 million, climbing by a million in just five days in a pandemic that has killed more than 500,000 people.

www.smh.com.au

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

Well SA have shut them out anyway...

When is the high court thing happening again?

High court matter is scheduled to be before the federal court on 27-30 July - to decide facts