That sewage "alarm" was purely instilling panic in to the population and entirely ridiculous in my opinion.
My rational side says yes, it's a way of pushing people to get tested as rates have been dropping. On the other hand they are so reactive just one case especially with crowds at Fringe, will see them close down SA again.
...or maybe a way of encouraging people to get vaccinations when available...
It's barely rating a mention this afternoon on news website and in the local news.
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Well you wouldn’t know it but we are still getting around 10 new cases per day, all in quarantine and none escaping into workers/community.
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Do you have a view whether positive covid patients need to be transferred to hospital? I think in Australia only Qld has such a policy.And Cairns hospital has declared a Code Yellow with 6 positive Covid cases in returning FIFO workers from PNG.
Cairns Hospital declares 'code yellow' emergency after influx of COVID-19 patients from PNG
One of the biggest hospitals in Far North Queensland has declared a "code yellow" emergency indicating it is nearing capacity as it treats six fly-in fly-out mine workers.
This has been floating around SA for a few days now. I'm just wondering if you just had mild symptoms and were a visitor, are you going to get tested and end up in a hospital for 2 weeks? Fringe and Festival have many interstate visitors at the moment.Adelaide's second positive COVID–19 wastewater test from undetected infection or old case
South Australian health authorities say a positive COVID-19 result in wastewater from Adelaide's CBD is either from an undetected case in the community or shedding from an old infection.
Deputy Chief Public Health Officer Emily Kirkpatrick said further testing had ruled out that the result was not a mistake and it did not come from a returned traveller or a medi-hotel worker.
COVID-19 detected in wastewater from area where Adelaide festival season is underway
South Australian health authorities say a positive coronavirus result in wastewater from Adelaide's CBD is either from an undetected case in the community or shedding from an old infection.
I'm wondering if this could apply to locals also? Mild symptoms, just keep away from people for a while. If it all goes away, you've saved yourself from being responsible for shutting down half the country.
Well, I can understand people doing exactly that. Self isolate (if we are lucky) and wait until symptoms disappear. It's a tricky one to manage.
SA Health has med hotels in the CBD as well but they keep saying all positives are put into a different hotel and not in this catchment. Completely ignoring the fact that people can be positive for a couple of days before they get tested again (days 1 5 and 12 I believe) and then they test to check if it's an old infection and if so, they stay in that catchment. So possibly up to seven days in the area while being positive. Seems a no brainer if they are testing positive from an old infection then likely their poop is doing the same thing. But no, drama drama drama, get tested and all the while the Fringe et al continues amidst no social distancing. If they were the least bit worried then they should have shut that down.
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