General Discussion/Q&A on Coronavirus (COVID-19)

[get me outta here]

After fining a homeless man washing windscreens on the street corner, NSW police have now fined a man $1000 for going for a run and then sitting on a bench and eating a kebab. The Premier of WA found it very amusing :

WA Premier Mark McGown cracks up over illegal kebab suggestion

WA's Premier has cracked a rare smile after being asked whether it was illegal to stop for a kebab mid-run ...

www.9news.com.au

 

[drron]

Common sense is out the window

 

[get me outta here]

Apparently Pauline is a bit unhappy with the regulations as well. She said she’s going to go and lie down in the middle of a field, that will show them.

 

[burmans]

“Jared Kushner Is Going to Get Us All Killed”. Reporting on the White House’s herky-jerky coronavirus response, Vanity Fair’s Gabriel Sherman has a quotation from Jared Kushner that should make all Americans, and particularly all New Yorkers, dizzy with terror.

According to Sherman, when New York’s governor, Andrew Cuomo, said that the state would need 30,000 ventilators at the apex of the coronavirus outbreak, Kushner decided that Cuomo was being alarmist. “I have all this data about I.C.U. capacity,” Kushner reportedly said. “I’m doing my own projections, and I’ve gotten a lot smarter about this. New York doesn’t need all the ventilators.” (Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s top expert on infectious diseases, has said he trusts Cuomo’s estimate.)

Even now, it’s hard to believe that someone with as little expertise as Kushner could be so arrogant .... “

Opinion | Jared Kushner Is Going to Get Us All Killed

Some crazy people in that there country!

 

[TheRealTMA]

Apparently Pauline is a bit unhappy with the regulations as well. She said she’s going to go and lie down in the middle of a field, that will show them.

Hopefully!

 

[p--and--t]

Hopefully!

Off topic, but I'm still waiting for the first time I'll see Pauline happy about something.

 

[PineappleSkip]

Suggested story for the Betoota Advocate

Concerns that Pauline Hanson may have Coronavirus after she claimed to be ‘sick and tired’

cheers skip

 

[get me outta here]

This should probably be in the grammar thread but it had to happen, we have articles about “home sewers” making facemasks. I certainly hope not, it will only exacerbate the situation.

 

[VPS]

This should probably be in the grammar thread but it had to happen, we have articles about “home sewers” making facemasks. I certainly hope not it will only exacerbate the situation.

I know I read that and then went - oh right - English language

 

[serfty]

Apparently Pauline is a bit unhappy with the regulations as well. She said she’s going to go and lie down in the middle of a field, that will show them.

Yes, in her own paddock! So, compliant ...

 

[get me outta here]

Hopefully, she won't invite her mates to lie around too or she may find out how those rules actually work.

Yes, in her own paddock! So, compliant ...

 

[p--and--t]

Hopefully, she won't invite her mates to lie around too or she may find out how those rules actually work.

There are multiple meanings of "lie". English is so prone to interpretation

 

[I love to travel]

Probably the best thread for this. Nice work Emirates hope is important.

Emirates' Brilliant New Ad Sums Up How We All Feel

Emirates has just released a new ad that sums up how we all feel while grounded due to coronavirus. Well done!

onemileatatime.com

 

[knightfall88]

hi guys I've been out of touch for a while. I have a oneworld classic starting on the 7th May 2020. Is the best way to cancel just to text Qantas and ensure they don't charge me a cancel fee? Rgds, knightfall

 

[serfty]

hi guys I've been out of touch for a while. I have a oneworld classic starting on the 7th May 2020. Is the best way to cancel just to text Qantas and ensure they don't charge me a cancel fee? Rgds, knightfall

see this thread ...

Cancelling Classic Reward flight tickets

Hi All, Just reviewing out travel plans to Europe booked for May , I have booked my Europe tickets using Qantas points all booked under classic reward flights . There are 3 different booking reference nos. as i booked them as the classic award tickets became available as below Leg 1 Mel-Sin-...

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

 

[cove]

Will Alan Joyce qualify for a negative bonus in 2020? He could give back about $20 million he didn’t really make the year before,

 

[amaroo]

He could give back about $20 million he didn’t really make the year before,

He already has.

 

[cove]

Western Australia just became an Island on an Island by closing our borders at midnight.
I don’t think too many folks in WA are against the idea of the border closure. Our freight is unaffected and we have no staff travelling interstate.
Food and medical supplies are not affected.
Arrivals by plane get 14 day isolation.

 

[amaroo]

Some pointers on timelines and potential devastation in the region.

Australia's neighbours at risk of coronavirus crisis

Johnson & Johnson's chief scientist has serious concerns about the impact of coronavirus on developing nations.

www.smh.com.au

 

[Flashback]

Could £5.4m have been spent better?