Interesting stuff

Quote from elsewhere...

“Insider gossip from the pathology industry: an Australian infected by Covid-19 about three months ago is now returning negative nasopharyngeal swabs, but is still shedding virus detectable by rectal swab. It may be that the faecal-oral route isn’t just a secondary mode of transmission, but actually the main problem. No wonder it spread so quickly in China, where hand hygiene is a dicey affair, especially among the less educated (and mon Dieu, have you seen what passes for public toilets in that country?).
I can think of at least two implications for public health in Australia; firstly, that the official advice is inadequate to the extent it focuses on the risk of respiratory transmission. Secondly, the testing program for the general public is primarily geared to collection with nasopharyngeal swabs, so we may be getting spurious “negative” results.“

I should really tell a rim job joke in reply.....but I’m not a huge fan of tongue in cheek humour.

Probably not a good idea accepting an Uber eats delivered with a left hand.

"In situations like this, without being dramatic...it's a matter of life and death," Ms Berejiklian said......

......as she did fuck all of any genuine effectiveness to arrest the spread of the virus. Schools are open.....herd immunity !

The fuckers just want everyone to hurry up and die or get back to consuming.

Scummo knows best .....

https://mobile.twitter.com/ConallMcD/status/1238865202868883461

Freeride....the statement that face masks don’t work was made to protect the limited supply of masks. Of course they work . They’re not a get out of jail free card but there’s a reason that every doctor and health professional you’ve ever seen around the virus is wearing one.

You saw what happened to shit tickets. That would have been face masks if supply to the public hadn’t been restricted weeks ago.

Scomo still dragging his feet when prioritising the population over lobbyists.

The reason the schools aren’t closing is.....University profitability.

If primary and high schools are shut then Universities will be forced to close also. So Scomo has had the lightbulb idea of blaming it on lack of care for the children of health workers. Uni students don’t require their parents if they stay home from school and there’s hundreds of thousands of them who could be taken out of the viral spread immediately.

Of course when health workers get sick from their children then they shouldn’t really / can’t attend to their jobs anyway. But Scomo is STOKED .....uni cash to the moon!

Put on your big boy pants and get ready for some real talk..

“Half a million dollars for a poorly built off the shelf cookie cutter house 2.5 hours from a city in a town with absolutely no employment in the middle of but-fark-no-where.

https://www.domain.com.au/45-campbell-street-yarram-vic-3971-2016144010

That property should not be more than $120k

This is where we are heading – fair value.“

Shoredump.....let me guess, you’ve got massive levels of debt and your personal financial position is parlous ?

Not just that , but you consider yourself and your immediate family healthy and of the correct demographic to survive. Sure , Nan may take one for the team but......finances !

I don’t think you seem to have much idea of what’s coming down the pipeline to be honest. You’re still hanging onto the #justaflubro concept for grim life and missing the BIG picture.

The economy is toast anyway. The system has been built on a razors edge of unsustainable practices and nonsensical fundamentals and that is all getting swept away as I type this. Give up on your fanciful dream of minimising economic fall out and focus on the important part of saving lives.

Self isolation was always a hoax.

Can you imagine landing in Bali and being required to self isolate ? How does that work ?

Queue up at immigration, walk through the duty free , haggle for a taxi , check in to your accommodation, let the porter grab your bags , nick down the circle K to get the stocks you’ll need ( another taxi ) , stroll the aisles , taxi back to your accommodation.

And NOW you’re ready to isolate !

Except you’ll get sick of Gojek delivered food ( infected cash transactions with driver ) and go to a restaurant because you feel OK....just a little cough !

By day three you are thinking “ Fuck this .” Surf is pumping and isolation is over..

Scummo is taking the piss and the media is giving him a free pass.

Where have I said that this is short term ?

But it’s better to buy time than just throw people under a bus to save an economic system which is on the verge of collapse anyway. You really think the virus is responsible for the majority of what is about to happen ?

The neoliberal system is a house of cards which was going to run into an immovable reality sooner or later....a war , natural catastrophe or a virus.

Anything could have been the catalyst. Shit is over .

Better to knock over the white anted structure as to keep living in it would have collapsed anyway.

Comparing an inescapable virus which is 120 days old to the avoidable health risks posed by a cumulative 50 years of excess sugar consumption is ridiculous. As is any of your other parallels.

Do you get TB walking through Sydney ? Can you catch diabetes on the train ride to work ? Humanity fought long and hard to minimise and overcome smallpox etc and now you’re saying that we should just let the virus kill many people just because you don’t want to be financially inconvenienced.

I like the way you say “ build immunity “ like it’s not a heartless Darwinian process involving the death of the weak .

You don’t appreciate the gravity of what’s coming and you don’t have a fucking clue about the existent state of the world the virus is impacting.

I don’t think it’s a zombie apocalypse. I think it’s a type of disease which will cause incredible pressure on an already struggling health system if allowed to run rampant through an underprepared community.

You seem to think that the direct deaths from the virus are the only numbers in the mortality equation. What about when the hospitals are literally unable to cope with another patient, what happens then to the other sick people you mention .....the car crash victims, the diabetes sufferers, the heart attacks ? They will die because they are unable to access basic health care . So now we have an unnecessary amount of deaths on top of the viral deaths.

Just let them all die too because.....immunity !

Sounds like you’re willing to overlook the deaths of thousands just because you :
A/ Assume that none of them will be yourself or your loved ones because you are looking at the existing 5500 death toll and really believe the whole thing is a beat up.

and

B/ Because you don’t think it’s genuine, you only give a fuck about your finances.

Shoredump....you should take everyone you care about and head off to a WUFLU isolation ward and breathe as deeply as possible.

Don’t wait....do it today. Start building your family’s immunity right away.

You’ve got nothing to be afraid of !

And then start spreading it around your neighbourhood. Gently explaining to those over 70 years old that there’s a good chance they’ll die a horrible and premature death , drowning in fluid filled lungs , but you know....we’ve got the economy to think of. So can’t they just understand that we’ve got to rip the band aid off as quickly as possible. Sure , you yourself won’t be troubled in the slightest ( so you assume) so they’ve got to get their heads around the fact that this is what’s best for everyone ( you ) .

The sooner the auctions ( based on servitude inducing mounds of debt) resume and the big screens are marching out of Harvey Norman’s the better.

Was interesting watching the Singaporean Prime Minister a few weeks ago when they were in the predicament we now face. He came across as genuine , decisive , capable , concerned and as a leader who was with his people as they confronted a shared crisis.

And then I watch Scummo flittering from one ill considered reactionary response to the next , all whilst barely concealing his contempt for the community and his utmost terror at losing absolute political power even if it comes at the expense of public trust in government.

Scummo’s refusal to test for the virus , after his exposure to the virulent tuber who doubles as our Borderfarce Kommandant , proves beyond a doubt that he would rather be the Typhoid Mary of modern Australia than cede power to a political rival.

As a result of the discrepancy between political leadership, Singapore has managed to greatly impede the spread of the disease despite greater population density, lifestyles more conducive to viral distribution and a role as a central hub of global transport.

Whilst Australia with its natural geographic protection is about to go nuclear on the spread of infection.....whilst still inflicting greater economic self harm than Singapore.

During the bushfires the government managed to pump out a propaganda LNP TV advertising campaign in 24 hours.

Here we are a month into Australia’s infection with zero national cohesion or consensus, let alone a nationally coordinated campaign to educate the population on even the most fundamental pieces of information they would require going forward.

National hotlines ?

Generic medical advice relevant to the situation ?

Contact numbers for service providers ?

Service providers fullstop ?

A coordinated taskforce to provide for quarantined individuals ?

Public register of volunteers who can assist ?

Fucking crickets.....

This is what happens when the political class gets eroded into uselessness and replaced by corruption conduits wearing blue ties.