COVID-19 Health System Overload Forecaster
Another peaceful protest.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/police-hunt-protesters-who-l...
Shoot ‘em
Brutus, your article concerns the C.1.2 strain. The big O is B.1.1. 529.
As to the differences/similarities, sorry but I have no idea.
Wasn’t gonna write this but stuff it . Those who are bagging blowin “behind his back” will get their karma . And there are a few of you it seems. Speaks volumes of character of a person.
I have respect for him as he has the guts to tell it like it is and with wit to boot. Opposite of a snowflake . He has only ever defended himself from being attacked and bullied from day dot. He sees bs and isn’t afraid to call it. I wish there were more blowins in the world .
Naughty corners ? Nah don’t think it needed to come to that.
Roadkill wrote:Another peaceful protest.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/police-hunt-protesters-who-l...
From September 18th Roadkill. Stay relevant please. Sharing this is just media hype or click bait.
Agree Salty, for the most part brings something worthwhile to the table and can dish it out and take it in equal measure. Keeps a few higher than thou's on their toes.
I don't think sin-bins are needed either, usually things tend to calm down in good time.
Interesting to hear the fear campaign has already begun on the new variant. Every channel, every radio station it's all breaking headlines. Closing borders in the UK etc etc.
Pfyzer bosses will be wiping their asses with 100 dollar bills.
Will the 4th booster shots have some new poison added?
Spot on saltyone
It’s gonna be big today. Crank the Johnny Farnham ‘your’re the voice’ then look in the mirror and ask yourself ‘why the fk aren’t I standing to shut this bullshit down’. Stand up and move forward or stand down and become roadkill.
burleigh wrote:Interesting to hear the fear campaign has already begun on the new variant. Every channel, every radio station it's all breaking headlines. Closing borders in the UK etc etc.
Pfyzer bosses will be wiping their asses with 100 dollar bills.
Will the 4th booster shots have some new poison added?
You're sure it’s not just raising concern? Not everything is to scare.
Are there protests on today Shorto?
According to a guy on another website a deadly flu is spreading across USA,. constant coughing up zero flem yet trying to clear your throat etc.Lasts two to three weeks.
Supafreak wrote:Lets hope it’s all just a storm in a teacup . Our government needs to have some sort of plan in place though.
SF I hear Morrison is doing up a pamphlet and should be ready for another lovely press conference soon...
shortenism wrote:It’s gonna be big today. Crank the Johnny Farnham ‘your’re the voice’ then look in the mirror and ask yourself ‘why the fk aren’t I standing to shut this bullshit down’. Stand up and move forward or stand down and become roadkill.
Is it one or two zillion on streets today? Yawn
Data shared by South Africa's Department of Health on Thursday showed that B.1.1.529 made up about 75% of cases detected in Gauteng province on November 22, just two weeks after the variant first emerged. Its ascent was much faster than that of the Beta and Delta variants, which each took months to become dominant. BioNTech says it will know in 2 weeks whether the COVID-19 vaccine it developed with Pfizer works against the new variant rapidly spreading in southern Africa https://www.businessinsider.com/vaccine-pfizer-biontech-coronavirus-covi... So why not stop flights from SA until more is known ? Apparently there’s not many flights anyway at the moment.
Roadkill wrote:It’s pretty much impossible to keep variants in 1 location. Air travel and human movement will always spread.
100%
Before we had a vaccine there was a descent excuse for closing borders and quarantine, but now we have vaccines even if a strain is more resistant, it's going to spread.
The idea that we can keep any strain out of Australia long term is just not realistic and only hurts us trying.
Plus who the hell wants to go through all that crazy shit again, only wankers that do will be supporting the idea for political reasons, so they can hate on the government...they can go get fucked.
freeride76 wrote:Are there protests on today Shorto?
Sure is. Here is the link to the Melbourne coverage
https://fb.watch/9xhv-UK08l/
"Is it possible that humanity is making a very big mistake here? Coronaviruses forma very large family of viruses that have always circulated in the population. (See below screengrab from www.healthdirect.gov.au/.). With all the testing taking place, are we now just detecting and reacting to the various strains of coronaviruses that have always circulated in the population? So are we just being really stupid and fear driven now?
If we keep going into panic and fear mode and react to every coronavirus variant like we have with covid, then we are never going to get out of this situation."
it's totally possible...
that's why voices willing to ask questions should never be silenced... (blowin)
and voices that seem too keen, too 'compliant and servile', too invested, should be listened to with a critical mind.... (blindboy)
as niel furgosan noted re. corona... governments tend to develope a 'bureaucratic inertia' that is cumbersome and totally resistant to change...
combined with an investment inertia that has developed... we should be more suspicious and careful than ever of any forms of pointless entrenchment we've burroughed into
the sheer investment in uselessness to this point is off the charts
as someone said above, that investment probably should have gone into readying the medical systems, and if it did we'd probably be in a much better position both now and for the future
indo-dreaming wrote:Roadkill wrote:It’s pretty much impossible to keep variants in 1 location. Air travel and human movement will always spread.
100%
Before we had a vaccine there was a descent excuse for closing borders and quarantine, but now we have vaccines even if a strain is more resistant, it's going to spread.
The idea that we can keep any strain out of Australia long term is just not realistic and only hurts us trying.
Plus who the hell wants to go through all that crazy shit again, only wankers that do will be supporting the idea for political reasons, so they can hate on the government...they can go get fucked.
I agree, but it seems dumb to not stop flights right now
pig headed, dumb, and non-sensical
a tenporary ban like we did with india seems appropriate
indo-dreaming wrote:Roadkill wrote:It’s pretty much impossible to keep variants in 1 location. Air travel and human movement will always spread.
100%
Before we had a vaccine there was a descent excuse for closing borders and quarantine, but now we have vaccines even if a strain is more resistant, it's going to spread.
The idea that we can keep any strain out of Australia long term is just not realistic and only hurts us trying.
Plus who the hell wants to go through all that crazy shit again, only wankers that do will be supporting the idea for political reasons, so they can hate on the government...they can go get fucked.
It is worth keeping new variants out of the country for as long as possible to allow them to get more study, better ICU treatment developed etc etc.
I would prefer not to be the country with the first serious outbreak.
Temporary ban is okay for a few weeks as work out more, makes sense to just do that like other countries, but they were saying on the radio there is no direct flights to and from SA anyway.
They are announcing restrictions by a press conference in about 5 minutes.
Roadkill wrote:indo-dreaming wrote:Roadkill wrote:It’s pretty much impossible to keep variants in 1 location. Air travel and human movement will always spread.
100%
Before we had a vaccine there was a descent excuse for closing borders and quarantine, but now we have vaccines even if a strain is more resistant, it's going to spread.
The idea that we can keep any strain out of Australia long term is just not realistic and only hurts us trying.
Plus who the hell wants to go through all that crazy shit again, only wankers that do will be supporting the idea for political reasons, so they can hate on the government...they can go get fucked.
It is worth keeping new variants out of the country for as long as possible to allow them to get more study, better ICU treatment developed etc etc.
I would prefer not to be the country with the first serious outbreak.
Listen to yourself Roadkill. We literally know nothing about this new variant. Stop living in fear, get outside, breath fresh air and live your life.
burleigh wrote:Roadkill wrote:indo-dreaming wrote:Roadkill wrote:It’s pretty much impossible to keep variants in 1 location. Air travel and human movement will always spread.
100%
Before we had a vaccine there was a descent excuse for closing borders and quarantine, but now we have vaccines even if a strain is more resistant, it's going to spread.
The idea that we can keep any strain out of Australia long term is just not realistic and only hurts us trying.
Plus who the hell wants to go through all that crazy shit again, only wankers that do will be supporting the idea for political reasons, so they can hate on the government...they can go get fucked.
It is worth keeping new variants out of the country for as long as possible to allow them to get more study, better ICU treatment developed etc etc.
I would prefer not to be the country with the first serious outbreak.Listen to yourself Roadkill. We literally know nothing about this new variant. Stop living in fear, get outside, breath fresh air and live your life.
I have zero fear.
You assume a lot.
"COVID live updates: New Omicron variant prompts tightening of Australian quarantine for travellers from South Africa and other countries"
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-27/covid-live-updates-who-omicron-co...
Fear is the pandemic
get the popcorn out.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-05/government-buys-merck-covid-antiv...
https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/merck-says-covi...
also with suspect side effects.
brainiac wrote:get the popcorn out.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-05/government-buys-merck-covid-antiv...
https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/merck-says-covi...
also with suspect side effects.
Be a race now to secure Pfizer’s new pill .
Ignorance trumps fear.
Ignorance march today, get out there.
bravery trumps fear.
Trump was brave and 700,000 US citizens are dead now.
In naming the new varient they went from mu to omicron skipping past nu and xi , was there a political reason for skipping xi ? 
Lol, probably didn’t need to though because the Greek pronunciation of Xi is zz-eye but the Mandarin is more like “tshee” (with the tongue behind the bottom teeth)
Today's little rally in a small rural town i attended pulled in about 1000. Of note, the majority were clearly elderly. Some really ancient. That came as a big surprise. I would suggest anyone labelling those marching with derision should perhaps get out there to a rally and meet these people themselves. With an open mind. These are ordinary everyday people like you and me who have had enough. Nobody wants to be there on a glorious Saturday morning. People are forcing themselves out if their comfort zones because they know things fundamentally are wrong. Its happening everywhere. Was q powerful experience for such a small community to come together in a place that will make no media headlines.
What rural town was that BD?
Prefer not to say locations on here Roady.
Since my last post earlier in the week two more people I know personally have been laid out by job.
Hearing from friends similar stories..
What does laid out mean? My apprentice had a bad headache the day after getting his Pfizer shot and he went home early and went to bed. Fine the next day.
Is that laid out?
And why is it that it’s only anti-vaxxers that know “heaps” of people who have been affected by the vaccine?
I was laid out and shattered after my Pfizer last Sunday. Went home from work early on Monday and lay on the bed exhausted with a headache. Tuesday felt better but still a bit tired. Wednesday pretty much back to normal..all known side effects and an indication that the jab and your body is doing the right thing.
All good. No need to dramatise it
“ No need to dramatise it”
Exactamundo.
I went to the Ballina rally today.
Not on purpose, I had no idea it was on and was on my way to BCF.
thought I'd stop in and make my own judgements on the people there and the "counter-narrative."
Report to follow.
I'm pro vax and know absolutely nobody who has had a bad reaction to the vaccine. "A bit tired" and "a sore arm for the day" is it. This is not a shock given how rare serious side effects are.
Funny how the anti-vaxxers seem to personally know multiple people who have had crippling side effects or died after the jab. And these folk know absolutely nobody who has had Covid. What a coincidence.
Just to clarify, my reaction to my 3rd jab should not be classed as a bad reaction…..it was just a mild reaction.
Interested to hear, looked like there was a bit of a turn out.
Interested to hear, looked like there was a bit of a turn out.
Looks largely like a grab bag rent a mob
The signs on display from todays marches show most people attending are stupid.
Didn't seem like stupid people where I was roady. My read was 70% of the crowd were normal enough concerned citizens. There would have been about 30% that came across a little bit too passionate, also a little bit aggressive in their demeanour. It definitely adds an uneasy element to the people there who come along with purely legitimate concerns and I think it drove a few away during. The whole Aussie oi thing and flag waving/eureka flag doesn't sit comfortably with me normally and during a peaceful protest its definitely abrasive. But like I said, alot of elderly. That really surprised me as they've seen alot more in their time than I have.
Roadkill wrote:The signs on display from todays marches show most people attending are stupid.
The only thing worse than that idiot mob is the right wing grifters trying to outdo each other to win their votes.
If Palmer, Hanson, Katter or one the other lunar right micro-parties can be the preferred fuckwit politician of choice for the anti-everything mob, they are a very good chance of getting a senate seat. Probably not in their own right, but with preference flows from the other nutter parties, they probably would get a quota.
These fuckers are encouraging the mob big time. They are becoming increasingly deranged to match the mob. Speaking at their rallies and pushing covid misinformation on their social media platforms. They don't give a flying fuck about the consequences just as long as they stay on the tax payer funded gravy train.
Only a complete moron can't see how the mobs at the "freedom marches" are the scumbag's useful idiots.
I do tend to agree w u there VL. Very wary of each of them and their underlying motivation.
Freedom Marches for firk sake, my 10th Lighthouse Grandfather would be rolling in his grave
I've created a spreadsheet forecast which I'll update as we go..
There's also a website with live running data.. https://sites.google.com/view/stayhomeaustralia