COVID-19 Health System Overload Forecaster

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Craig started the topic in Wednesday, 18 Mar 2020 at 7:44pm

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

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Supafreak Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 9:22am

@san Guine , hope your coping with the stress of your job. Just a question for you if you have the time to reply that would be appreciated. With Greg Hunt announcement that an agreement was struck with the private health sector and 57,000 nurses would be helping the overwhelmed public system and altogether an additional 100,000 medical staff would be added , has this happened or was it simply a political announcement given that the private sector would be busy with their own workload ? https://www.health.gov.au/ministers/the-hon-greg-hunt-mp/media/canberra-.... And so this is a response to that. The Private Hospitals Agreement will see up to 57,000 nurses and over 100,000 staff made available to Omicron affected areas around the country.

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old-dog Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 9:26am

I put Joe Rogan and Russell Brand in the same basket as Jim Banks, all tip and no iceberg, ego isn't a replacement for scientific medical qualifications.

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The real Donald... Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 9:28am
Stok wrote:
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wait, it's 0829 and the' Rona is getting a run.

Hospitals overloaded, even tho' numbers are down.

Vic code brown, that's the code you get when you've been fed a pile of sh8t.

Yep, go talk to the thousands of healthcare workers and their families, they'll love to hear your selfish conspiracy drivel.

yeah sure dickhead, NSW has 186 in ICU, most double whacked or boosted, most in hospital WITH covid not FOR covid, and would be in hospital anyway.

code brown in Vicco when Stairman Dan promised 4000 ICU beds, bit never delivered.

Meanwhile you have 1000s of health care workers sacked for refusing to get whacked, but it's now OK for covid + staff to return to work so long as long they are jacked up with the shit useless franken juice.

This all makes sense to you.

GO suck n swallow for another booster ya fuckwit.

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san Guine Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 9:29am
The real Donald Trump wrote:
Stok wrote:
The real Donald Trump wrote:

wait, it's 0829 and the' Rona is getting a run.

Hospitals overloaded, even tho' numbers are down.

Vic code brown, that's the code you get when you've been fed a pile of sh8t.

Yep, go talk to the thousands of healthcare workers and their families, they'll love to hear your selfish conspiracy drivel.

yeah sure dickhead, NSW has 186 in ICU, most double whacked or boosted, most in hospital WITH covid not FOR covid, and would be in hospital anyway.

code brown in Vicco when Stairman Dan promised 4000 ICU beds, bit never delivered.

Meanwhile you have 1000s of health care workers sacked for refusing to get whacked, but it's now OK for covid + staff to return to work so long as long they are jacked up with the shit useless franken juice.

This all makes sense to you.

GO suck n swallow for another booster ya fuckwit.

Nonsense

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burleigh Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 9:39am
old-dog wrote:

I put Joe Rogan and Russell Brand in the same basket as Jim Banks, all tip and no iceberg, ego isn't a replacement for scientific medical qualifications.

Now now old-dog, give that little pea brain a rest.
Joe Rogans guests are doctors with rather large qualifications.
You listen to the guests, the host just asks the questions.

Stick to making up fake numbers to sooth your fear of the flu

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san Guine Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 9:41am
Supafreak wrote:

@san Guine , hope your coping with the stress of your job. Just a question for you if you have the time to reply that would be appreciated. With Greg Hunt announcement that an agreement was struck with the private health sector and 57,000 nurses would be helping the overwhelmed public system and altogether an additional 100,000 medical staff would be added , has this happened or was it simply a political announcement given that the private sector would be busy with their own workload ? https://www.health.gov.au/ministers/the-hon-greg-hunt-mp/media/canberra-.... And so this is a response to that. The Private Hospitals Agreement will see up to 57,000 nurses and over 100,000 staff made available to Omicron affected areas around the country.

Thanks Supa, doing it real tough over the last 2 months, I'm cooked.
I have totally lost faith in our leaders (both political and administrative) to do anything but throw front-line health care workers under the proverbial bus.
We are totally expendible...

As to your question re private health care medical staff, sorry but no idea. All I know is this is not the time to be going to hospital so many junior medical and nursing staff.

Stay well Swellnetters

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The real Donald... Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 9:43am
san Guine wrote:
The real Donald Trump wrote:
Stok wrote:
The real Donald Trump wrote:

wait, it's 0829 and the' Rona is getting a run.

Hospitals overloaded, even tho' numbers are down.

Vic code brown, that's the code you get when you've been fed a pile of sh8t.

Yep, go talk to the thousands of healthcare workers and their families, they'll love to hear your selfish conspiracy drivel.

yeah sure dickhead, NSW has 186 in ICU, most double whacked or boosted, most in hospital WITH covid not FOR covid, and would be in hospital anyway.

code brown in Vicco when Stairman Dan promised 4000 ICU beds, bit never delivered.

Meanwhile you have 1000s of health care workers sacked for refusing to get whacked, but it's now OK for covid + staff to return to work so long as long they are jacked up with the shit useless franken juice.

This all makes sense to you.

GO suck n swallow for another booster ya fuckwit.

Nonsense

Nonsense ?? Which part ?

Stairman didn't promise 4000 ICU beds ?

1000s of health workers weren't stood down ? And now desperately needed cos so many fully whacked workers are now infected and furloughed.

People aren't in ICU or hospital for other things beside covid and happen also to be covid + ? IE: the co-morbidity crowd.

Another round of boosters and a bowl of bat soup for you !!! ah yes remember them bats !

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san Guine Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 9:47am
The real Donald Trump wrote:
san Guine wrote:
The real Donald Trump wrote:
Stok wrote:
The real Donald Trump wrote:

wait, it's 0829 and the' Rona is getting a run.

Hospitals overloaded, even tho' numbers are down.

Vic code brown, that's the code you get when you've been fed a pile of sh8t.

Yep, go talk to the thousands of healthcare workers and their families, they'll love to hear your selfish conspiracy drivel.

yeah sure dickhead, NSW has 186 in ICU, most double whacked or boosted, most in hospital WITH covid not FOR covid, and would be in hospital anyway.

code brown in Vicco when Stairman Dan promised 4000 ICU beds, bit never delivered.

Meanwhile you have 1000s of health care workers sacked for refusing to get whacked, but it's now OK for covid + staff to return to work so long as long they are jacked up with the shit useless franken juice.

This all makes sense to you.

GO suck n swallow for another booster ya fuckwit.

Nonsense

Nonsense ?? Which part ?

Stairman didn't promise 4000 ICU beds ?

1000s of health workers weren't stood down ? And now desperately needed cos so many fully whacked workers are now infected and furloughed.

People aren't in ICU or hospital for other things beside covid and happen also to be covid + ? IE: the co-morbidity crowd.

Another round of boosters and a bowl of bat soup for you !!! ah yes remember them bats !

Wow, you're an expert. I'll take heed of your opinion. File under C for cretin

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indo-dreaming Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 9:55am
old-dog wrote:

I put Joe Rogan and Russell Brand in the same basket as Jim Banks, all tip and no iceberg, ego isn't a replacement for scientific medical qualifications.

Nah Joe and Russell are open minded willing to look at both sides and aspect of pretty much any topic, even with politics and social issues even if they dont share the same views they are open to having guest with opposing views on and civilly talk about different ideas and civilly disagree too, and like mentioned above Joe has very qualified people on his shows the people that have been said to have spread Covid misinformation aren't nobodies they are highly qualified people.

Jim off course is a great shaper, but let's be real he is on the pretty extreme nutter spectrum with a whole range of ideas, climate change, covid etc, he isn't open minded looking at all ideas or possibilities, he just runs with the most out there idea there is very very different.

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The real Donald... Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 9:50am

for those devout jab junkies, there is chatter from pFizzer that their *new* fantastical omnicon vaccine is a 3 shot program. ($$$$$$$ ker ching $$$$$$$$)

so after your 3rd shot shit useless booster you can forward to another round, rinse and repeat.

WHACK WHACK WHACK.

Reasons to be cheerful !!!

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The real Donald... Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 9:52am
san Guine wrote:
The real Donald Trump wrote:
san Guine wrote:
The real Donald Trump wrote:
Stok wrote:
The real Donald Trump wrote:

wait, it's 0829 and the' Rona is getting a run.

Hospitals overloaded, even tho' numbers are down.

Vic code brown, that's the code you get when you've been fed a pile of sh8t.

Yep, go talk to the thousands of healthcare workers and their families, they'll love to hear your selfish conspiracy drivel.

yeah sure dickhead, NSW has 186 in ICU, most double whacked or boosted, most in hospital WITH covid not FOR covid, and would be in hospital anyway.

code brown in Vicco when Stairman Dan promised 4000 ICU beds, bit never delivered.

Meanwhile you have 1000s of health care workers sacked for refusing to get whacked, but it's now OK for covid + staff to return to work so long as long they are jacked up with the shit useless franken juice.

This all makes sense to you.

GO suck n swallow for another booster ya fuckwit.

Nonsense

Nonsense ?? Which part ?

Stairman didn't promise 4000 ICU beds ?

1000s of health workers weren't stood down ? And now desperately needed cos so many fully whacked workers are now infected and furloughed.

People aren't in ICU or hospital for other things beside covid and happen also to be covid + ? IE: the co-morbidity crowd.

Another round of boosters and a bowl of bat soup for you !!! ah yes remember them bats !

Wow, you're an expert. I'll take heed of your opinion. File under C for cretin

Don't give a fuck what you do or think, too many boosters are never enough for those who want them.

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I focus Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 9:55am

"san Guine

Thanks Supa, doing it real tough over the last 2 months, I'm cooked.
I have totally lost faith in our leaders (both political and administrative) to do anything but throw front-line health care workers under the proverbial bus.
We are totally expendible...

As to your question re private health care medical staff, sorry but no idea. All I know is this is not the time to be going to hospital so many junior medical and nursing staff.

Stay well Swellnetters"

Hey San Guine take care, sincere thanks for yours and fellow front line health care workers efforts during this mess

Cheers

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san Guine Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 9:56am
I focus wrote:

"san Guine

Thanks Supa, doing it real tough over the last 2 months, I'm cooked.
I have totally lost faith in our leaders (both political and administrative) to do anything but throw front-line health care workers under the proverbial bus.
We are totally expendible...

As to your question re private health care medical staff, sorry but no idea. All I know is this is not the time to be going to hospital so many junior medical and nursing staff.

Stay well Swellnetters"

Hey San Guine take care, sincere thanks for yours and fellow front line health care workers efforts during this mess

Cheers

Thanks IF, this means a lot to me

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Stok Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 10:38am
san Guine wrote:

Wow, you're an expert. I'll take heed of your opinion. File under C for cretin

Don't worry about that Donald clown. He's the clowniest of clowns lost so far down a rabbit hole he'll probably be suckered into doing something really stupid soon, like selling all his possessions and signing himself away to some cult.

Reading between the lines you work in healthcare, can't even imagine what it would be like at the moment. The vast majority are with you. Cheers.

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burleigh Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 10:58am
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he'll probably be suckered into doing something really stupid soon, like selling all his possessions and signing himself away to some cult.

The irony of this post. Youre is a cult already Stok.
Pin cushion cult. All bow down to your cult leader dictator Dan.
He knows best. Don’t question it. Blind faith only
The health advise is good. Trust him.

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Blowin Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 11:14am
old-dog wrote:

I put Joe Rogan and Russell Brand in the same basket as Jim Banks, all tip and no iceberg, ego isn't a replacement for scientific medical qualifications.

I’m curious if you’ve ever watched any of Rogan’s or Brand’s stuff?

Pretty hard to frame them as anything but open minded centrists without sounding a bit Jim Banks yourself.

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Supafreak Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 11:18am

@san Guine , thanks for replying , I noticed you had been quiet on the threads last few months and figured you were flat out . So if nothing much has changed them maybe it was just a big announcement that the LNP are famous for . I asked another friend who’s indigenous and a nurse, she’s been busy out bush working for a vaccination team with various communities in north western nsw . She said the aged care sector was really struggling. When things get back to relatively normal I hope you can get a well earned surf holiday somewhere. I saw this the other day and thought of you . FFF46-AE2-BF6-E-4-D9-E-B8-D4-52830-D289692

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aaron61 Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 11:52am

Gunner says "Hold my beer".

Remember the good old days?

Two and done. Uh uh, not so fast.
Four is now probable.

https://www.9news.com.au/national/nt-covid-update-booster-shot-now-manda...

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burleigh Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 11:56am
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Gunner says "Hold my beer".

Remember the good old days?

Two and done. Uh uh, not so fast.
Four is now probable.

https://www.9news.com.au/national/nt-covid-update-booster-shot-now-manda...

It was NEVER going to end at 2. That was just the sales pitch/coercion the government ran with.
2 for freedom will very soon be jab every three months and you’re never free.
Goal posts moved everyday. Stok and co have a lot to answer for by being so compliant.

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aaron61 Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 12:26pm

It's worse than we thought.

Luckily, new boosters already being designed.

Mr Gottlieb ( ex head of FDA, now board member @Pfizer fills us in).

Pfizer and Moderna started clinical trials this week on omicron-specific shots amid growing concern that new variants will emerge as immunity induced by the original vaccines wanes.

"Immunity"????

George Orwell was unavailable for comment.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/28/the-new-bapoint2-omicron-subvariant-is-a...

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burleigh Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 12:21pm
aaron61 wrote:

It's worse than we thought.

Luckily, new boosters already being designed.

Mr Gottlieb ( ex head of FDA, now board member @Pfizer fills us in).

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/28/the-new-bapoint2-omicron-subvariant-is-a...

So lucky we have Pfizer to save us. Doesn’t matter about your health and well-being. Just take an unknown jab every three months or we will take your rights away.

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burleigh Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 12:27pm

With basically every country having different covid policies, some dropping restrictions some tightening, some jabbing 5 year olds, others saying it’s hello no, it’s no wonder we question what is going on.

If you don’t question it and believe what your state/premier is doing is correct you are in a cult. Having blind faith in a leader is fucked up.

I’m talking about you Stok

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The real Donald... Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 12:33pm
Stok wrote:
san Guine wrote:

Wow, you're an expert. I'll take heed of your opinion. File under C for cretin

Don't worry about that Donald clown. He's the clowniest of clowns lost so far down a rabbit hole he'll probably be suckered into doing something really stupid soon, like selling all his possessions and signing himself away to some cult.

Reading between the lines you work in healthcare, can't even imagine what it would be like at the moment. The vast majority are with you. Cheers.

- probably be suckered into doing something really stupid soon, like selling all his possessions and signing himself away to some cult. -

you talking about yourself ???

Like getting whacked 3 times with a franken juice that doesn't work ?

Then queing up for another round of shots from same manufacturer. ?

THAT kind of stupid ?? yep, you'll be getting jacked up with the omnicon boosters from April onwards.

Happy days.

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I focus Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 12:44pm
san Guine wrote:
I focus wrote:

"san Guine

Thanks Supa, doing it real tough over the last 2 months, I'm cooked.
I have totally lost faith in our leaders (both political and administrative) to do anything but throw front-line health care workers under the proverbial bus.
We are totally expendible...

As to your question re private health care medical staff, sorry but no idea. All I know is this is not the time to be going to hospital so many junior medical and nursing staff.

Stay well Swellnetters"

Hey San Guine take care, sincere thanks for yours and fellow front line health care workers efforts during this mess

Cheers

Thanks IF, this means a lot to me

Mate all bullshit aside you are a super hero of our time cheers

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overthefalls Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 12:54pm

Thanks for all of your hard work, San Guine! You guys at the frontline are very much appreciated by most. Don’t let the rebels without a clue get you down.

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burleigh Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 12:56pm

49 deaths reported in NSW in the last 24 hours. Big number right.

However, only 1 person, yes 1 was under the age of 65 and had significant underlying health conditions.

Of the 49 people who died; two people were in their 60s, 10 people were in their 70s, 17 people were in their 80s, 19 people were in their 90s, and one person was aged 100 years old.

Tell me why you want to fill this juice and mandate it for young fit healthy people?

out of the 49 - 12 were not vaccinated. Even i agree if you're old and have health conditions you should at least try the devil juice, you have nothing to loose.

Is it possible they were already too sick to receive the jab? I think so.

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gragagan Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 1:42pm
overthefalls wrote:

Thanks for all of your hard work, San Guine! You guys at the frontline are very much appreciated by most. Don’t let the rebels without a clue get you down.

+1

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Roadkill Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 1:46pm

San Guine…tells it like it is, first hand experience. Deals with what frontline health care is facing.

Blowin…there is no crisis in Australia healthcare.

Burleigh…fuck em, they choose the job so stop whinging.

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Roadkill Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 1:48pm
gragagan wrote:
overthefalls wrote:

Thanks for all of your hard work, San Guine! You guys at the frontline are very much appreciated by most. Don’t let the rebels without a clue get you down.

+1

+2

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burleigh Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 1:55pm
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San Guine…tells it like it is, first hand experience. Deals with what frontline health care is facing.

Blowin…there is no crisis in Australia healthcare.

Burleigh…fuck em, they choose the job so stop whinging.

I’ve literally never said that, but you’re not one to tell the truth are you Toadkill.

I believe the powers have severely let health care works down big time.

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Roadkill Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 2:05pm
burleigh wrote:
Roadkill wrote:

San Guine…tells it like it is, first hand experience. Deals with what frontline health care is facing.

Blowin…there is no crisis in Australia healthcare.

Burleigh…fuck em, they choose the job so stop whinging.

I’ve literally never said that, but you’re not one to tell the truth are you Toadkill.

I believe the powers have severely let health care works down big time.

Own it, burleigh. You said it and more. Zero fucks give to health workers in Australia. You have never showed the slightest respect for the jobs they do.

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Blowin Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 2:19pm
burleigh wrote:
aaron61 wrote:

Gunner says "Hold my beer".

Remember the good old days?

Two and done. Uh uh, not so fast.
Four is now probable.

https://www.9news.com.au/national/nt-covid-update-booster-shot-now-manda...

It was NEVER going to end at 2. That was just the sales pitch/coercion the government ran with.
2 for freedom will very soon be jab every three months and you’re never free.
Goal posts moved everyday. Stok and co have a lot to answer for by being so compliant.

The suggestion of vaccine mandates was literally the stuff of whacky tin foil hat conspiracy theories less than a year ago.

We are drip fed the control so the population doesn’t realise it’s being slowly groomed into complete and unquestioning compliance with any government demands.

Climate change control measures will be implemented before you know it.

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indo-dreaming Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 2:21pm
aaron61 wrote:

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/28/the-new-bapoint2-omicron-subvariant-is-a...

In regard to your link:

"The latest Covid variant is 1.5 times more contagious than omicron and already circulating in almost half of U.S. states"

In my view the new variant of Omicron(BA.2) which if more contagious will become number one, is really only another positive, more contagious but same/similar sickness level, it just makes the odds of another more deadly more contagious variant coming about a tad less likely.

Fingers crossed Omicron variants get more contagious but stay less deadly.

We will have to wait to see but im betting those previously infected with Omicron will have some immunity to it too.

But still we might see a second wave from it, especially as it's going to hit as kids go back to school, so get ready for people to freak out again as numbers at least bump a little.

All above is my opinion and theory only though, it's just a forum remember.

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Blowin Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 2:22pm
overthefalls wrote:

Thanks for all of your hard work, San Guine! You guys at the frontline are very much appreciated by most. Don’t let the rebels without a clue get you down.

For sure. Because if you don’t agree with vaccine mandates and passports you must obviously hate nurses with a passion.

Epic logic there bloke.

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burleigh Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 2:34pm
Roadkill wrote:
burleigh wrote:
Roadkill wrote:

San Guine…tells it like it is, first hand experience. Deals with what frontline health care is facing.

Blowin…there is no crisis in Australia healthcare.

Burleigh…fuck em, they choose the job so stop whinging.

I’ve literally never said that, but you’re not one to tell the truth are you Toadkill.

I believe the powers have severely let health care works down big time.

Own it, burleigh. You said it and more. Zero fucks give to health workers in Australia. You have never showed the slightest respect for the jobs they do.

The only thing I’ve said remotely close to that is Drs are being controlled/censored by the government in regards to covid treatments.

You’re a fool Toadkill. This everyone will agree on

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monkeyboy Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 2:36pm

From Dick (the man who said 100,000 Qld jobs would be created just before Xmas): "“About 10 per cent of the population is unvaccinated, but they make up a third of all deaths in Queensland [from COVID-19] in the last reporting period.

“I think that is another reminder that in Queensland, it’s never too late to vaccinate.”

Ok - so by that logic - if 100% of Qld get vaccinated then the vaccinated will make up three thirds of all the deaths......and this man is a treasurer...wtf.

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overthefalls Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 2:50pm

Blowin, just because I don’t agree with vaccine mandates and passports doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate all the nurses and doctors who are doing the heavy lifting. The rebels without a clue was a reference to the armchair experts who peddle drivel about the inefficacy and danger of the vaccines, and who also denigrate the efforts of frontline workers. Your logic isn’t the only way of making sense of the world, mate.

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burleigh Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 3:00pm

Very difficult to comprehend that 2 years into this bullshit and NT has just made OUTDOOR masks mandatory for 7 days while Some European countries have dropped all covid restrictions.

Trust the science and health advice has NEVER seemed so dodgy. Everyone should be asking questions.

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Supafreak Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 3:12pm

With Sweden not recommending covid vaccine for 5-11 year olds it would be nice to see their risk & benefits analysis. Lots of people have mentioned long covid in children and this link is the largest study so far ( I think and not sure which varient ) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00431-021-04345-z Conclusions: Long COVID in children is rare and mainly of short duration.………kids with underlying conditions would be a different analysis again I would think .

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Distracted Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 3:28pm

Supa, saw something briefly showing hospitalisation for 0-5 years has recently taken off in Denmark… fingers crossed it’s north another variant

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freeride76 Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 3:30pm

Just as a matter of interest has anybody here has Covid Serology testing done to confirm the presence of antibodies?

eg, post infection?

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shoredump Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 3:54pm

@SanGuine said “ Thanks Supa, doing it real tough over the last 2 months, I'm cooked.
I have totally lost faith in our leaders (both political and administrative) to do anything but throw front-line health care workers under the proverbial bus.
We are totally expendible...”

Firstly can I say with my hand on my heart a sincere thank you from myself, my family and the community. We all know you guys n gals are the superhero’s of the times and we can only imagine how insanely tough it must be

The complete lack of boosting of the health system in 20/21 is nothing short of outrageous. I hope at least there’s a big fat tax free government cheque coming your way at the end of all this. It will be well deserved.

Outside of this glaring lack of support, I would argue that our leaders have done the right thing to “let it rip” now we have found our vaccination peak, and thanks to the helping hand of omicron. You might find that hard to agree with right now and that’s understandable. Just know this. Many of us have been thrown under the bus with this pandemic, and I guess it’s because there is no easy or right fix. We are all making this up as we go. Coming from an aviation perspective, I can tell you I know people who have lost their jobs, their homes, their marriages and nearly their sanity. Different stages of the pandemic response will hit all sectors differently. For us, this is a great stage of the pandemic, after two years of hell there is now hope. I can tell you I came within about 4 weeks of having to sell my home, as my daughters bedroom is in that home, it’s a big deal. Labouring in the sun with 20 year olds and withdrawing tens of thousands of dollars from my supa are just two things I did to help flatten the curve for you guys, for us all. So I can appreciate you’re exhausted, but I just thought it might make it easier for you if you could see a different perspective and understood the current situation to be as a minimum, fair.

Peace and barrels for you brother, this won’t last forever. PS that daughter of mine begins her nursing degree in February

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Supafreak Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 3:42pm
Distracted wrote:

Supa, saw something briefly showing hospitalisation for 0-5 years has recently taken off in Denmark… fingers crossed it’s north another variant

I wish our government would release daily ages on those hospitalised from covid. Don’t think children are filling up the wards , media would surely be reporting if they were .

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old-dog Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 3:52pm

@ blowin and Indo, O.K. agreed he's not in the same league as Jim Banks but I've seen enough Joe Rogan podcasts to work out he's a far right opportunist getting paid 100 million bucks from Spotify to provide a platform for conspiracy nutters and covid misinformation. He lost me when he said Alex Jones was right about micro chips being injected into arms or that Joe Biden was funding experiments on beagle puppies putting their heads in cages full of sand flies.
I am sick of the whole woke left PC apologists too but this guy is a bit too extreme right for me, over 1000 doctors tried to have him shut down for his anti vax misinformation. Still there is no money to be made from agreeing with the 99% of experts. I'm with Neil Young on this one. Cheers fellas.

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udo Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 4:07pm
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Ben Harding Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 4:26pm
old-dog wrote:

@ blowin and Indo, O.K. agreed he's not in the same league as Jim Banks but I've seen enough Joe Rogan podcasts to work out he's a far right opportunist getting paid 100 million bucks from Spotify to provide a platform for conspiracy nutters and covid misinformation. He lost me when he said Alex Jones was right about micro chips being injected into arms or that Joe Biden was funding experiments on beagle puppies putting their heads in cages full of sand flies.
I am sick of the whole woke left PC apologists too but this guy is a bit too extreme right for me, over 1000 doctors tried to have him shut down for his anti vax misinformation. Still there is no money to be made from agreeing with the 99% of experts. I'm with Neil Young on this one. Cheers fellas.

Sure, far right on some things like his despisal of identity politics and far left on others like his call for drug reform and decriminalisation. Like most humans his politics appear to be a mash up. He does come across as consistantly anti-establishment though, which would be far left? Not unlike Neil Young (*back in the day anyway).

Wasn't it only 270 doctors? Even so, 1000 doctor's is only 0.1 of the registered phsycians in the United states. A significant percentage of those signatories weren't registered physicians either. Did you see the list? A real mix of crew. Anyway, not a large number considering the reach potential (global) of online petitions wouldn't you say. I wouldn't take too much comfort in the numbers supporting the request for censorship as they were tiny in the grand scheme of things.

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GreenJam Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 4:23pm

Freeride - I asked my GP for that test just a few weeks ago (suspicious I may have had it way back in April 2020). He said it isnt yet available. I was a bit dumbfounded by that.

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burleigh Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 4:44pm
udo wrote:

Joni Mitchell has joined Neil Young
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-29/joni-mitchell-take-songs-off-spot...

Who?

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burleigh Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 4:45pm
freeride76 wrote:

Just as a matter of interest has anybody here has Covid Serology testing done to confirm the presence of antibodies?

eg, post infection?

From what I understand this is not available by our government.

Says everything you need to know

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Supafreak Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 at 4:46pm
GreenJam wrote:

Freeride - I asked my GP for that test just a few weeks ago (suspicious I may have had it way back in April 2020). He said it isnt yet available. I was a bit dumbfounded by that.

That sounds strange, my neighbour was a Qantas steward who volunteered to do the last flight to South America in March 2020 where he got covid . Said he was sick for 10 days in hotel quarantine. He’s fit healthy 45 year old and said it wasn’t a very nice experience . Anyway he got tested around 3 or 4 months ago for antibodies and results showed he had very significant amount. He hasn’t bothered getting vaccinated now as doesn’t see the point . He feels though he’s been discriminated against. Mainly keeps to himself . Took voluntary redundancy from Qantas.