Coronavirus update

[davidc4430]

Coronavirus update: Formula One Grand Prix called off, Trump announces travel ban, Tom Hanks tests positive

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-12/coronavirus-live-updates-mclaren-lewis-hamilton-travel-ban/12...

[davidc4430]

so far cats and dogs are not carriers of the virus otherwise id be in big trouble

[rogespeed]

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@eol-products wrote:

I think masks are best kept for use by someone who is infected or waiting for results in a household and needs to use a common area, example bathroom.

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Or if you use public transport like suburban trains or buses or trams - warm , no ventilation , packed like sardines - but if you have a job the show must go on ! 

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@davidc4430 wrote:

so far cats and dogs are not carriers of the virus otherwise id be in big trouble

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Not sure about now but the Chinese suspected otherwise 

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10869251/coronovirus-china-kill-dogs-pets/

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@freddie*rooster wrote:

All those people lined up at the Centrelink Offices and very few

masks to be seen. Gosh this is shoddy no wonder it's spreading.

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My experience 24/03/2020 abvout 8:30 - 9:00 am  

At the front door C/link staff ask you 2 questions before allowing admittance - have you been overseas recently and have you been in contact with a known covid-19 case ? or words to that effect 

If you answer no for both , then the rationale is that you can not be a viral threat so admittance is granted.

Only 9 clients at a time allowed in

Once in the foyar awaiting front desk consultation - you stand on the taped x , which is a couple of meters away from the other 8 x's who have other clients dolefully standing upon.

Moving up the queue means stepping from one x to the other as indicated by an arrow ( taped) 

Consulting at the front desk : stand at the taped line 1.5 meters from the desk ( ala Blues Brothers film opening scene, and with about as much emotional gravity ) 

Most likely be directed for a specialist interview - wait sitting on a single chair placed 1.5 meters away from the next in all directions

[rogespeed]

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@go-tazz wrote:

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@davidc4430 wrote:

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@go-tazz wrote:

Hopefully it's held in reserve for when it's really needed and not squandered on "suspect" things.

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i'm a little afraid a lot of what being thrown at business people will be pocketed and will not save jobs.

after all im seeing stories of mass lay offs even after the anouncments of handouts to business.

That's the part I see as a possible major spend that can go horrible wrong in that businesses have already put

their workers off and so have no business to rescue and they'll just sit on what they receive or pocket it.

i think the giving money to low income earners and those on benifits was a good idea as those people will spend it.

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Low income earners generally live from week to week and tend to not save so all the money they receive will

go back into the economy which is what a stimulus packet is supposed to do.

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Businesses need to make home deliveries easy - as the teeming masses now stuck at home rediscover constructive activies the demand for house maintenance / hobbies / Garden developments / star gazing whatever will soar 

[not_for_sale2025]

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Businesses need to make home deliveries easy - as the teeming masses now stuck at home rediscover constructive activies the demand for house maintenance / hobbies / Garden developments / star gazing whatever will soar 

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I know a young man who lost his job over the weekend, he was devastated. Today he contacted a number of big retailers to try and buy a video game that was released last Friday. He said he didn't know what to do with himself and the game would help occupy him a little. Every retailer was sold out and nobody had any idea when more copies would become available. One retailer said the game sold so fast because many of the people who bought the game were in exactly the same situation as the young man.

[go-tazz]

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@davidc4430 wrote:

so far cats and dogs are not carriers of the virus otherwise id be in big trouble

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There is a canine corona virus.

This is from the second of March.

All greyhounds arriving in Victoria will be isolated as the industry moves to prevent the spread of canine coronavirus.

This morning the Rumour File heard a Geelong greyhound establishment has been shut down temporarily following an outbreak, which is unrelated to COVID-19.

Greyhound Racing Victoria has confirmed one premises has been closed due to an outbreak of the disease, which causes colds, vomiting and diarrhoea in dogs.

All greyhounds entering the state must be isolated, along with any dogs currently in Victoria who are showing signs of the virus or who have had contact with affected dogs.

Canine coronavirus has been an active disease in Australia for some time, and other Australian states have experienced outbreaks this year.

Humans cannot get coronavirus from dogs, and the disease is not fatal to infected canines.

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@not_for_sale2025 wrote:

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Businesses need to make home deliveries easy - as the teeming masses now stuck at home rediscover constructive activies the demand for house maintenance / hobbies / Garden developments / star gazing whatever will soar 

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I know a young man who lost his job over the weekend, he was devastated. Today he contacted a number of big retailers to try and buy a video game that was released last Friday. He said he didn't know what to do with himself and the game would help occupy him a little. Every retailer was sold out and nobody had any idea when more copies would become available. One retailer said the game sold so fast because many of the people who bought the game were in exactly the same situation as the young man.

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Is a vexing issue -  will or should be a challenge for retailers to enhance service 

https://www.metacritic.com/browse/games/release-date/available/pc/date

[davewil1964]

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@rogespeed wrote:

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@freddie*rooster wrote:

All those people lined up at the Centrelink Offices and very few

masks to be seen. Gosh this is shoddy no wonder it's spreading.

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My experience 24/03/2020 abvout 8:30 - 9:00 am  

At the front door C/link staff ask you 2 questions before allowing admittance - have you been overseas recently and have you been in contact with a known covid-19 case ? or words to that effect 

If you answer no for both , then the rationale is that you can not be a viral threat so admittance is granted.

Only 9 clients at a time allowed in

Once in the foyar awaiting front desk consultation - you stand on the taped x , which is a couple of meters away from the other 8 x's who have other clients dolefully standing upon.

Moving up the queue means stepping from one x to the other as indicated by an arrow ( taped) 

Consulting at the front desk : stand at the taped line 1.5 meters from the desk ( ala Blues Brothers film opening scene, and with about as much emotional gravity ) 

Most likely be directed for a specialist interview - wait sitting on a single chair placed 1.5 meters away from the next in all directions

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Sounds perfect. That's the minimum of what you expected, surely.

[davidc4430]

Scott Morrison extends coronavirus restrictions with new limits on weddings and funerals, more business closures

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-24/scott-morrison-announces-new-measures-to-slow-coronavirus-spr...