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...

[rogespeed]

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@davidc4430 wrote:

Victoria records no locally acquired coronavirus cases for third day in a row, one in hotel quarantine

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-09/victoria-coronavirus-cases-one-in-quarantine-no-local-cases/1...

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Nice to be free of fear of contagion

[imastawka]

Guards still aren't always wearing masks in Covid hotel quarantine (msn.com)

[eol-products]

I am sure there as some people wiling to get some paid work in return for wearing a mask.

[davewil1964]

I thought the Vic government had done away with contracted 'security' guards.

I do take issue with the facts of that piece, given the UK variant is allegedly 70% more contagious, NOT 70 times more contagious. If the 'reporter' can't get that right, what other facts are being misreported?

[rogespeed]

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@davewil1964 wrote:

I thought the Vic government had done away with contracted 'security' guards.

I do take issue with the facts of that piece, given the UK variant is allegedly 70% more contagious, NOT 70 times more contagious. If the 'reporter' can't get that right, what other facts are being misreported?

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Well another concern is that the mutant virus is more clingable to the ACE2 receptor which might mean will seriously affect a wider range of ages due to a greater viral efficiency  

[rogespeed]

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@rogespeed wrote:

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@davewil1964 wrote:

I thought the Vic government had done away with contracted 'security' guards.

I do take issue with the facts of that piece, given the UK variant is allegedly 70% more contagious, NOT 70 times more contagious. If the 'reporter' can't get that right, what other facts are being misreported?

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Well another concern is that the mutant virus is more clingable to the ACE2 receptor which might mean will seriously affect a wider range of ages due to a greater viral efficiency  

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After a year of patchy mitigation , the UK must be running out of vulnerable geriatrics , so who are being admitted to hospital now ?

[rogespeed]

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@eol-products wrote:

Next week they will clarify it, we meant 3 weeks not 3 days. But one thing you want enough of is masks as kmart had them for $9 for a box of 50 on saturday when they announced mandatory masks, then at coles today and they are selling them for $45 a box of 50 and this was in NSW. 

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Can they reduce the cost of dunny paper ?

[davidc4430]

Man accused of stabbing attack during face mask argument at Windsor shopping centre

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-13/man-charged-over-alleged-security-guard-assault-stabbing-wind...

[rogespeed]

Word on the street seems that hotel quarantine is not working to well in QLD so plan B option is being considered - dedicated remote area facilities

Who knows maybe at the end of a railway line , easier to keep distancing on a train, distancing from the public as well from a pr viewpoint , while in transit, and can use obsolete out of service carriages - and the town at the end gets some unexpected employment

Can be single story portable units with compound out back for sunshine and exercise , hobbies and interests - could use same facilities later for genuinely and proven highly skilled guest and migrant workers, A-listers and B business investors ( serviced units )

Need not be a hell hole

[davewil1964]

Complete with ankle bracelets?

Have you ever considered writing a fantasy novel? You would have to brush up on your vernacular.