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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@davewil1964 wrote:

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@go-tazz wrote:

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@rogespeed wrote:

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48 hour martial law conditions declared for VIC and NSW - essential travel only , this is not a dril

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Not in that link?

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This is the only one I could find, and it is that these states will impose restrictions IN 48 hours (ie tomorrow), not FOR 48 hours. And it's not a blanket ban on travel.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-22/coronavirus-nsw-victoria-act-shutdown-non-essential-services/...

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true , stage 1 closures from mid day 23rd March - i did say " essential travel only " aslo described as " unnessessary travel"

[rogespeed]

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@go-tazz wrote:

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@rogespeed wrote:

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48 hour martial law conditions declared for VIC and NSW - essential travel only , this is not a dril

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Not in that link?

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from mid day 23rd March , stage 1 closures (VIC)

[rogespeed]

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@go-tazz wrote:

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@*kazumi* wrote:

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@go-tazz wrote:

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@*kazumi* wrote:

Update world wide and you can click on individual countries

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

latest 335,403 cases, 14,611 dead, 97,636 recovered.  

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So how has China managed to control it and have no new deaths if that chart is correct?

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They shut down whole cities, tested people, isolated those infected even if they did not have symptoms, and 2 months later all their new cases are imported.  Therefore they have 2 weeks quarantine for anybody coming from o/s.  They even had no new cases for couple of days.

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That shows that it can be "contained" so surely everyone should follow those guidelines?

Could the flu shot prevent it as the body produces the same immune cells to fight it?

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-51921403

The 47-year-old woman from Wuhan, China, had presented to hospital in Australia.

She recovered within 14 days.

Prof Kedzierska told the BBC her team had examined the "whole breadth of the immune response" in this patient.

Three days before the woman began to improve, specific cells were spotted in her bloodstream.

In influenza patients, these same cells also appear around this time before recovery, Prof Kedzierska said.

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Surely worth a try

[rogespeed]

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@lionrose.7 wrote:

New Zealand goes to stage 4 tomorrow, only super markets doctor and chemist will be open.

I cant get my car fixed so will have to drive around with out a warrant

I have all the papers so if stopped by cops I can show them I tried.

Getting scary

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New Zealand has a chance by testing everyone and taking strictly enforced appropriate action - worked for a town in northern Italy

[lionrose.7]

Thank you Amber

I have a wonderful ex daughter inlaw in the same area, she tells me off all the time and says she can do shopping or any thing I need.

She reminded me of things I had done for other people in the past and say now is my turn.

I love her like a daughter

Have to get used of accepting help.

[davewil1964]

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@rogespeed wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

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@myoclon1cjerk wrote:
What a wonderful man

“You know, this is an opportunity. Our sales are up in Harvey Norman in Australia by 9% on last year. Our sales in freezers are up 300%. And what about air purifiers? Up 100%.

— Gerry Harvey
In case you ever start to feel nostalgic for capitalism, here’s an 80-year-old billionaire retailer telling 60 Minutes “there’s pretty much nothing to get scared of” while crowing about a panic-buying-induced windfall.

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yeah well...he's not the one who induced the panic-buying. He's just profiting from all the scare-mongering. He's probably not the only one.

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no short supply of cigs and booze.....

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Pubs and clubs are all shut. My local Dan Murphy had very sparse shelves this afternoon.

[rogespeed]

Think of the current unscheduled spending as the day before a holiday break .... stay healthy , active and ..... ? 

[davidc4430]

Calls for Centrelink payments to be sped up to help waves of newly jobless during coronavirus shutdown

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-23/centrelink-payments-for-coronavirus-too-long-to-wait/12080952

it takes time to print 180 billion dollars

[davidc4430]

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@davidc4430 wrote:

Calls for Centrelink payments to be sped up to help waves of newly jobless during coronavirus shutdown

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-23/centrelink-payments-for-coronavirus-too-long-to-wait/12080952

it takes time to print 180 billion dollars

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when these payments start how many mistakes will happen,

the old robo debt collector better have fresh energizer batteries installed

or better still, get the duracell bunny on the job

[lionrose.7]

New Zealand is a country of approx 4.8 million people not a town, so not that easy to test every one