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I think the 31st will be D-day.

That's 2 weeks after the non essential retail ban. Obviously delta spreads quicker, but if numbers don't begin to fall by then, it's hard to see a way out.

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I'm struggling to see a way out now. With a useless prime minister to boot it's hard to feel optimistic.
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Azza wrote: July 26, 2021, 3:06 pm I'm struggling to see a way out now. With a useless prime minister to boot it's hard to feel optimistic.
It's really up to the public to get out of this not politicians.

Had grown adults not behaved like spoilt brats this would be over with by now.
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LP Raider wrote: July 26, 2021, 4:43 pm
Azza wrote: July 26, 2021, 3:06 pm I'm struggling to see a way out now. With a useless prime minister to boot it's hard to feel optimistic.
It's really up to the public to get out of this not politicians.

Had grown adults not behaved like spoilt brats this would be over with by now.
Forget it! It seems we are devolving as a species as the decades roll on.
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LP Raider wrote:
Azza wrote: July 26, 2021, 3:06 pm I'm struggling to see a way out now. With a useless prime minister to boot it's hard to feel optimistic.
It's really up to the public to get out of this not politicians.

Had grown adults not behaved like spoilt brats this would be over with by now.
Agreed, members of the public should really have gone out and sourced their own Pfizer vaccines, without any assistance from the government, before winter set in. Once sourced they should also have injected their own vaccine.

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gergreg wrote: July 26, 2021, 5:00 pm
LP Raider wrote:
Azza wrote: July 26, 2021, 3:06 pm I'm struggling to see a way out now. With a useless prime minister to boot it's hard to feel optimistic.
It's really up to the public to get out of this not politicians.

Had grown adults not behaved like spoilt brats this would be over with by now.
Agreed, members of the public should really have gone out and sourced their own Pfizer vaccines, without any assistance from the government, before winter set in. Once sourced they should also have injected their own vaccine.

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Agreed!

I also think that back in mid-to-late June it really should have been incumbent on 2 million Sydneysiders to call their boss and declare they won't be working indefinitely because a COVID outbreak may or may not be occurring across the city. But demand full payment in the meantime.
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gergreg wrote: July 26, 2021, 5:00 pm
LP Raider wrote:
Azza wrote: July 26, 2021, 3:06 pm I'm struggling to see a way out now. With a useless prime minister to boot it's hard to feel optimistic.
It's really up to the public to get out of this not politicians.

Had grown adults not behaved like spoilt brats this would be over with by now.
Agreed, members of the public should really have gone out and sourced their own Pfizer vaccines, without any assistance from the government, before winter set in. Once sourced they should also have injected their own vaccine.

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gergreg wrote:
LP Raider wrote:
Azza wrote: July 26, 2021, 3:06 pm I'm struggling to see a way out now. With a useless prime minister to boot it's hard to feel optimistic.
It's really up to the public to get out of this not politicians.

Had grown adults not behaved like spoilt brats this would be over with by now.
Agreed, members of the public should really have gone out and sourced their own Pfizer vaccines, without any assistance from the government, before winter set in. Once sourced they should also have injected their own vaccine.

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Yeah when this outbreak was just in the Eastern suburbs, those latte drinkers should have made the call to isolate the whole suburb to avoid it spreading throughout the rest of Sydney
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Dr Zaius wrote: July 26, 2021, 7:53 am This is a bit off topic, but talking about the role of social media, what are people's experiences and thoughts on Tik Tok. I've not used, but there are significant concerns. A Chinese owned company with an algorithm that determines your content, and has been accused of censorship.

The dark side of TikTok's algorithm
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-26/ ... /100277134
All I get is food hacks and people's kmart buys

The 2 ingredient oreo mug cake is worth and corruption of democracy IMO
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LP Raider wrote:
gergreg wrote: July 26, 2021, 5:00 pm
LP Raider wrote:
Azza wrote: July 26, 2021, 3:06 pm I'm struggling to see a way out now. With a useless prime minister to boot it's hard to feel optimistic.
It's really up to the public to get out of this not politicians.

Had grown adults not behaved like spoilt brats this would be over with by now.
Agreed, members of the public should really have gone out and sourced their own Pfizer vaccines, without any assistance from the government, before winter set in. Once sourced they should also have injected their own vaccine.

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You're getting how the free world works then.
TBH I wouldn't know where to start with sourcing a Pfizer vaccine for me and my family. Where would you suggest, you seem to be in the know?

I guess I could watch YouTube to work out how to inject myself and my family, safely. They didn't quite cover it at the first aid training I did 7 years ago.

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Start with Gumtree. You can get anything there
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Schifty wrote:
Dr Zaius wrote: July 26, 2021, 7:53 am This is a bit off topic, but talking about the role of social media, what are people's experiences and thoughts on Tik Tok. I've not used, but there are significant concerns. A Chinese owned company with an algorithm that determines your content, and has been accused of censorship.

The dark side of TikTok's algorithm
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-26/ ... /100277134
All I get is food hacks and people's kmart buys

The 2 ingredient oreo mug cake is worth and corruption of democracy IMO
It's based off what you engage with, so if you watch a video full way through, that's what your algorithm starts giving you.

I dunno what this other **** is all about

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gergreg wrote: July 26, 2021, 8:37 pm
LP Raider wrote:
gergreg wrote: July 26, 2021, 5:00 pm
LP Raider wrote:
Azza wrote: July 26, 2021, 3:06 pm I'm struggling to see a way out now. With a useless prime minister to boot it's hard to feel optimistic.
It's really up to the public to get out of this not politicians.

Had grown adults not behaved like spoilt brats this would be over with by now.
Agreed, members of the public should really have gone out and sourced their own Pfizer vaccines, without any assistance from the government, before winter set in. Once sourced they should also have injected their own vaccine.

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You're getting how the free world works then.
TBH I wouldn't know where to start with sourcing a Pfizer vaccine for me and my family. Where would you suggest, you seem to be in the know?

I guess I could watch YouTube to work out how to inject myself and my family, safely. They didn't quite cover it at the first aid training I did 7 years ago.

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This is worth a watch. Quite awesome
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Queensland need to collectively buy up some lottery tickets...
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172 cases today.

Crunched the data myself by trawling through nsw health tweets and doing the maths and can reveal the # of people infectious in the community is up to 111.

Headline figure quoted by NSW health was 60.
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Yeah so lockdown is clearly not working to reduce case numbers, only flatten the curve somewhat. Troubling.
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Id really like to see the causes of the infection in NSW to get a read on how the spread is occurring. The number of 'under investigation' cases could be simply the tracers havent caught up on all numbers yet, or the tracers have no idea. How many are household contacts, how many office transmission, how many were picked up in the community. That would give us a real indication of what parts of the lockdown are working and which aren't.
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Coastalraider wrote: July 27, 2021, 1:04 pm Id really like to see the causes of the infection in NSW to get a read on how the spread is occurring. The number of 'under investigation' cases could be simply the tracers havent caught up on all numbers yet, or the tracers have no idea. How many are household contacts, how many office transmission, how many were picked up in the community. That would give us a real indication of what parts of the lockdown are working and which aren't.
Yeah, it's that next level of info that's needed if you're going to make any informed judgement. General information only leads to more conjecture.
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Well we can't keep treading water like this... the mental health implications will be felt for years.
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Mickey_Raider wrote:172 cases today.

Crunched the data myself by trawling through nsw health tweets and doing the maths and can reveal the # of people infectious in the community is up to 111.

Headline figure quoted by NSW health was 60.
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Dr Zaius wrote: July 27, 2021, 2:55 pm
Mickey_Raider wrote:172 cases today.

Crunched the data myself by trawling through nsw health tweets and doing the maths and can reveal the # of people infectious in the community is up to 111.

Headline figure quoted by NSW health was 60.
Should have saved yourself the trouble Image
I don't quite get your angle mate. That is exactly the tweet that I used to arrive at the 111 figure.
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Mickey_Raider wrote:
Dr Zaius wrote: July 27, 2021, 2:55 pm
Mickey_Raider wrote:172 cases today.

Crunched the data myself by trawling through nsw health tweets and doing the maths and can reveal the # of people infectious in the community is up to 111.

Headline figure quoted by NSW health was 60.
Should have saved yourself the trouble Image
I don't quite get your angle mate. That is exactly the tweet that I used to arrive at the 111 figure.
I assumed that you did it some other way, you made it sound like some sort of monumental expedition. It literally took me 10 seconds.
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Dr Zaius wrote: July 27, 2021, 3:37 pm
Mickey_Raider wrote:
Dr Zaius wrote: July 27, 2021, 2:55 pm
Mickey_Raider wrote:172 cases today.

Crunched the data myself by trawling through nsw health tweets and doing the maths and can reveal the # of people infectious in the community is up to 111.

Headline figure quoted by NSW health was 60.
Should have saved yourself the trouble Image
I don't quite get your angle mate. That is exactly the tweet that I used to arrive at the 111 figure.
I assumed that you did it some other way, you made it sound like some sort of monumental expedition. It literally took me 10 seconds.
:lol: JFC dude. I obviously didn't literally whip out the whiteboard, cancel my meetings and close the doors to conduct the calculations. I was being facetious.

But 10 mins deep into the presser I just wanted that information, and it still hadn't come. It finally does come in a tweet nest. Many media outlets still run with the headline figure for the rest of the day anyway. I think it is misleading and ultimately futile to do this, because downstream COVID case numbers don't lie.

As we discussed yesterday, I think it is slack. And moreover, I am starting to think that it might be contributing to some of the complacency/non-compliance across the city.
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Jumped the queue and got my first jab.

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Reports today that now Novavax supplies are going to be delayed until next year.
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Mickey_Raider wrote:
Dr Zaius wrote: July 27, 2021, 3:37 pm
Mickey_Raider wrote:
Dr Zaius wrote: July 27, 2021, 2:55 pm
Mickey_Raider wrote:172 cases today.

Crunched the data myself by trawling through nsw health tweets and doing the maths and can reveal the # of people infectious in the community is up to 111.

Headline figure quoted by NSW health was 60.
Should have saved yourself the trouble Image
I don't quite get your angle mate. That is exactly the tweet that I used to arrive at the 111 figure.
I assumed that you did it some other way, you made it sound like some sort of monumental expedition. It literally took me 10 seconds.
Image JFC dude. I obviously didn't literally whip out the whiteboard, cancel my meetings and close the doors to conduct the calculations. I was being facetious.

But 10 mins deep into the presser I just wanted that information, and it still hadn't come. It finally does come in a tweet nest. Many media outlets still run with the headline figure for the rest of the day anyway. I think it is misleading and ultimately futile to do this, because downstream COVID case numbers don't lie.

As we discussed yesterday, I think it is slack. And moreover, I am starting to think that it might be contributing to some of the complacency/non-compliance across the city.
Was just trying to be helpful Image
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T_R wrote:Jumped the queue and got my first jab.

Grilling up some Wuhanese pangolin tonight to celebrate.

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Some knob that teachers at Kings Grammar was reported by his own school for attending the covid spread march.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/the ... .html?btis
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Schifty wrote:Some knob that teachers at Kings Grammar was reported by his own school for attending the covid spread march.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/the ... .html?btis
Looks like one from St Ives High as well. I'm tipping that they don't teach science
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The lock down of the Blayney, Orange and Cabonne Shire Council Areas in the NSW Central West ends at midnight tonight. Thankfully no community transmission has been recorded. Sewage testing also proving to be clear of the Covid virus. This is positive news.

No positive news from Sydney with the headline number of Covid detection rising to 172 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night. Clearly this is moving in the wrong direction. Announcements to be made tomorrow about extending the lock down beyond 31 July. Tougher restrictions also likely.
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RedRaider wrote:The lock down of the Blayney, Orange and Cabonne Shire Council Areas in the NSW Central West ends at midnight tonight. Thankfully no community transmission has been recorded. Sewage testing also proving to be clear of the Covid virus. This is positive news.

No positive news from Sydney with the headline number of Covid detection rising to 172 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night. Clearly this is moving in the wrong direction. Announcements to be made tomorrow about extending the lock down beyond 31 July. Tougher restrictions also likely.
And Victorians everywhere are losing their **** over this
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Pfizer now arriving in Australia at about 1 million doses per week and AZ being produced at about 1 million doses per week. Vaccinations are running at about 1 million doses per week, meaning there is no vaccine supply issue. Hopefully people in the Greater Sydney hot spot areas will see that the risk of catching Covid if unvaccinated is far higher than the much smaller risk of having AZ. Australian total vaccinations now at 11.4 million up to yesterday.
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FOUR MORE WEEKS
FOUR MORE WEEKS

https://amp.abc.net.au/article/10032827 ... ssion=true

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