COVID-19 in Australia

This is good news...I was thinking it may stretch out to early 2022.



"The government has confirmed its supplies of the AstraZeneca vaccine and expects it to have a final assessment by the Therapeutic Goods Administration in late January or early February. It has also finalised its contract with Pfizer and expects its assessment to be completed in January.

"I think the latest advice will be very good news for Australians. Pfizer is progressing well, Oxford is progressing well, while we await more data on Novavax, the last advice is it's progressing well," Mr Hunt said.

He added the government expects Australians will be fully vaccinated by the end of October".

 

No 9pm fireworks - and only a short 7min midnight version ... not surprised ... most regional areas, including Newcastle, cancelled theirs months ago. I guess Sydney has an obligation to the rest of the world - being the first "big" event (although NZ might dispute that)

https://www.9news.com.au/national/c...ydney-s-new-year-s-eve-rules-explained_281220

 

Am beginning to think NSW Govco handling of the current outbreak is a joke !

After the lessons learned from Victoria, being the extent and severity of their lockdown I just can't believe they haven't gone hard and heavy on this outbreak.......

From Woolongong to the central coast and spreading, numerous unknown transfer cases, masks should be mandatory in public area's (unless seated at a table eating).

I was in Wahroonga, Bronte, Kogorah, Brighton le Sands & Kirrawee yesterday, the people queued or sitting back to back in cafe's and shops without masks as I drove past was unbelievable, it looked busier than pre pandemic times

The number of people with no regard is astounding
People think it won't get me and flaunt the rules.
The Northern Beaches couple getting married in the city
The fines need to be considerably MORE
Or jail time

*for the record, I took my lunch and had no contact during my day mowing

 

We have been nothing like Victoria. I am thankfull we have not panicked and rushed to lock down a state destroying peoples lives like Victoria did. We are not seeing exponential growth, 20 deaths per day and a health system completely inadequate to handle anything. A controlled response is what is happening. Victoria still can't tell you who stuffed their hotel quarantine.

There's and handful if unknown cases. Transmission is happening in the home, workplace, church, gym or restaurant.

We haven't had transmission at the beach, a picnic with friends, shopping at Westfield's, BLM protests or watching your kids sport.

Sewage samples show that the virus is in the community in most states, and has been for some time.

Don't think jail time is appropriate but bigger fines and name and shame. I noticed the news blurred out the faces. Maybe because they couldn't identify who was in the wrong.

You wouldn't have been able to do that if in Victoria.

 

The reason Vic locked down is they had exponential and untraced growth ... suspect Sydney would also lock down if they raced to 700+ cases within a few weeks.

Government, tracing, testing and ... most importantly the populous ... learnt a heck of a lot from Vics learning curve

 

Can think of a few.
- Christmas, many households breached the 10 visitors rule
- Bronte beach party where over 300 people gathered and no one got a fine
- Sydney wedding where the bride and several guests were from the northern beaches.
Great to see the police lockdowns in that area working
- NYE
- The third test will also be happening here with 15000 people allowed to watch.

 

It’s coming - just wait until after Xmas and New Year say, two to three weeks from now.

I hope I am wrong but ...

 

I await your I told you so post.

 

It’s coming - just sitting in my “draft” folder

 

New restrictions about to come in.....
I hope they actually "enforce" these and don't rely on people doing the right thing !

No one wants a lock down, but if Gladys doesn't go hard and fast like Adelaide prior to the 4/1/2021 we could well end up in a Victorian style of dilemma where the restrictions last for many months !!!!
For those that carry on about the economy, get over it, I choose a few weeks over MONTHS

Forget the trans Tasman bubble, no more returned travellers to NSW (who have taken the majority to date), no travel within NSW or out of it, soon transport and logistics will be affected = a longer holiday break and financial chaos

The needs of the many, ruined by a selfish few

 

One thing Governments around the world should have learnt by now is to “go hard and go early”.

This is NOT new. It is simple mathematics.

Us investors all know the rule so well. It is called the rule of compounding.

It can work in a positive way as with investing. To achieve one’s greatest success, one needs to “go hard and go early”.

It can work in a negative way as with pandemics. To stop these from getting out of control, one needs to “go hard and go early”.

It ain’t that hard folks.

 

If we were to have the wearing of masks in Greater Sydney public area's made mandatory at all times, maybe people will realize how serious this new wave is and actually start taking it all seriously again.........

The majority have quickly become blase, looking at people in shopping centers, cafe's and supermarket lately and the lack of social distancing, many people don't even use the free hand sanitizer when entering

Just when everyone was hoping to say goodbye to 2020 and Covid, 2021 looks to be starting off much worse (for NSW & possibly Vic)

 

Australian public getting away with a lot it seems without massive outbreaks. Have seen hardly anyone on public transport or a shop/supermarket without a mask here since last April (except small kids under 6). Once I saw a guy without a mask in a supermarket, the staff physically manhandled him out the door, police and security are on the ball. I´ve been busted a few times for having mask under nose, or not wearing gloves in fruit section, sometimes forget.

I think Australia has a lot to be thankful for to the contact tracers, its pretty crap/impossible in most countries. The Australian testing rate is not much different to Europe/US but it´s what is done with the test results that makes a difference. Also the quarantine/border control.