When will Australia reopen post COVID-19

This will be our best flu season in history.

1 in 4 Australians didn't even wash their hands after going to the toilet prior to this outbreak.

We're now all OCD.

 

CDO.

 

Another sub 100 new cases across the country in the last 24 hours. Amazing results.

After the Easter school holidays it's time we start pulling back from the police state.


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Great news, but I still fear that there are a significant number of cases with mild symptoms undiagnosed from community transfer. Testing needs to be much more widespread because even now it's not easy to be tested unless you meet a narrow ( admittedly growing) band of criteria.

 

But how often do you test someone that shows a negative result? Everyone agrees it's highly contagious. The argument that we need to test everyone (or lots more) doesn't mean in a few days time they won't catch it.

The disease can be managed with effective social distancing. The results we are seeing now are based on what we did 2 weeks ago before the boarders went into lock down, more than half the shops closed, and I could take the kids to the beach or cricket nets.

 

I'm not suggesting testing the same person multiple times, just better access for those with even mild symptoms. You will still be turned away unless you meet specific criteria. That's purely a risk assessment based testing regime rather than one which captures all.
Don't look and you won't find, it's as simple as that.

 

Just so long as they don't add a couple of zeros to my mortgages

 

I know early days .... but feeling very positive that we are on the right track, numbers decreasing

We will see things calm down, as more good news trickles through

 

One other aspect is all those universities which have been sucking on the international student teat over the years. That may have a big impact on both university revenue and any accommodation aspects associated with it.

 

Apparently 50% of those infected show no symptoms at all - until there is wide testing (probably via an antibody test) I don't suspect they'll ease up any time soon

How coronavirus kills: Q&A with infectious diseases expert Josh Davis

 

Even the best efforts to fast track a vaccine will not be quick enough to avoid a major depression.

Our hope lies in physical measures such as isolation of the vulnerable, new drug research and an effective antibody test that will allow previously infected people back into the work force.

We have proven that the infection rate can be managed and provided we continue to manage it effectively, there is a good chance we can open up the economy piece by piece until the vaccine is available.

 

Though the point of social distancing was to isolate people until they are no longer contagious, if they have the virus, to decrease spread.

so you are left with mostly recovered or uninfected, then test quickly and extensively to isolate new clusters.

 

Didnt work on a Sars vaccine stop because Sars itself died out?

 

Massive impact today

 

May for QLD.. Probably later in the month but it seems likely. Limited opening but at least loosening of moving about locally. Don't see how they can justify current restrictions when there are like 10 cases detected a day now.. by May it could be 0

 

Fingers crossed, just no mass gatherings etc

 

Putting a bet on a spike in cases 2 weeks after Easter

 

Yes, unfortunately I don’t think many people will be able to help themselves.

 

With all the reporting of how low our infections have been in the last few days, I would say sadly you may be right. People will find any loophole to go out and enough people out will mean police have no way to verify and decent percentage of those people’s reasons for being out. Going to be millions of people out and about ignoring the lockdown.

If politicians can find a loophole to go to a holiday home no doubt the public will follow suit.