Thread: Corona Virus

Originally Posted by 1950landy

Hope so been two weeks since been shopping , Wife has to have some one with her all the time & can't have any one come to sit with her. Have tried ordering on line but local shop keep subtitling brand I order for home brand with high sugar content & also supply with short shelf life.

Have you considered talking to Qld health about it? The Deputy Premier said there were people to help in just such a situation. I'd give them a ring.

Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares

that must have been one long needle to puncture your lung.

He may have been ex-service & it was an old Bayonet Wound?

There are worse things than being asked to stay in your own home. Just a reminder we may not be so bad off after all.

Remember, there are worse things than being asked to stay in your own home (inqld.com.au)

Originally Posted by 101RRS

I think if I was the family of the 60 yo lady that died in Liverpool hospital from Covid yesterday I would suing the NSW Health system.

The woman went to Liverpool Hospital for a minor procedure and a Covid positive person was placed in the same room and of course the woman got infected and died a week later.

The NSW Chief Health officer apologised this morning but dodged questions to gain detailed information.

Now I know the health workers are doing their best and are under a lot of stress - are to be commended but mistakes like this are not acceptable and people need to be held to account. Even before Covid, Liverpool Hospital had a woeful record of negligence cause by over work and under finding but it seems they are not learning from their mistakes and people are dying.

You might want to take the time to actually watch the press conference yourself because if you had you wouldn't be jumping to the conclusions you have.

She answered all questions directly:

• The woman was not in a ward with other know COVID patients
• COVID was unknowingly brought into the hospital by a nurse
• The woman caught COVID from a nurse who was working across two wards neither of which were COVID wards

Originally Posted by bob10

I think where the issue becomes clouded is , if you don't have a long family history of living in Australia, you may not be aware of the parochialism present in parts of the community.

My family were in the Wimmera in the 1860s. We have roads named after us.

The daughter, who works for a building company in Qld, says they have been told if the property is empty tradies can go in.
Not sure if those rules apply in your area.
I think moving house is an exempt activity.

Originally Posted by scarry

Same with my youngest son,wife had the baby,she was in hospital for a week with complications,he wasnt allowed to vist,then was,then couldnt take his 2yr old daughter,then he could.FFS,no one knew what were the rules.

Been cleaning out my Mothers place,no one is living there,so are we allowed,i dont know?
Article in the paper said if no one is there,its OK,but cant find that ruling on the website anywhere.

So we havent been there,dont want to risk a hit to the pocket.

Originally Posted by Saitch

Yep, by a long way, too! .... Rivalry and differences between the colonies was a feature of life in Pre-Federation Australia. .

I was referring to Australia in the last 50 years - I'm aware of Australia's history as separate colonies - which I'd point out ended 120 years ago. As I think that I've posted before, what's surprising is how resilient those former colonial attitudes and grievances are, given the passage of time.

Originally Posted by Arapiles

My family were in the Wimmera in the 1860s. We have roads named after us.

I wasn't pointing to any one in particular, more like a general statement. The fact is, children of my generation were taught more about English history, than Australian. And there was no indigenous history at all. Your suggestion that Australia has become a series of mini countries over covid shows a similar lack of knowledge of our development as a Nation, and a Commonwealth. That's not a criticism, BTW. How much of our history, from pre Federation to this point, have you been taught?