Corona Virus

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Originally Posted by 94GQPerentie

The company i work for are shedding 600 staff quietly as a result of downturn in business Nationally, me included. Looks like i won't make until retirement , plus i had a huge bloody loss of super since Jan. At my age most likely scenario is i'll end up on dole or working 2 days a week as a casual somewhere and not enough super to retire. Not happy.

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And my age too. Understand perfectly. My (work) income has more than halved.

Even less happy than you, as this 'plague' has opened doors to opportunistic "infections" by agendered Bad Actors ranging from dangerous nations/political parties, to international vilains to obscenely wealthy technocrats pushing their own religion.

My Super was only just starting to stabilise from the GFC, only to be knocked down with this... another 'engineered' economic crisis.

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Originally Posted by trout1105

So its Geraldton bashing now is it??[bigwhistle]

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I’m not Geraldton bashing at all, just pointing out that outback WA is hardly in the same situation as some other parts of the globe. A nice safe little spot to be pontificating from though.
And for the record, no cases in my town either, as far as I know.

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Originally Posted by trout1105

So its Geraldton bashing now is it??[bigwhistle]
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Well that’s the pot calling the kettle black if ever I’ve seen it! 🤣🤣🤣

Give me strength....

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Originally Posted by 94GQPerentie

The company i work for are shedding 600 staff quietly as a result of downturn in business Nationally, me included. Looks like i won't make until retirement , plus i had a huge bloody loss of super since Jan. At my age most likely scenario is i'll end up on dole or working 2 days a week as a casual somewhere and not enough super to retire. Not happy.

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why have you had a huge super loss?

super funds are performing brilliantly.

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Originally Posted by 101RRS

And yet today WA had a birthday for a 105yo lady in a nursing home - no restrictions on visitors, no restrictions on social distancing - so what you say is not correct with respect to social distancing.

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The 105 yr old Non Party was 14-may , party was put on hold by her daughter due to the virus , instead her daughter organized a Hungry Jacks Whopper and a bottle of Red and mum did not mind the social distancing rules and lack of visitors as she is in a nursing home .

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Originally Posted by Arapiles

Must be in a different part of Melbourne to where I live - everyone I see is wearing masks and keeping apart. Exactly where is your acquaintance patrollin

To reiterate, it wasn't the average Melburnian that caused this outbreak - it was the government, who were warned about what might happen with the quarantine hotels. The government's incompetence has been compounded by the incompetence of the DHSS - contract tracing here appears to have ceased.

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Besides every one else being at fault here i wonder what part the people who where in Quarantine had in keeping things safe as well .

Either your Media is telling porkies or we get different news out side of Vic .

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Originally Posted by Fatso

Either your Media is telling porkies or we get different news out side of Vic .

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That wouldn’t surprise me at all - well, overall the media aren’t the perfect weather vane on what is actually going on, but rather how they can bend and sensationalise any story for their own benefit.

Being out amongst it every day in different locations of Melbourne for work show me different things from what the media portray at times.

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Originally Posted by Eevo

i dont feel like im an expect in the field, so it wouldnt be fair for me to comment. all i want to do is point out that our economy is key to the high standards of living we have in australia. the more the economy is "hurt", the more we will "suffer" in the future in all ways of life.
social distancing isnt a new thing for me. i do it all the time cause i dont like being near people.

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take a look at NZ, they went for elimination early, at great cost.. and now they are back to it right down to having stadiums full of people watching the footy

no such luck in AU ....

it is now becoming patently clear that, almost without exception, all the specialists in this field believe we cannot have a stable ecomomy without elimination, suppression simply isn't reliable enough as Vic and NSW are now showing us.

still too early to see if QLD has been dragged back into the mire by opening borders up again.

Tasmania must be expecting something as QLD is included with Vic and NSW in the no go list.

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Originally Posted by Fatso

The 105 yr old Non Party was 14-may , party was put on hold by her daughter due to the virus , instead her daughter organized a Hungry Jacks Whopper and a bottle of Red and mum did not mind the social distancing rules and lack of visitors as she is in a nursing home .

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A burger and bottle of plonk.... Tough old bird... If I was a virus I'd stay clear of her too !

Happy Birthday. [biggrin]

Most people get infected indoors, so being outside could be safer than at home.