Corona Virus

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Originally Posted by Fattima

I work in a hospital and we have already been split into teams. We have coloured badges so we know who is on what team and not to mix. Lunch rooms for each team so no mixing there. Telehealth where possible, patients to be asked not to bring people with them unless needed. We are not having large meetings anymore and are doing phone hookups, heaps of other precautions happening. We are preparing to have %50 of staff down.

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I assume this is in Melbourne. That's great to hear, Just hearing that preparation gives me confidence that we can handle this problem. Is this the Australia wide practice now? But, why isn't this information given out to the public, as an example of our readiness , to give the public confidence. A lack of communication in times like this can cause hysterical actions, such as buying toilet paper by the truckload. [ we will never live that down , The PNG health minister has giggled his way thru a radio interview saying they are prepared to export toilet paper to Aus. if the situation gets critical] Whatever happens in the future, good luck. Health workers stand alongside the fire fighters as people to be greatly admired , IMO.

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Originally Posted by Pickles2

Subsequent to the cancellation of the Australian F1 Grand Prix, I note that the Bahrain GP, originally to be run spectator free next week end, has now also been cancelled, along with the previously cancelled events in China & Vietnam.
So, that means that the next scheduled F1 event will be the Dutch GP May 1-3,...can't see that event happening either unless there is a dramatic downturn etc in outbreaks etc.
The U.S. IndyCar Series has cancelled its first four races, the first race now due to be held in May,..this is the series in which Scotty Mcloughlin is to make his U.S. debut, racing for Roger Penske.
The next Aussie Supercar event is the Tasmanian Symmons Plains event to be run 3-5 April, which if the same rationale is used, as the GP & other major events, should also be cancelled.
I heard on the radio this morning that as from next week, all Telstra workers are to work from home, but I don't exactly know what the ramifications of that will be for Telstra users.
Pickles.

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The AGP should've been cancelled weeks ago, so that you didn't have people coming here from OS and (a) wasting their time and money and (b) potentially spreading the coronavirus. I saw a heap of Australians around the City yesterday who were evidently not from Melbourne and I'm guessing from their shirts, rural parts of NSW and Qld. There's a good chance that they were exposed to coronavirus by lining up next to some of the foreign visitors and will now take that back to their communities. It was very badly handled.

Everything that my kids had on at school now and for the next month - rowing, swimming, socials, excursions, OS trips - has been postponed.

Every work or industry event that I had on this month or next has been postponed.

Yes, I haven't been stimulated yet, but I am willing to undergo stimulation, in the national interest, of course. [emoji6]
Ours will go into the savings account until needed.

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Originally Posted by Arapiles

Yeah, by crippling their own economy. Don't think so.

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Where would people be without conspiracy theories. I posted an article from the Smithonian Institute about the 1919 Flu pandemic. Here is the final sentence.

"And news reports and rumors soon spread that the Germans –the “Huns” – had unleashed the epidemic." :spudnikwhat:

That was 1918, things haven't changed much." Humans are funny cattle", as my late Dad used to say.

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Originally Posted by bob10

Where would people be without conspiracy theories. I posted an article from the Smithonian Institute about the 1919 Flu pandemic. Here is the final sentence.

"And news reports and rumors soon spread that the Germans –the “Huns” – had unleashed the epidemic." :spudnikwhat:

That was 1918, things haven't changed much." Humans are funny cattle", as my late Dad used to say.

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And we, as a species, haven't moved on much from this .....


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Originally Posted by bob10

I assume this is in Melbourne. That's great to hear, Just hearing that preparation gives me confidence that we can handle this problem. Is this the Australia wide practice now? But, why isn't this information given out to the public, as an example of our readiness , to give the public confidence. A lack of communication in times like this can cause hysterical actions, such as buying toilet paper by the truckload. [ we will never live that down , The PNG health minister has giggled his way thru a radio interview saying they are prepared to export toilet paper to Aus. if the situation gets critical] Whatever happens in the future, good luck. Health workers stand alongside the fire fighters as people to be greatly admired , IMO.

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My wife's office is splitting all its groups into two, working separately, which is the same thing that the law firms in Hong Kong did during SARS.

We're doing a full business continuity test this weekend ... which has highlighted a few IT problems, that I'm sure I've mentioned to them in the past ....

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Originally Posted by bob10

" Humans are funny cattle", as my late Dad used to say.

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Well, we do get 'Milked' every day, one way or another.

Can't stop the conspiracy theories..
here's a classic sent from a friend in Czech Rebublic....

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Last year, November, G8 summit….well documented…..The main issue of the summit, 1.….biggest problem facing Europe and the US to date…..the mass migration of people from totally bankrupt southAmerican countries, middle east, war and stuff. Africa, middle east, devastated by conflict and war.

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To date 6.5 million people escaping into Europe, 3 million in Greece, Italy and Spain….bankrupt, due to huge influx of migrants over last several years, whole of Europe trying to integrate the masses. Numbers expected to triple this year. Turkey opened it borders to let 3 million into Europe??
Donald Trump…..we are going to build a wall, keep these people out…bla..bla… expecting another 10 million people fleeing their countries looking for a better life this year alone.

The rich countries are worried about the cost of an influx of tens of millions of people coming into the US and Europe….the humanrights charter say’s we have to take care of them.

BIG PROBLEM..

Meanwhile, back at the G8 summit, a Chinaman at the back of the class, put his hand up, and said, “excuse me sir, we have the solution”.

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Note; not my opinion, just shows the state of panic currently happening.

Greetings from PNG , currently cases identified 0 (zero) , although i dont have a great deal of confidence in their systems. To be fair, every international passenger, crew member, ships crew are checked, ships crew cannot leave the vessel

So i live in an isolated outpost (Bialla) in an isolated Province (WNBP) in a Country which has limited international traffic PNG, so far so good. But if it does unleash itwill go throughthe population like a dose of salts, the Govt will not respond.

We are updating our plans and pretty much have everything for 3 months except for food which is a worry. Not an easy task with 5,000 staff totally dependent on you.
Coming to that Petrie dish called Australia next Friday, not so keen at the moment.

I have a plan

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Originally Posted by bob10

I assume this is in Melbourne. That's great to hear, Just hearing that preparation gives me confidence that we can handle this problem. Is this the Australia wide practice now? But, why isn't this information given out to the public, as an example of our readiness , to give the public confidence. A lack of communication in times like this can cause hysterical actions, such as buying toilet paper by the truckload. [ we will never live that down , The PNG health minister has giggled his way thru a radio interview saying they are prepared to export toilet paper to Aus. if the situation gets critical] Whatever happens in the future, good luck. Health workers stand alongside the fire fighters as people to be greatly admired , IMO.

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As I mentioned here earlier, in 2019 the prediction for 'flu cases in Qld was 4000 people. Thankfully those numbers didn't eventuate but

the Qld hospital system was

prepared for this scenario. A lot of things get done behind the scene without fanfare, being standard, if rarely needed, procedures.