Thread: Corona Virus

Originally Posted by 101RRS

This is soo true - my 92yo mum lives in Newcastle and one of my brothers lives in Yatala between the Gold Coast and Brisbane. I spoke to my Mum on Sunday and she was upset because she had just been on the phone with my brother.

He told her that given the way things were going, and given the stupid approach of the Qld authorities, there was a good chance that the Qld restrictions would still be in place which would mean he would not be able to visit Mum for Christmas - yes he could come down to NSW but with the quarantine and costs involved with that when he returned to Qld he would not be able to travel.

As you said, this will not make for a Merry Christmas.

Garry

Don't be down hearted Gazza. With a bit of luck many things could change before then & you can all get together.

What a bloody miserable world this ****ing thing is doing to us all.

Originally Posted by Eevo

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... это значит, что вы будете публиковать анекдоты на русском языке?

Originally Posted by superquag

... это значит, что вы будете публиковать анекдоты на русском языке?

They might be funnier

Originally Posted by ChookD2

As far as the caravan parks are concerned Bob, I think you will find that most of the NSW and Vic regos in them are grey nomads and have been here since before the current overarching and overreaching lockdown which (I think) started in early July. They are just doing what they do ever year, what my grandparents did, headed north for the winter.

Qlders are not going to fix the tourist economy on our own. With the gov "Unite and Recover" plan most will be too busy to take a holiday which just leaves the pensioners (no offence) and the unemployed to fill the hotels. Not gunna happen.

This from the govco website on border passes.

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Note:

Currently the only people allowed to enter Queensland by road are:

• truck drivers
• workers related to the transport of freight and logistics
• people performing essential activities and
• border zone residents

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Exactly my point. If an area such as the ACT and western NSW has no active cases and no community transmission then why are they locked out? Lock out geographical locations or postcodes not a whole state, it makes no sense. If your home address is in a hotspot, whether you have come from there or not, go home. If you are a Qlder and you visit a hotspot then suffer the 14 days of user pays substandard quarantine. If you haven't been to a hotspot, welcome home.

I feel for the many businesses that will ultimately close and the people this will affect, owners and employees, before these border restrictions are relaxed. This will not make for a Merry Christmas.

I see your point. thing is , they are damned if they do, and damned if they don't. Look at what is happening around the world, places like Israel who were praised for their handling of the virus, are now in complete lockdown. England, France , Austria, India , to name a few are struggling . Part of the problem here is some people can't be trusted to tell the truth, like the three girls who sneaked back from Melbourne, the cluster in the youth detention centre can be traced back to them. Then there is the man from NSW who flew in from the ACT airport, then tested positive. Once this thing takes hold, it just explodes. Best to keep it out, if you can. If NSW has two infection periods with zero cases,[ 28 days ] they will open the border. It's hard I know, but we just have to tough it out.

Originally Posted by scarry

After the positive case in the local prisons,many prison officers went back to work as well,before their 14 day isolation was up.
Contracters had to do the full 14 days.

Many of those Contracters didn’t go anywhere near the officer that was positive.The officers did.

Rules for some and not others is stupidity,and doesn’t look good.

AFAIK the youth detention centre was the only correctional centre that had positive cases, and that came from the girls who sneaked thru from Melbourne. The Prison officer who tested positive , was training new recruits at Wacol , four positive tests came from that group. All 7,000 prisoners across the state were shut down as a precaution, but no further cases were found in any prison.

Originally Posted by bob10

AFAIK the youth detention centre was the only correctional centre that had positive cases, and that came from the girls who sneaked thru from Melbourne. The Prison officer who tested positive , was training new recruits at Wacol , four positive tests came from that group. All 7,000 prisoners across the state were shut down as a precaution, but no further cases were found in any prison.

There was a positive at the Wacol Training academy.More were tested and some others were found to be positive.
Some of those positive had been at other jails in the area,doing training.
As a consequence,other jails were locked down,hundreds of staff,and contractors,and inmates were tested.Training centre was also shut down.
Once tested, must go into 14 days isolation,as per QH directive.Deemed to have been 'in contact with a positive case'
Then have another test 2 days before the 14 days is up.
If both negative,after 14 days,the person is all clear,and can return to work.

Some officers were asked to return to work,before the 14 days,and second test was done.
All contractors had to do the full 14 days,as did all Qbuild staff,that had been on the particular sites,on certain dates.

Correct,no other cases were found.

Originally Posted by superquag

... это значит, что вы будете публиковать анекдоты на русском языке?

нет, это займет слишком много времени

Originally Posted by Eevo

нет, это займет слишком много времени

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