Thread: Corona Virus

Originally Posted by Saitch

Reproduction (or procreation or breeding) is the biological process by which new individual organisms – "offspring" – are produced from their "parents".

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Originally Posted by 101RRS

Where did they come from?

Rural NSW

Originally Posted by Xtreme

Rural NSW

Well if you are coming from within NSW you dont have to isolate in NSW.

Originally Posted by Arapiles

Unless, like with the Ruby Princess, some of these people simply transited through NZ from somewhere else, like the UK, where COVID is a problem - I'm willing to bet that no-one in Sydney checked.

Originally Posted by Gordie

no one is transitting through NZ. All arrivals are in quarantine for 14 days and are tested during and at the end of quarantine.

As Gordie has said, no one is transiting through here as our borders are only open to, (1) New Zealander's coming home, or (2) a very select few for essential work and traveling on an exemption. No transiting happening. They are coming here because this is their home or they are coming here because this is where they are needed for work and therefore allowed to come here for that work. Both these options still require a two-week quarantine once they arrive regardless. No exemptions from that.

Originally Posted by DiscoDB

According to the Johns Hopkins data:

NZ has 40 active cases.
NSW has 1,138 active cases.

And now it seems Daniel Andrews does want to stop people coming from NZ transiting via Sydney on the basis of why should people be allowed to come from NZ when even Victorians are not free to move around their own state. Yet our state’s borders remain open to anyone else in Australia (as it should).

There is no logic to this madness.

We should be embracing and welcoming those that want to return here and we should be removing the restrictions on movement in Victoria.

NSW Health have tabled in their last report
Total covid cases = 4091
4 wks Local Transmissions (13/9 to 10/10) = 34

https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infect...t-20201010.pdf

Originally Posted by Slunnie

NSW Health have tabled in their last report
Total covid cases = 4091
4 wks Local Transmissions (13/9 to 10/10) = 34

https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infect...t-20201010.pdf

That is interesting info - cheers.

I could not see in that report what the current number of the 4,091 cases are still active. Johns Hopkins quote over 3,000 have recovered but 1,138 are still active in NSW versus NZ where all but 40 have now recovered. Whatever the true numbers are - NSW has more cases than NZ and people in NSW are free to come to Victoria.

The point being either way, the risk to Victoria is not people arriving from NZ and as such the arrivals should not be singled out just because they came from NZ. Andrews is over stepping his responsibility and some of the media has jumped on this as if the arrivals from NZ did something wrong.

Kia Ora to those who have managed to get back to Australia.

Originally Posted by DiscoDB

That is interesting info - cheers.

I could not see in that report what the current number of the 4,091 cases are still active. Johns Hopkins quote over 3,000 have recovered but 1,138 are still active in NSW versus NZ where all but 40 have now recovered. Whatever the true numbers are - NSW has more cases than NZ and people in NSW are free to come to Victoria.

The point being either way, the risk to Victoria is not people arriving from NZ and as such the arrivals should not be singled out just because they came from NZ. Andrews is over stepping his responsibility and some of the media has jumped on this as if the arrivals from NZ did something wrong.

Kia Ora to those who have managed to get back to Australia.

I think considering NSW has had 35 cases in the last 4 weeks and recovery time is 2 -6 weeks, and that when I was at North Shore recently there was nobody in the Covid ward, I suspect that something isnt right with the stats that Johns Hopkins and others are using. Well, it doesn't seem to make sense at least. Mind you, thats what has been published I suppose.

I agree Slunnie - I doubt the data is correct, but I am sure NZ has even less active cases in the community than NSW.

Either way, Victoria is not under threat from anyone coming from any other state or NZ and the state government should show some common sense.

Interesting quote from Josh Frydenberg today - Victoria has 26% of the population but 40% of the effective unemployment. The price being paid now is too high with something like 500,000 now effectively unemployed here.

With only around 200 active cases in Victoria you would think it is time for everyone to realise we can manage this without being under house arrest. Let’s give people some freedom and let’s give businesses a chance to survive.