Thread: Corona Virus

Originally Posted by bob10

Just when we were feeling all warm and fuzzy, there's this;

Hundreds sick, one dead after unexplained illness breaks out in India (thenewdaily.com.au)

Apparently thousands visit OZ each year so the authorities better keep an eye on them but don't send them to Vic. or it could be Deja vu revisited.

The Indian Express quoted a medical officer from Eluru hospital as saying “the people who fell sick, especially the children, suddenly started vomiting after complaining of burning eyes. Some of them fainted or suffered bouts of seizures”.

Who here remembers the Union Carbide Factory Pesticide "accident" in India years back? Deja Vu? Today's symptoms sound like the symptoms of 30 Years ago.

Bhopal: The World's Worst Industrial Disaster, 30 Years Later - The Atlantic

Re Image #2 at gate. If that is a shot for a welcoming visitor it's no wonder the place is still a potential hazard. What a ****ing dump!


It's not as though that country is short of Shovel & Broom Wallahs.

The wonderful WA government G2G system needs work. It took over an hour to empty an A330. They were letting off 6 people at a time. When we arrived at the checkpoint, the system (which had earlier in the day issued us fully populated G2G PDF docs) had conveniently forgotten everything sans our names. So I had to empty my wallet so the officer could re-enter all my details into the system, complete with 20 questions and declarations we’d already made twice.

Once we were through the checkpoint it was full strength WA, with no distancing, masks, hand hygiene or in fact any acknowledgement there was a pandemic in play. Mind you, the Qantas club in Tullamarine was packed to the gills with very few people paying any attention, masks off at entry and on at exit (when they were reminded by staff) and no distancing anywhere past the queue to get in.

Maybe I’m paranoid but this leaves me cold. On the other hand, the customary Qantas arrogance and ambivalence was notably absent and we were very, very well looked after (so much so we are going to write them a letter of thanks). First on, last off, waited on the aerobridge rather than in the lounge, extra masks, sanitiser and wipes and precisely the seating arrangement we wanted (back of the plane in the corner). The flight was jammmed. 2 seats free apparently. She was heavy getting of the deck.

And after 5 months, 3 weeks and 1 day (174 days not that I’m counting) our Victorian adventure is over. COVID made a pretty terrible situation much worse, but it gave me a new insight into Victorians (a entirely different conversation for another day). We’ll be back, but maybe next time just for a holiday and once we get more of a handle on the ‘rona. We did get clearance to use a tram though, so Sunday morning we hopped on and rattled our way up the line for 10 minutes before we got off and went back the other way.

My folks dropped the D3 off at the airport, so after months of Korean Holden and bottom of the range Nissan we are back in abject (but unreliable) comfort and luxury. The new headliner and gear stick boot looks schmick too. I’d recommend this mob to any Westies.

Cheers for all the support, and apologies for all the brickbats.

Originally Posted by BradC

The wonderful WA government G2G system needs work. It took over an hour to empty an A330. They were letting off 6 people at a time. When we arrived at the checkpoint, the system (which had earlier in the day issued us fully populated G2G PDF docs) had conveniently forgotten everything sans our names. So I had to empty my wallet so the officer could re-enter all my details into the system, complete with 20 questions and declarations we’d already made twice.

Once we were through the checkpoint it was full strength WA, with no distancing, masks, hand hygiene or in fact any acknowledgement there was a pandemic in play. Mind you, the Qantas club in Tullamarine was packed to the gills with very few people paying any attention, masks off at entry and on at exit (when they were reminded by staff) and no distancing anywhere past the queue to get in.

Maybe I’m paranoid but this leaves me cold. On the other hand, the customary Qantas arrogance and ambivalence was notably absent and we were very, very well looked after (so much so we are going to write them a letter of thanks). First on, last off, waited on the aerobridge rather than in the lounge, extra masks, sanitiser and wipes and precisely the seating arrangement we wanted (back of the plane in the corner). The flight was jammmed. 2 seats free apparently. She was heavy getting of the deck.

And after 5 months, 3 weeks and 1 day (174 days not that I’m counting) our Victorian adventure is over. COVID made a pretty terrible situation much worse, but it gave me a new insight into Victorians (a entirely different conversation for another day). We’ll be back, but maybe next time just for a holiday and once we get more of a handle on the ‘rona. We did get clearance to use a tram though, so Sunday morning we hopped on and rattled our way up the line for 10 minutes before we got off and went back the other way.

My folks dropped the D3 off at the airport, so after months of Korean Holden and bottom of the range Nissan we are back in abject (but unreliable) comfort and luxury. The new headliner and gear stick boot looks schmick too. I’d recommend this mob to any Westies.

Cheers for all the support, and apologies for all the brickbats.

I bet you are glad to get all that out of the way, now back to the real world.

Welcome Back.

Originally Posted by 4bee

I bet you are glad to get all that out of the way, now back to the real world.

Welcome Back.

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Originally Posted by Hogarthde

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Does sound ridiculous Brad - sounds more like entering a different country than flying interstate.

And to think there is only 1 known active case outside of hotel quarantine at the moment across all of Australia.

Would be great to be home. Looking at visiting WA later this month after 10 months once the airfares come back to more normal levels.

Was watching a documentary on TV about the virus and how it had been responded to and what the program makers believed should have been done and when. This was then compared back to the Spanish flu epidemic and how that was defeated

What was interesting was the only part that went away from Europe and the USA. They compared the reaction of the Australian government to Spanish flu which was to demand a 3 week quarantine period from the last port and then everyone had to go into a government quarantine station for 2 weeks when they landed before joining the general population. The population in the country had restrictions on movement beyond state borders. Result was the lowest infection and death rate in western world

Based on this sounds like they have dusted off the old Spanish flu play book for Corona virus