Thread: Corona Virus

Originally Posted by Fatso

Not sure about lifting some of the restrictions , went to Woolies on Friday and the social dispensing was feral , people just carried on like before the virus was even known about .

Agreed, was the same Friday arvo where I went - bloody awful so I'll be choosing a more quiet time next time I venture out - it is far from over yet but a lot of people are slipping back to their old ways already. If we have another spike, the next lockdown will be much harsher.

The screams by one federal education type and the PM to open schools in Vic and everywhere else over the weekend then a Sydney and Vic School show why it might not be a good idea for bluster.

In 1918 just to put a negative hat on saw the lock downs romoved after the first wave which was then the 2nd wave which killed a lot more than the first wave
1918 Pandemic Influenza: Three Waves


The 1918 influenza pandemic occurred in three waves and was the most severe pandemic in history.

History never repeats I tell myself before I go to sleep is a great song (Split Endz 1981). History of course is far more predictable for the future when it comes to Virus and our behavior

• Sydney news: Western Sydney school closes after student tests positive for coronavirus
  
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  Coronavirus case in teacher sees Victorian Government shut primary school amid jump in new cases

Russia has 10,000 cases in one day. I know statistics like this depend on the number of tests, it would be interesting [ or frightening, perhaps] if here in Australia the majority of the population was tested. As has been said from the beginning, this will not be over until we have a vaccine. As for schools, until testing is really ramped up, I believe schools should be open only for emergency workers children, and the rest schooled over the internet.

Russia is rapidly becoming one of the world's coronavirus hotspots, and it just reported a record 10,000 new cases in a day

I think everyone, staff and students, should be tested at the school gate, and only those who are negative allowed to enter.
I notice that is the approach now being enforced at that nursing home in western Sydney where so many have died.
What teacher would want to be stuck in a room with 30 students for an hour at a time, knowing the odds are at least one is carrying the virus without symptoms?

Sigh! We were leaving for Russia and Scandinavia this Friday.

I'm still happily isolated though and will not be venturing into any major public places any time soon. Not that I do anyway, really.

Most sites we go to temp test the forehead,and we have to fill out a form,so we are on record.The form also has a section we have to sign basically saying we haven't taken any medication, which can lower your temperature,and the usual stuff,haven't been overseas,etc,etc,blah,blah.

The nursing homes we work at,do the same,also no proof of flue shot,no entry either.

At the grandkids day care centre,no parents are allowed past the front gate.
Staff are temp tested each day,same at my brothers place of employment.

The DIL's grandfather is locked down in a nursing home and can only have visitors for half an hour a week, social distanced, which is hard as he has just a fall, but they can't visit.

Originally Posted by Homestar

Agreed, was the same Friday arvo where I went - bloody awful so I'll be choosing a more quiet time next time I venture out - it is far from over yet but a lot of people are slipping back to their old ways already. If we have another spike, the next lockdown will be much harsher.

Before the rules were relaxed a little here, going to Bunnings [ as an example] was reasonably regulated. The store we go to had a dedicated team whose job was to ensure customers stuck to the COVID rules, 4 in a aisle at one time, 1.5 metres apart, no bunching up, and all that goes with it. I spoke to one of the team, and they were instructed to always be polite but firm, and they had the permission to think on the run if they saw something that needed changing before consulting management. After the relaxing of the rules, we went to Bunnings again, and it was even more regulated. Dedicated entries and separate exits, long rope lines at the entrance with distance rules strictly enforced, only a certain number allowed in the store at one time ,[ no idea what that number was] counted in, and counted out, before any more could enter.[ almost done with military discipline] Long waits at the entry points, I can't say whether this was across the board, or just the result of a switched on manager.