Thread: Corona Virus

Well done Melbourne, well done Victorians. It's been a long hard slog, but you stuck together [ in the main] and did it. One of the most successful second wave fights on the planet. [ I'll type that again- On - The -Planet.] You can be proud of your effort. Don't drop your guard now.

Victoria coronavirus restrictions: Daniel Andrews says Melbourne'''s lockdown to ease from Wednesday - ABC News

EDIT. PPS. PPS: For an international comparison, The Mandarin reports that only South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Singapore have done as well as Victoria in controlling a second wave.

The report from 'the Mandarin'.

Of all the places that have seen off a second coronavirus wave, only Vietnam and Hong Kong have done as well as Victorians | The Mandarin


Any comparison between Australia and other countries takes place amid a grim global context. The worldwide tally of cumulative cases is adding one million new cases every three or four days.

On Wednesday, of the 100 countries with the highest total reported cases, just seven reported fewer than 50 new cases: Australia, China, Nigeria, Singapore, Ivory Coast, Zambia and Senegal. The same day, France and the United Kingdom each reported more than 26,000 new cases, and 20 European countries posted all-time daily record numbers.

Some European countries, such as the Czech Republic, Poland and Georgia, are now reporting daily case numbers 25-30 times higher than during their first waves.

Europe and North America face enormous challenges to control their outbreaks as winter looms and pandemic fatigue sets in. But already there are signs of decisive measures including a national lockdown in Ireland — very similar to Melbourne’s — and night curfews in Paris, seven other French cities, Brussels, Athens and Rome. Their current struggles stand in stark contrast to Australia’s situation

Originally Posted by bob10

Well done Melbourne, well done Victorians. It's been a long hard slog, but you stuck together [ in the main] and did it. One of the most successful second wave fights on the planet. [ I'll type that again- On - The -Planet.] You can be proud of your effort. Don't drop your guard now.

Victoria coronavirus restrictions: Daniel Andrews says Melbourne'''s lockdown to ease from Wednesday - ABC News

EDIT. PPS. PPS: For an international comparison, The Mandarin reports that only South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Singapore have done as well as Victoria in controlling a second wave.

The next hard part is keeping it that way and staying Covid safe ongoing now and our contact tracing to be up to the task as it is in other States - fingers crossed we can keep it where it is now.

Originally Posted by Homestar

The next hard part is keeping it that way and staying Covid safe ongoing now and our contact tracing to be up to the task as it is in other States - fingers crossed we can keep it where it is now.

Hopefully now this will be the catalyst to opening up our borders. I predict by December 1. [ but what would I know? according to SWMBO, not much. ]

Originally Posted by Homestar

The next hard part is keeping it that way and staying Covid safe ongoing now and our contact tracing to be up to the task as it is in other States - fingers crossed we can keep it where it is now.

Mia Culpa- riding my bike its often tough to breath when wearing a mask I do most of the time despite that still. This study gives a little common sense to the help masks provide in stopping Covid. I visited the dentist yesterday. The mentioned they have know this for centuries .

The power of mask mandates
They’re restrictive, tedious and hotly contested, but since the early days of the pandemic we’ve known masks to be an efficient and cost-effective way to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

And they’re even better, it turns out, when you oblige people to wear them.

Take Kansas, where a real-world experiment in face coverings emerged this summer. In early July, Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat, issued a statewide mask order, but was forced to let counties opt out of it under a law limiting her emergency management powers.

Only 20 of the state’s 105 counties enforced the order, which required residents to wear masks in public. Those 20 counties saw half as many new coronavirus infections as the counties that did not have the mandate in place, according to a new study from the University of Kansas.

Cellphone-tracking data from the University of Maryland showed no differences in how often people left home in the counties with or without mask mandates, so it seemed likely that the masks made the difference.

Experts say it’s part of a countrywide trend: Localities that impose mask mandates often see fewer cases, fewer hospitalizations, fewer deaths and lower test-positivity rates than nearby localities that do not.

Other studies have turned up similar results in Alabama, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas. A recently published report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found a 75 percent drop in coronavirus cases in Arizona less than a month after mask-wearing became enforced and bars and gyms were shuttered.

This news is so good in these hard times that I was reminded of Maya Angelou's poem, " I know why the caged bird sings ", an anti- slavery poem, but I'm sure many of those who have been in lockdown for what? 15 weeks ? could relate to it.

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings


The free bird leaps
on the back of the wind
and floats downstream
till the current ends
and dips his wings
in the orange sun rays
and dares to claim the sky.

But a bird that stalks
down his narrow cage
can seldom see through
his bars of rage
his wings are clipped and
his feet are tied
so he opens his throat to sing.

The caged bird sings
with fearful trill
of the things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill for the caged bird
sings of freedom

The free bird thinks of another breeze
and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees
and the fat worms waiting on a dawn-bright lawn
and he names the sky his own.

But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams
his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream
his wings are clipped and his feet are tied
so he opens his throat to sing

The caged bird sings
with a fearful trill
of things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
for the caged bird
sings of freedom.



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Maya Angelou, born April 4, 1928 as Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, was raised in segregated rural Arkansas. She was a poet, historian, author, actress, playwright, civil-rights activist, producer and director. She lectured throughout the US and abroad and was Reynolds professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University in North Carolina since 1981. She published ten best selling books and numerous magazine articles earning her Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award nominations. At the request of President Clinton, she wrote and delivered a poem at his 1993 presidential inauguration.

Just to update some who believe a vaccine may be just around the corner.....

it isn't.....advice from Queensland's Primary Healthcare Network is that there is no foreseeable time date forecast.

That media keep headlining socalled advances in the race for a vaccine is totally wrong and they should be censured for giving false hope and false advice to the unfortunately gullible population who listen.

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

Just to update some who believe a vaccine may be just around the corner.....

it isn't.....advice from Queensland's Primary Healthcare Network is that there is no foreseeable time date forecast.

That media keep headlining so called advances in the race for a vaccine is totally wrong and they should be censured for giving false hope and false advice to the unfortunately gullible population who listen.

Suspect the conjecture on vaccines will be ongoing until we get a jab.
Pure Conjecture Time for me AKA waffle warning
The role out when/if ... will be hospital and health. Elderly in care situations, people in hospital and compromised immunity Law enforcement defense. Me last or I might sneak in first in the health area.