Thread: Corona Virus

Originally Posted by Saitch

..............and have to pay, out of their own pockets, for any related, medical treatment.

Its called Medicare so are already paying out of their own pockets.

Originally Posted by Eevo

exactly. it still spreads. meaning new cases and continued lockdown inline with current policy.
the alternative is to do what the rest of the world has done and live with it.

No. As JDNSW has said above, the 'rest of the world' as you call it, is only just beginning to live with Covid19 because more than 50% of their populations are vaccinated EG: USA / UK, but they are still seeing high infection and death rates. Vaccinations don't necessarily prevent you from getting Covid19, but they are largely preventing people from becoming so unwell they need to be hospitalised. EG: UK infections are rising, BUT hospitalisations have dropped to relatively low numbers.

Only when Australia reaches more than 50% fully vaccinated (2 doses) can 'living with it' even begin to be considered.

The actual 'rest of the world' including, India, Brazil, most of Africa, etc, are not living with it, they are dying with it - due to low numbers of vaccination. Anyone who thinks Australia should 'live with it' now is asking for the same outcome as these un-vaccinated countries.

Originally Posted by Tote

I was thinking about the time Victoria was locking down entire public housing blocks due to a fear of non compliance, at the same time there was an ongoing inability to control spread in some suburbs that may have been culturally influenced.

That's the start of the big lockdown. As they discovered, you can't lockdown suburbs. There are some serious parallels with that outbreak with what's going on in Sydney at present - Western suburbs, casualised workers, migrant and non-English speaking communities .....

Originally Posted by Tote

Victoria has had so many lockdowns I forget which is which.
Regards,
Tote

We've had 4 lockdowns. The most recent lockdown was triggered by a quarantine failure in South Australia, so nobody here's fault. I think at least one other lockdown was triggered by infections brought in from either Qld or NSW.

[Edit: corrected numbering]

Originally Posted by SpudHeadTed

No. As JDNSW has said above, the 'rest of the world' as you call it, is only just beginning to live with Covid19 because more than 50% of their populations are vaccinated EG: USA / UK, but they are still seeing high infection and death rates. Vaccinations don't necessarily prevent you from getting Covid19, but they are largely preventing people from becoming so unwell they need to be hospitalised. EG: UK infections are rising, BUT hospitalisations have dropped to relatively low numbers.

Only when Australia reaches more than 50% fully vaccinated (2 doses) can 'living with it' even begin to be considered.

The actual 'rest of the world' including, India, Brazil, most of Africa, etc, are not living with it, they are dying with it - due to low numbers of vaccination. Anyone who thinks Australia should 'live with it' now is asking for the same outcome as these un-vaccinated countries.

" herd immunity" is possible with delta, but the immunisation rate has to be 95%.

Originally Posted by 101RRS

Its called Medicare so are already paying out of their own pockets.

Doesn't it depend on income?
How much would a full blown, hospital stay cost?

Originally Posted by Saitch

Doesn't it depend on income?
How much would a full blown, hospital stay cost?

It is a 2% of income and for some an additional 1, 1.25 or 1.5% - if eligible for some sort of Health Care Card then you may or may not pay the medicare levy.

Who knows what a hospital stay will cost - but if you are a public patient then cost is covered by medicare.

Originally Posted by vnx205

Are you advocating living with the virus or living with the epidemic? There is an enormous difference.

JD has explained (several times) about the significance of infection rates. While it is above 1, it can very quickly get to the point where medical services cannot cope.

There are a lot of diseases that circulate in the community and we have been living with some of them for generations.

If we just "let it rip" now, we will be faced with exponential growth of cases, hospitalisations and deaths. If we get things under control through vaccinations and/or effective treatments we should be able to manage with just the occasional case in the same way that we have the occasional case of some other illnesses.

It is too soon to just live with it.

EDIT. I probably should have written "describing" rather than "advocating".

as its been said from the start, quickest way though this is to let it run its natural course.

Originally Posted by JDNSW

countries like USA with nearly 20,000 new cases and 261 deaths yesterday? Or perhaps Brazil with 53,000 new cases and 1733 deaths yesterday? Or perhaps Japan, which has just locked down Tokyo for the Olympics with only just over 2,000 new cases and less than 20 deaths yesterday? Or closer to home, Indonesia with 38,000 new cases and over 800 deaths yesterday, and with Jakarta running out of room in cemeteries?

yep, USA with their 50% vaccination rate.
interesting looking at the usa graph, the vaccination rate has plateaued.