Thread: Corona Virus

Originally Posted by rick130

In a city of 5 million it wouldn't take too many families to give you 200 more infections/day.
It appears families are hiding positive cases away, fearing losing breadwinners, etc.
NSW records 210 new COVID cases, and one new death as outbreak total passes 3,000
NSW records 210 new COVID cases, and one new death as outbreak total passes 3,000 - ABC News

they wont if the breadwinner dies.
there's suppose to be support payments so ppl stay at home.

Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares

Every time you listen to the news o Sydney break out they mention migrant groups and having to work with community leaders. Well something is wrong?.
is it members have close community contact but don't they talk to one another, if the group were say for example muslims, don't the muftis tell people at mosques, don't the attendees then tell their family? some thing is wrong. Other groups have communication with community leaders, why aren't they getting the message. People seem to get by knowing what services are avail to them , that gets spread so why cant this message get across. surely when they get infected and are sick don't they tell each other?
I hear and accept they come here from countries that don't trust the governments, I can accept they my be traumatised, but I cant accept they lock them selves away and don't know what is going on in the world.

no speaking english? then how do they obtain services in Australia, some how some how they get that info,
If the message is not getting out fix it, if it's a case of defiance then I don't know.
just a worrying observation.

further more the the groups protesting are brain dead! so they must have that as an excuse.

I watched an interview with an Arab speaking Dr on the ABC, he saw the need for a video in language, so the non english speakers could be passed information on vaccinations, mask wearing etc. He & a couple of mates produced a video , of a friend of theirs in hospital, struggling to breath, and put it on the social media outlet the arab speakers used. He said it did more to make the non english speakers aware of what they needed to do than any thing that had been put out there before. It was so successful that they went on to make 8 more videos in 8 different languages, and he said that without those videos the non english speakers would have been left in the dark.

That posed the question of whether the majority of the people didn't have English as a language, and if not, how did they get on dealing with, as you say services in Aus. . A friend of mine from Iraq told me in some cases only one member of the family group would be the english speaker, and the rest relied on them. If he was sick, or at work, the family would be lost and confused. I would think surely the government would have people with the language skills to deal with that situation, and in Victoria I know they have multilingual contact tracers . Some thing has gone astray for sure.

Originally Posted by bob10

I watched an interview with an Arab speaking Dr on the ABC, he saw the need for a video in language, so the non english speakers could be passed information on vaccinations, mask wearing etc. He & a couple of mates produced a video , of a friend of theirs in hospital, struggling to breath, and put it on the social media outlet the arab speakers used. He said it did more to make the non english speakers aware of what they needed to do than any thing that had been put out there before. It was so successful that they went on to make 8 more videos in 8 different languages, and he said that without those videos the non english speakers would have been left in the dark.

That posed the question of whether the majority of the people didn't have English as a language, and if not, how did they get on dealing with, as you say services in Aus. . A friend of mine from Iraq told me in some cases only one member of the family group would be the english speaker, and the rest relied on them. If he was sick, or at work, the family would be lost and confused. I would think surely the government would have people with the language skills to deal with that situation, and in Victoria I know they have multilingual contact tracers . Some thing has gone astray for sure.

exaclty my point, what ever the government is doing is not working.
if they are untrusting of government ,scared or weary of police then you can have someone in uniform accompanying someone knocking at their door.
It's no good the premier telling and pleading for people to stay home if they don't understand english.
however they are working with community leaders is not working.
whether its it on or in the migrant, tv news or radio or news papers l don't know, but it must be front page news surely?

Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares

Every time you listen to the news o Sydney break out they mention migrant groups and having to work with community leaders. Well something is wrong?.
is it members have close community contact but don't they talk to one another, if the group were say for example muslims, don't the muftis tell people at mosques, don't the attendees then tell their family? some thing is wrong. Other groups have communication with community leaders, why aren't they getting the message. People seem to get by knowing what services are avail to them , that gets spread so why cant this message get across. surely when they get infected and are sick don't they tell each other?
I hear and accept they come here from countries that don't trust the governments, I can accept they my be traumatised, but I cant accept they lock them selves away and don't know what is going on in the world.

no speaking english? then how do they obtain services in Australia, some how some how they get that info,
If the message is not getting out fix it, if it's a case of defiance then I don't know.
just a worrying observation.

further more the the groups protesting are brain dead! so they must have that as an excuse.

What we found in Melbourne last year is that it was the authorities that weren't providing info in community languages - when they locked down the housing towers last year the residents (reportedly) quickly did it themselves.

Looks like the planned demonstration today was a bit of a fizzer - nobody turned up!

Originally Posted by JDNSW

Looks like the planned demonstration today was a bit of a fizzer - nobody turned up!

A pfizzer.............. must be synonymous with non-arrival.

DL

Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares

It's no good the premier telling and pleading for people to stay home if they don't understand english.

but they know how to get tested. the logic doesnt add up.

Part of the migrant settlement package is 512 hours at TAFE doing a certificate course called spoken and written English. The course is very practical and good, but government cuts to TAFE can affect its delivery.
Reality is it takes most people up to 10 years to become functionally fluent in a new language, the older you are the longer it takes.