Covid Mk ll

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Originally Posted by gusthedog

This is important to to know - PCR tests will show a positive for much, much longer than a RAT. On average a RAT will only pick up the positive for around 4-5 days when you are most infectious. Care is still needed re transmission for two weeks or longer. We need to take the politics out of it - isolation needs to be 14 days, not 7. It's going to keep spreading at an exponential rate as a result.

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Rates are coming down, so can't see why we would need to make it 14 days - that's just going to cripple business even more. I was off work for a week when I was positive - and I was sick for less than 24 hours - would have Covid again anytime over a common cold, etc. We've got around 50% of our workforce had or currently have it. Worst case said they were sick for 3 days. I'm really starting to struggle with the idea of isolation for a week when in the fully vaxxed and boosted population - such as we have at work, the rate of serious illness is so low.

And when you see reports like this - Australia COVID: Chance of dying from omicron ‘very close to zero’ for the boosted that seem to show boosted people are very safe then we should be more about getting the rest of the population boosted, then working out if/when each booster is needed after that and not having to worry about isolating at all.

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Originally Posted by Homestar

Rates are coming down, so can't see why we would need to make it 14 days - that's just going to cripple business even more. I was off work for a week when I was positive - and I was sick for less than 24 hours - would have Covid again anytime over a common cold, etc. We've got around 50% of our workforce had or currently have it. Worst case said they were sick for 3 days. I'm really starting to struggle with the idea of isolation for a week when in the fully vaxxed and boosted population - such as we have at work, the rate of serious illness is so low.

And when you see reports like this - Australia COVID: Chance of dying from omicron ‘very close to zero’ for the boosted that seem to show boosted people are very safe then we should be more about getting the rest of the population boosted, then working out if/when each booster is needed after that and not having to worry about isolating at all.

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It isn't the length of time that you are sick for that is important, It's the amount of time that you are contagious for that determines the isloation time.
Shortening the isolation periods will only increase the number of infections which in turn will cripple buisness even more .

You are also forgetting that Delta is Still circulating in the population as well.

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Originally Posted by trout1105

You are also forgetting that Delta is Still circulating in the population as well.

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Yes, unfortunately. I heard a snippet of her singing, on the wireless the other day. [bigsad]

I think somehow the government needs to be put on notice that we need to open up at some point sooner rather than later.

I'm doing my bit, triple jabbed (and I'll take a 4th but no more ) and wear my mask properly, I don't work so my trips are groceries, pharmacy, doctors and take the dog out and stand back from other people doing the same if we chat in passing, that has been my social life apart from texting/calling and forums.

But what level of vaccination / lockdowns is ever going to be enough for these government clowns? They open when they shouldn't , shut when they say they won't , and have done nothing but continually reinforce my belief that all politicians to a man/woman are inept ******* who just want to lead by incompetence and indecision and anything good happening is pure dumb luck or others doing the work which the pollies take credit for.

At this point my so called 'underlying health conditions' have stopped swallowing the covid kool aid and I would like to get on with life as it was and for me, yes covid is real but so are car accidents, cancer, myriads of other diseases , domestic violence/murder, surgical complications, planes still fall out of the sky and you name it.

Many more things to die from than covid but somehow this has been turned into a reason to become confined to our countries, states, homes at the whims of people that don't follow their own rules and we can't bring australian citizens home while literally thousands have been and still fly in and out every month coz they are 'special'.

NOT end of rant !!

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Originally Posted by trout1105

It isn't the length of time that you are sick for that is important, It's the amount of time that you are contagious for that determines the isloation time.
Shortening the isolation periods will only increase the number of infections which in turn will cripple buisness even more .

You are also forgetting that Delta is Still circulating in the population as well.

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But with hardly any illness in the boosted population - once that rate is up a bit higher, why not abandon isolation all together? As I said, rates are dropping and the experts are saying the peak has come and gone, so still not sure why you are bent on doubling the already too long isolation. We were told to get vaxxed, then boosted - all done - no dramas, and will continue to get boosters as required if they are required. Now lets get on with life and not **** about like old women for ever and a day with all of this.

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Originally Posted by Homestar

But with hardly any illness in the boosted population - once that rate is up a bit higher, why not abandon isolation all together? As I said, rates are dropping and the experts are saying the peak has come and gone, so still not sure why you are bent on doubling the already too long isolation. We were told to get vaxxed, then boosted - all done - no dramas, and will continue to get boosters as required if they are required. Now lets get on with life and not **** about like old women for ever and a day with all of this.

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So with the resounding success of let it rip MK1 you want to go the let it rip MK2 with No restrictions and No testing do you ??

Just look at the deaths and chaos that MK1 caused and now you want MK2 which will ensure the maximum chaos and a Much higher death rate[bigwhistle]

The rates of people having had their booster shot is very low at the moment So IF you get your wish you will be able to enjoy seeing the extra deaths and misery that let it rip MK2 will ensure, Happy days[bigwhistle]

Unfortunately there is a level of inevitability.

Those weary, of significant age, with underlying health conditions impacted by Covid are all still susceptible to the impacts - even when triple vaccinated.

Holding back is only delaying the inevitable sadly.

Watching the stories of elderly people locked in confinement in their declining years, their mental anguish and isolation - perhaps we should LISTEN to THEM a bit more.

Poor buggers are dying of loneliness or from just giving up.

We’ve already surrendered to this virus.

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Originally Posted by Tombie

Watching the stories of elderly people locked in confinement in their declining years, their mental anguish and isolation - perhaps we should LISTEN to THEM a bit more.

Poor buggers are dying of loneliness or from just giving up.

We’ve already surrendered to this virus.

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It's not the elderly who have given up, but they have been given up on. No one has surrendered up here.

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Originally Posted by bob10

It's not the elderly who have given up, but they have been given up on. No one has surrendered up here.

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Given the persistently low testing rates in WA, it appears the "average" Western Australian has given up.