Thread: Covid Mk ll

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

That picture should be about NSW, which is still rising and setting records, not Victoria, which has plateaued.
I hope regional NSW can settle down soon, but I fear Sydney is not going to be over this for some time, because of the population concentration which makes it easier for the virus to spread.
Still, at least they can now have picnics! Small mercies.

Meanwhile anti-vax truckies are blocking the traffic in Brisbane...........

Regards,
Tote

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

That picture should be about NSW, which is still rising and setting records, not Victoria, which has plateaued.

ive been fair and i have posted one about NSW in the past.
and vic has done anything except plateau.

something i found interesting, and thank to discomick for the idea
the effective reproduction number for the nsw outbreak is 1.34
the effective reproduction number for the vic outbreak is 1.36

those numbers are close enough to being the same. so the virus is spreading at the same rate.
this tells me that the effectiveness/ineffectiveness of the lockdown is the same in both states.

Originally Posted by Eevo

those numbers are close enough to being the same. so the virus is spreading at the same rate.
this tells me that the effectiveness/ineffectiveness of the lockdown is the same in both states.

tells you very little in the grand scheme of things actually, ask glad, she will explain it to you...

imagine the letter Y

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

If the NSW R rate really is 1.4 then the NSW case numbers are likely to keep rising for some time irrespective of the vaccination rate.

Am I correct in thinking the national agreement is the national eligible vaccination average must reach the target before any state which has reached the target can open up?
So, for example, the national average would have to hit 70% before a state which had reached 70% could relax restrictions.
So that would stop any state monopolising the vaccine supplies and then relaxing before the nation as a whole got there.
That's how I remember it being announced. Is that correct?

This is exactly the problem Mick, no one knows because the 70% - 80% national vaccination fantasy is all smoke and mirrors. There is no clear plan for the so-called 'opening up' of the country, once ALL jurisdictions have reached 70%-80% vaccinated.

Wilcannia now has 10% of the population infected! with one of the slowest vaccine roll-outs in the country. Will for example the 'opening up' be withheld until Wilcannia is 70%-80% vaccinated? ...Pigs might fly.

Originally Posted by SpudHeadTed

This is exactly the problem Mick, no one knows because the 70% - 80% national vaccination fantasy is all smoke and mirrors. There is no clear plan for the so-called 'opening up' of the country, once ALL jurisdictions have reached 70%-80% vaccinated.

Wilcannia now has 10% of the population infected! with one of the slowest vaccine roll-outs in the country. Will for example the 'opening up' be withheld until Wilcannia is 70%-80% vaccinated? ...Pigs might fly.

Aw Come on Ted, You do realise that the the city folk are Much more important than the people in the bush that feed them and as long as the city folk demand to be able to go get late and a smashed av Sanger whenever they want what are a few destroyed lives in the bush so important

Originally Posted by trout1105

Aw Come on Ted, You do realise that the the city folk are Much more important than the people in the bush that feed them and as long as the city folk demand to be able to go get late and a smashed av Sanger whenever they want what are a few destroyed lives in the bush so important

It would be funny if it weren't so serious.