Thread: Covid Mk ll

Originally Posted by W&KO

We are vaxxed if you suggesting we are not

Wife was a little unsettled by the texts given she has followed the rules to a T only to be sent texts saying she needed isolate and inform close contact WTF.

Certainly not suggesting that.

The system that has caused you grief is not used to the full blown problem, unlike Vic.

Early days in Qld and I sincerely hope it doesn't get bad.

DL

Originally Posted by 350RRC

Certainly not suggesting that.

The system that has caused you grief is not used to the full blown problem, unlike Vic.

Early days in Qld and I sincerely hope it doesn't get bad.

DL

Guess it hasn’t cause us grief….unless off course somebody comes knocking on the door.

I feel so boring - I go to work, Woolies a couple of times a week on the way home and a Bunnings trip every fortnight or so.

Not making excuses but what’s the point in checking in?

1) The government says you have to be in close contact for 4+ hours… I can’t ever remember spending that much time in any shop…

2) The government doesn’t list exposure sites anymore - as far as I can tell?

3) If you are fully vaxxed, wearing a mask, social distancing and spending less that 4 hours in a shop - technically the government wouldn’t contact you anyway?

Just asking - as the rules seem to change quite frequently…

Originally Posted by grey_ghost

Not making excuses but what’s the point in checking in?

1) The government says you have to be in close contact for 4+ hours… I can’t ever remember spending that much time in any shop…

2) The government doesn’t list exposure sites anymore - as far as I can tell?

3) If you are fully vaxxed, wearing a mask, social distancing and spending less that 4 hours in a shop - technically the government wouldn’t contact you anyway?

Just asking - as the rules seem to change quite frequently…

We are on the phone to them a fair bit at work.
1. They told us 15min is enough.

2. We are notified if we have been at an exposure site on the NSW services log in app.

3. Refer to 1 and 2.

Originally Posted by Homestar

I feel so boring - I go to work, Woolies a couple of times a week on the way home and a Bunnings trip every fortnight or so.

That is about the same with me Safeway once a week, in and out with in 1/2hr, chemist when I need to get meds for Mario, and post office once a day if we have any orders. No trips out to any other shops.
That's what I have been doing for the last 2 and bit years. The first time we saw our oldest son this(2021) Christmas after 2 years,and our youngest son who is in Japan we haven't seen him since he left Aust in July 2019.
Now with this new one I try to even cut it down more. I can not afford to catch this, as Mario is worried what would happen to him We both have had our booster shot on the 15th Jan. I think everyone is tired from this covid

Yes Heather, that's why the responsible amongst us get vaccinated, check in and take all the other precautions, asked of us, to protect the likes of Mario and others at greater risk.

Originally Posted by grey_ghost

Not making excuses but what’s the point in checking in?

1) The government says you have to be in close contact for 4+ hours… I can’t ever remember spending that much time in any shop…

2) The government doesn’t list exposure sites anymore - as far as I can tell?

3) If you are fully vaxxed, wearing a mask, social distancing and spending less that 4 hours in a shop - technically the government wouldn’t contact you anyway?

Just asking - as the rules seem to change quite frequently…

In Victoria you should still be contacted if you have checked in and there was a COVID case there at the same time.

“Checking in helps people know if they were at a venue at the same time as a positive COVID case and reminds people to monitor their health and get tested if they have any COVID symptoms,” a spokesperson said.

Sounds like in Victoria, if you have been at a place which has had a COVID case, unless you have been in contact with them for 4 hours (like amongst workers) then even though you won’t be considered a close contact you could still get notified. It is then a prompt to encourage you to get a COVID test if you have symptoms.

More important now is to be fully vaccinated (including booster), wearing a mask, and keeping your distance from people.

Contact tracing though is still very important for workers.

The real question is - would you still prefer to know if you have been in contact with someone with COVID so you can decide what you should do?