CV and mad panic behaviour

[northernblue]

Laughable.
Wade shouldnt be playing, until well.
The tennis clown was in a different time and was rightly tossed out of the country AT THE TIME.
Today however he should probably be allowed in... if hes covid free.

[LP]

These big corporations must be so dependant on the general public having little of no long term memory.

I notice Pfizer and Moderna are now promoting the benefits of bivalent boosters, these are basically a blend of two or more distinct vaccines that work a little differently against different strains. makes sense.

But go back 6 or 12 months, and Pfizer was basically kyboshing claims from Astrazeneca that such an approach was most likely to deliver the best result, they(Pfizer) actually argued against cross vaccination, and now they have squashed the opposition they are basically promoting cross vaccination. None of you should be surprised by this, lawyers and executives are running the show not health professionals!

Luckily for many Aussies, local GPs and Specialists were on the ball and actively pursued the cross vaccination strategy in advance. Those of you who were recipients of such strategies should be very happy, it looks like the protection you received was at least 2 or 3 fold better, at least in the short term.

[LP]

We should all be concerned about the COVID related riots breaking out in China overnight, not because it's overdue but because the Chinese politicians have a history of distracting the public with a political / military conflict.

I'd be ultra-nervous if I was in Taiwan at the moment, I suspect it's the distraction Xi Jinping will be looking for!

[Professer E]

800 or so Australians have died of COVID in the last 7 weeks.  It's fashionable to pot Dan and all things government ATM, but after having a family member go very close recently thank f### for our public health system is there.  It ain't perfect and it perennially struggles but it does help people.

[LP]

800 or so Australians have died of COVID in the last 7 weeks.  It's fashionable to pot Dan and all things government ATM, but after having a family member go very close recently thank f### for our public health system is there.  It ain't perfect and it perennially struggles but it does help people.

Glad to hear your family member got through it, it's so far from over it's not funny.

It sort of poses a glaring question doesn't it, .................... What is freedom?

[ElwoodBlues1]

800 or so Australians have died of COVID in the last 7 weeks.  It's fashionable to pot Dan and all things government ATM, but after having a family member go very close recently thank f### for our public health system is there.  It ain't perfect and it perennially struggles but it does help people.

Problem is the health system is near collapse and even to the point wannabe Nurses are going to be getting a free education and 5k payment as inducements to attract them and stick it out for a couple of years. Dont like or trust Andrews but I'll give him a tick for trying.They will stick the 2 years then leave and thats going to be the problem, GP's are another story and bulk billing was a great idea but its not going to keep GP's in the system or going to remote locations.
The whole system has relied upon good will from Nurses, GP's and Ambos to keep it running but thats worn thin with CoVid and Private Insurance has become a necessity like it is in the USA and maybe we need to look at the tax system being raised in levels like in European countries to provide the necessary funding to prevent us going down that path which only leads to inequality and sub standard care for the poor.

[Lods]

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia...d074e2a607

More than half of the COVID-19 fines issued in New South Wales during the pandemic will be withdrawn after a court battle between a Sydney legal centre and the state government.

The NSW Supreme Court today heard two test cases brought by Redfern Legal Centre arguing the offence descriptions provided on the fine notices were too vague and therefore were legally invalid.

The Commissioner of Fines Administration's lawyer, David Kell SC, conceded the two notices did not "sufficiently state or describe the offences in general terms" nor did the fines "identify the offence-creating provision", ruling the fines invalid.

The government agreed to refund all money paid, withdraw their fines and pay the legal costs.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Doctors and Nurses being censored, who would have thought that?... ;D

https://www.news.com.au/technology/scien...f852a382cf

Good luck with any in depth research being published too especially if its findings are legally provocative  in nature and could be used
by injury affected vaccine recipients for compensation.

[Gointocarlton]

Doctors and Nurses being censored, who would have thought that?... ;D

https://www.news.com.au/technology/scien...f852a382cf

Good luck with any in depth research being published too especially if its findings are legally provocative  in nature and could be used
by injury affected vaccine recipients for compensation.

Kerryn Phelps, nuff said.

[LP]

I'm not sure what to think about this issue of COVID testing and travel, I gather we can't have it both ways, our own freedom to move about internationally while also placing restrictions on arrivals seems untenable. So I suspect we either accept being tested and quarantined or we set foreign travellers free.

The problem I see in the short term is a resource issue. Already the US has flagged excessive numbers of arrivals from China testing positive. The problem is China's own health system is overrun, and China provides little in the way of advanced COVID infection treatment to the general public even if the resources were not stretched. So the Chinese wealthy are basically escaping China to have their COVID treated under Western systems, it's better to risk quarantine in the foreign location than rely on China's domestic system. Some rights activists claim it's alarmist, as it's only a small percent age of China's population that can afford to do this, but that small percentage can more than overwhelm Australia's health resources.

Flights are arriving in the US and UK with up to 40% of the passengers positive for COVID, is COVID treatment being outsourced by the Chinese Government?

Of course this is very profitable for private or semi-private health systems in foreign locations, but what happens to you or I if we fall ill and cannot get a bed?