CV and mad panic behaviour

[Mav]

Looks like a reduction in isolation/quarantine time is being considered in Australia according to The Age. Not only that, the definition of close contact might be tweaked to reduce the number of people who are required to quarantine. As I suggested, that may have a pretty big impact at AFL level.

There's also a suggestion that at-home rapid testing is better than PCR testing in current circumstances given it's better at determining if someone is currently infectious while PCR testing can return positive results well after someone has ceased to be infectious.

All this is unfolding while Victoria is starting to spike (3767 new cases) while NSW is going exponential (11,201 new cases). And the report from Imperial College concluded "these estimates translate into Omicron VE estimates of between 0% and 20% PD2 and between 55% and 80% PD3 against Omicron, consistent with other estimates"; in other words, full vaccination with 2 doses is only 0-20% effective while the booster fares much better with 55-80% effectiveness. And being infected with Covid confers almost no resistance to re-infection with Omicron (so anti-vaxxers can stop hosting their pox-parties). Pardon me while I rush off to book in for the booster ...