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By the by, did Dan stick to his word? We all know the answer...
https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/huge-expa...oronavirus
Quote:01 April 2020
Victoria’s health system will receive a massive $1.3 billion injection to quickly establish an extra 4,000 ICU beds as we respond to the coronavirus pandemic and protect Victorian lives.
Premier Daniel Andrews and Minister for Health Jenny Mikakos announced the boost, which will secure the ICU equipment, staff and space we need to meet the expected surge in case load at the peak of the pandemic.
At present, Victoria’s public and private health services have approximately 450 fully equipped and staffed ICU beds, but we know that won’t be nearly enough if the spread of the coronavirus continues.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victo...58akm.html
Quote:Since last April Victoria has brought about 1600 new ICU and critical care beds online as part of a $1.3 billion healthcare investment, tripling the state’s capacity and doubling it in regional and rural areas. The funding included hospital building upgrades, ventilation improvements and critical care equipment purchases.
A new ICU unit has been built at Casey Hospital but much of the additional capacity has been found within the public health system by upgrading beds to be able to cater for critically-ill patients.
“Throughout the pandemic, health services across the globe have been overwhelmed by COVID-19 outbreaks. Luckily no health system in Australia has experienced this. We never wanted to see scenes like that repeated in Victoria,” a government spokesman said.
“Our unprecedented investment tripled Victoria’s ICU capacity with the ability to scale up even further [to 4000 beds] if required.
Note to bed wetters - there are currently 20 (twenty) CV19 ICU cases in Victoria (the whole bloody State).
https://www.health.gov.au/news/health-al...o-hospital
Finals, then 4 in a row!
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(09-02-2021, 11:04 PM)Mav link Wrote:You’re right: we can’t continue to protect the unvaccinated. It’s bad luck for them that they can’t rely upon herd immunity to protect them. Bring in vaccine passports and send them to the back of the queue if they catch Covid and then we can open up and improve the mental health of the youth.
Yep that will work and yep that will happen. You really are a master thinker.
At least in your head anyway. ?
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09-02-2021, 11:29 PM
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Sorry if I offended you. I just assumed you were vaccinated like everyone else on here (save for Flyboy), but I can see how you'd take offence if you aren't.
But take solace in Flyboy's statistical analysis. Your chances of catching Covid and needing hospitalisation are vanishingly small apparently and If you are sent to the back of the queue, it's not very long so you should be fine.
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Great getting more ICU beds /equipment but you need to train more ICU nurses as its a speciality field and stop the experienced ones leaving the profession and start paying them properly.
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(09-02-2021, 11:22 PM)flyboy77 link Wrote:By the by, did Dan stick to his word? We all know the answer...
https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/huge-expa...oronavirus
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victo...58akm.html
Note to bed wetters - there are currently 20 (twenty) CV19 ICU cases in Victoria (the whole bloody State).
https://www.health.gov.au/news/health-al...o-hospital
The BS media spin in this is out of control. Scare mongering with numbers that suit their narrative is beyond belief.
Hospital icu will be overrun yet only 20 cases in ICU across every hospital in the whole state!
This virus is dangerous, this variant attacks the young and is deadly…….. thousands of cases yet only 3 Deaths in 10 months.
Yet leaders refuse to acknowledge the souring health rates, costs to the economy that out great grand children will be left to repay and unprecedented suicides.
And all this in the strictest and longest running lockdown in the WORLD!!
But the good news is according to Dan once we get to 80% vaccinated he will remove lockdowns (see Israel) .
Yeah that makes perfect sense.
We are a laughing stock.
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(09-03-2021, 12:44 AM)shawny link Wrote:The BS media spin in this is out of control. Scare mongering with numbers that suit their narrative is beyond belief.
Hospital icu will be overrun yet only 20 cases in ICU across every hospital in the whole state!
This virus is dangerous, this variant attacks the young and is deadly…….. thousands of cases yet only 3 Deaths in 10 months.
Yet leaders refuse to acknowledge the souring health rates, costs to the economy that out great grand children will be left to repay and unprecedented suicides.
And all this in the strictest and longest running lockdown in the WORLD!!
But the good news is according to Dan once we get to 80% vaccinated he will remove lockdowns (see Israel) .
Yeah that makes perfect sense.
We are a laughing stock.
Are you not paying attention to what’s happening on NSW?
COVID patients are being intubated in ambulances because there are no beds for them.
“Why don’t you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don’t you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don’t you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?” Oddball
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Could the only 3 deaths from Covid thing have something to do with the Covid-0 thing for almost all of the 10 months?
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1400 new cases in NSW and 12 Deaths.....
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I don’t get peoples preoccupation with ‘the rest of the world is laughing at us’. According to who - Fox News presenters who would kill their own grandma for an extra buck. The UK vaxed the Fck out of their population very fast and we are lucky to have SlowMo who told us it wasn’t a race!
A big problem is your hatred of Dan blinds you to the facts presented by health officials across the board including the AMA. There are a smattering of epidemiologists such as Catherine Bennett who sways with the breeze, that say open up only at 70-80% first vax and even then slowly. The majority of them say keep closed as long as possible to drive down Numbers and increase vax rates.
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True, EB. As has been pointed out by experts, everyone in Australia will be exposed to Covid at some point. We're not in Kansas any more Toto. Each of us should do what we can to ensure that when we're exposed, our immune system can repel the invaders or at least minimise the extent of the subsequent illness. Obviously vaccines are a major part of our preparations, but masking and social distancing also help to reduce the extent of any exposure.
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