Coronavirus Outbreak

[Tiger5150]

I was going through some of the posts here and it pricked my interest based on the latest Covid surveillance report 14/08/2021.

That report states that 100% of NSW cases are Delta.

Total active cases 7781 and out of that number 194 were fully vaccinated. At that date, approximately 20% of the population were fully vaccinated and so if the vax did nothing you would expect that 1556 people would have COVID fully vaxxed instead of 194. This implies that you are 8 x less likely to contract COVID if you are fully vaxxed.

Does 8 x less likely sound familiar? 8 x less likely equals 88% efficacy which is exactly the efficacy quoted in the NEw England Journal of Medicine for Delta for Pfizer (67% for AZ). It will never be equal with all the possible variations due to lockdowns etc but for me its comforting to see the scientific information seem to hold up in our real life experience.

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2108891


https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/covid-19/Documents/covid-surveillance-report-20210830.pdf

 

[Nelson]

Anyone else seen the clips (Channel 9 News from memory) going around of a few people in hospital talking about their struggles after contracting covid and some saying their families have all caught it too, etc, etc.

People now posting photos of these people as actors.

Bit weird and pretty suss.

i've seen the posts saying the lady was an actor
didn't realise actors had an immunity to covid!
didn't a today or sunrise host get covid too? wouldn't that be a conspiracy too?

?‍♂️ I’m just noting that it’s strange that some of the people interviewed in hospital with covid have been identified as potentially being actors using other names. Not creating a conspiracy theory. But I saw the photos and just think it’s a bit off that mainstream media might be circulating misleading information to push agendas. It just opens your eyes a bit.

I just think that this type of stuff is what gives people concerns and makes people anxious about the whole covid situation.

Bloody hell, you can’t even make a general comment or have a discussion about things these days without people insinuating your some sort of conspiracy theorist when that’s not the case at all.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9932171/Anti-vaxxers-claim-Covid-patients-powerful-government-advert-paid-actors-claim-false.html

Were these the actors or are they different actors?

 

[Guest]

A QR code is a restriction?

Your right only a surveillance tool which can lead to restrictions if one has been earshot of a positive case even though vaccinated.

What a load of nonsense.

 

[TillLindemann]

A QR code is a restriction?

Well I certainly hope QR code requirements are removed as soon as there is a handle on this. Having to essentially enter an electronic logbook of everywhere you go is rather creepy in a free society.

I support its use as a temporary covid measure but would absolutely oppose it remaining in place permanently.

 

[jadtiger]

A QR code is a restriction?

Well I certainly hope QR code requirements are removed as soon as there is a handle on this. Having to essentially enter an electronic logbook of everywhere you go is rather creepy in a free society.

I support its use as a temporary covid measure but would absolutely oppose it remaining in place permanently.

I doubt if anyone would support its continuation when it is no longer needed

 

[mike]

A QR code is a restriction?

Well I certainly hope QR code requirements are removed as soon as there is a handle on this. Having to essentially enter an electronic logbook of everywhere you go is rather creepy in a free society.

I support its use as a temporary covid measure but would absolutely oppose it remaining in place permanently.


I doubt if anyone would support its continuation when it is no longer needed

But who decides when it is no longer needed?

 

[Geo]

Craig Kelly ads getting to people I think..

 

[nuggetron]

Craig Kelly ads getting to people I think..

tell me about it! already signed up his email address to a bunch of spam mailing lists and called up his message bank and let it run over night to fill it up

the irony was last election they wanted to make unsolicited messages illegal

 

[Tiger5150]

A QR code is a restriction?

Well I certainly hope QR code requirements are removed as soon as there is a handle on this. Having to essentially enter an electronic logbook of everywhere you go is rather creepy in a free society.

I support its use as a temporary covid measure but would absolutely oppose it remaining in place permanently.


I doubt if anyone would support its continuation when it is no longer needed

But who decides when it is no longer needed?

I agree with your point, but I'd suggest that if we get to a point where COVID and the fear of contracting it, spreading or dying isnt a daily occurance, people arent going to bother using it and proprietors wont bother enforcing it

 

[Tiger5150]

Interesting that the case numbers remain stable for about the 3rd day in a row. Still high, still not good, but good that it isnt increasing let alone growing exponentially.

 

[jadtiger]

A QR code is a restriction?

Well I certainly hope QR code requirements are removed as soon as there is a handle on this. Having to essentially enter an electronic logbook of everywhere you go is rather creepy in a free society.

I support its use as a temporary covid measure but would absolutely oppose it remaining in place permanently.


I doubt if anyone would support its continuation when it is no longer needed

But who decides when it is no longer needed?

I would accept a panel from the medical profession (experts not government appointees) deciding when to stop it certainly not any politician.

 

[Tim Sheens]

Interesting that the case numbers remain stable for about the 3rd day in a row. Still high, still not good, but good that it isnt increasing let alone growing exponentially.

What were they please, as was in a Zoom meeting?

 

[Tiger5150]

Interesting that the case numbers remain stable for about the 3rd day in a row. Still high, still not good, but good that it isnt increasing let alone growing exponentially.

What were they please, as was in a Zoom meeting?

1116

 

[Tim Sheens]

Interesting that the case numbers remain stable for about the 3rd day in a row. Still high, still not good, but good that it isnt increasing let alone growing exponentially.

What were they please, as was in a Zoom meeting?

1116

Thanks.

My wife and my parents should be getting their first shots of Pfizer right about now, so feeling a little less worried as their local area of Ryde is now becoming an area of concern.

 

[Nelson]

Interesting that the case numbers remain stable for about the 3rd day in a row. Still high, still not good, but good that it isnt increasing let alone growing exponentially.

That's not necessarily inconsistent with how it has been advancing though, ratcheting up a little, staying steady for a few days and then ratcheting up again. Definitely better than exponential growth though.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

How dire the situation is in Far Western NSW. And the solution? A few motorhomes.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-30/barkaa-shares-message-as-wilcannia-sees-rising-cases/100412432

 

[Tim Sheens]

How dire the situation is in Far Western NSW. And the solution? A few motorhomes.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-30/barkaa-shares-message-as-wilcannia-sees-rising-cases/100412432

Haven't been to Wilcannia in recent years, but spent plenty of time in communities such as Tilpa, Louth, Bourke and Brewarrina upstream along the Darling River over the years and indigenous peoples circumstances don't get much worse than those in Wilcannia.

 

[tiger_one]

How dire the situation is in Far Western NSW. And the solution? A few motorhomes.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-30/barkaa-shares-message-as-wilcannia-sees-rising-cases/100412432

I saw the woman's video, crying for help for the lady turned away from the hospital.
So telling, so disgraceful.
There's real need NOW and who is helping?

 

[BZN]

A QR code is a restriction?

Your right only a surveillance tool which can lead to restrictions if one has been earshot of a positive case even though vaccinated.

What a load of nonsense.

If your familiar with the words decency/good manners and the psychology connected with those words [and I am sure you are] you would realise that you just cannot say that another persons thoughts or feelings are nonsense [or rubbish... as a few on here like to fling around].
We are all entitled to think and feel what we do, whether we are right or wrong.
As a mod on here I would have thought one of the requirements to be a mod is that you show posters **respect**, no matter how wrong you feel they are.
I suggest in future you say "I disagree very strongly" or similar.
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Yeh but this is a footy forum and we're tough guys so crapping on other peoples feelings and thoughts is allowed.
Correct?

 

[Tiger5150]

A QR code is a restriction?

Your right only a surveillance tool which can lead to restrictions if one has been earshot of a positive case even though vaccinated.

What a load of nonsense.

If your familiar with the words decency/good manners and the psychology connected with those words [and I am sure you are] you would realise that you just cannot say that another persons thoughts or feelings are nonsense [or rubbish... as a few on here like to fling around].
We are all entitled to think and feel what we do, whether we are right or wrong.
As a mod on here I would have thought one of the requirements to be a mod is that you show posters **respect**, no matter how wrong you feel they are.
I suggest in future you say "I disagree very strongly" or similar.
************
Yeh but this is a footy forum and we're tough guys so crapping on other peoples feelings and thoughts is allowed.
Correct?

He might think its nonsense?