Dunno but my food and delivery drivers in my affluent area of Sydney are no longer Asian and middle eastern?
Maybe the lockdowns are working……
The ethnic elderly bin divers for cash paid recyclables have also stopped in my street on bin night.
#2021Australia.
Its a result of 2 separate issues.
One issue is the clusterfark of putting all eggs in the AZ basket, probably mainly due to the fact that we are one of the manufacturers, and Pfizer is 7 time more costly.
But the biggest mistake, totally unforgivable is the " its not a race " decision, which is down to the medical advice /or the governments indefinite continuance with suppression rather than pushing hard for herd immunity once vaccines were available.
Why Biden could see it, Boris could see it, and the push to herd immunity by vaccination was even more vital in a country with absolute zero immunity built up, Go figure
@Glu
Just read yesterday’s CHO release and no mention of the positive detections and nothing on DoH Twitter.
Some ~360 household visits to red zone returnees yesterday. Odds on one of these turns up a test positive in the next few days? Which if it eventuates is proof positive that the system is working.
More like the number of anti-bodies following vaccination drops off as we’re not exposed to COVID/vaccine and therefore our immune system doesn’t see the need ti maintain a high number if specific anti-bodies.
I thought it was in this thread…
It has affected her personally
Perhaps a bit more for the masked up widowed Nonnas ( or ethnic equivalent ) with shopping trolleys in the SW, can’t see any of their families
Agree. And the bread line is awful thin for award wage, casual staff in Sydney.
They get paid the same as everywhere else, but cost of living is still sky high.
Many live on top of each other not just from cultural reasons but also necessity.
And savings buffer?
How are chemists and food stores non-essential!?
Okay, missed that.
Can somebody confirm pls?
I think it was from one of @Hoffy’s many twitter accounts.
In any case, it’s on the DH website, on their wastewater testing page (link)
How many Tassie bombers do we have?
Asking what Hobart is like this time of year . . . For a friend.
i like you glu, so i won’t call you out for shtting on poor people. instead i’ll just say you’re very much oversimplifying the notion that casual workers don’t “bother” to get tested.
going to get tested means turning down a shift. turning down a shift means less money in the next pay packet.
if it cost you 15% of your week’s income to get tested, you wouldn’t go unless your symptoms on display meant you were fairly certain you had it, and even then you’d think about it for a while.
as @handypoint suggested, there needs to be actual strong decisions made, even if heaven forbid the magic numbers stop going up for a couple of weeks,
Feds have dropped liquid assets test, some other hoops for access to $500/ $350 income support.
Give them as much as they need, do not compare with what Victoria was given when Fed red zoned for two weeks.
Living in Vic, but lived in Tassie long enough to say:
Hobart - warm in summer, cold in winter
NW Coast - moderated - coolish in winter, warmish in summer
Highlands - snowy in winter, anything from very warm to snow in summer
something something germinal centres …
When the cops show up!
https://twitter.com/samirasamatalis/status/1413309987271577601
Yeah but i am not sure money is the right support in lockdowns. I think essentials delivery is.
Sends a clear behavioural message too when a care box is delivered to your door.
I’m actually stunned about the NSW response in the press conference today.
Continually blaming the vaccine rollout. The rollout is what it is and complaining about it doesn’t solve anything.
They need hard action now and that’s something they can control.
Also need cash to pay for electricity and other standard bills, even to afford nappies.
