COVID-19 - Round 5 - Should've stayed the F**K home

[JBOMBER]

@frosty

@JBOMBER

I think you are still missing the reason for this latest outbreak. Its not that people were sitting too close to each other over coffee

I understand the reason. But as you say, everyone else should be social distancing. The stuff ups happen, but being on top of your social distancing is one of the containment measures.

Complaining about how you have stuck to the rules, while not sticking to the rules is emblematic of the rest of society. We all see it every day. We’re just a little bit slack. Once schools were back and the footy was on, everything started to feel a bit more normal, and everyone let the 2m become 1m, and when they were with their extended family I have no doubt they went from sitting on opposite sides of the room to opposite sides of the table. And this just adds to the chance of spread if it’s there.

It’s in the SE at the moment, just in small numbers. But those numbers can increase quickly and silently if people don’t so the right thing.

(FFS, my sister is into me about talking my kids to see my mum. We’re not in the lockdown zone, but my son’s school was shut a week and a half ago, and my daughter works at a supermarket which would be frequented by those from the lockdown area, yet I’m still getting the guilt trip. FFS)

The security guards were probably thinking they were sticking to the rules while sharing a post coital ciggies.

Short of full authoritarian enforcement, people are always going to become complacent.

[choppsuey]

@JBOMBER

Short of full authoritarian enforcement, people are always going to become ■■■■■.

Fxd

[simmo41]

@choppsuey

I’ll be gobsmacked if we’re not in total Melbourne Metro lockdown by the weekend.

The criteria established by the public health team to determine areas with high rates of transmission that required additional containment was:

STEP 1: Identify priority LGA with more than 2x to state case rate

STEP 2: Review all postcodes within this LGA

STEP 3: Identify priority suburbs with more than five cases AND rate greater than 20 per 100,000

[Bomber1408]

@JBOMBER

@frosty

@Clone_Hirdy

As of midnight.

Pretty soon the south east will be stuffed as well, because people

ABC News last night, a group in Craigieburn catching up over coffee…“it’s all so disappointing, we’ve flowed all the distancing rules, and to have to go back down into lockdown is disappointing. We’re having a catch-up before lockdown begins”

As 6 of the huddle around a small coffee shop table, all about 40cm apart.

I bet the southeast is filled with similar observance of distancing.

I think you are still missing the reason for this latest outbreak. Its not that people were sitting too close to each other over coffee & it wasn’t too many people at Chadstone. It was 100% caused by congregating OS quarantine arrivals into confined hotels & then not have anywhere near adequate biosecurity measures in place to prevent further infections. Staff from these hotels were allowed to interact with infected guests, become infected themselves & then go back to these suburbs that have now been shut down.

People in the south east like people from every other part of Australia not directly effected by this Gvt farkup should still social distance of course but without having a concentrated source of the virus into those areas its silly to suggest its inevitable they will have similar outbreaks.

so guards not tested 2 or 3 times a week. Wow that is 101 incompetence

[j_w]

Some of the views in in this thread around the people living in the hot spots / getting ill are pretty off colour. We all acknowledged how poorly Conor was treated so not sure why the same consideration shouldn’t extend elsewhere. Not a lot of sympathy for those who have flagrantly breached rules but for others their only crimes seems to be living in the wrong post code.

[IceTemple]

So at my company 3 people have tested positive (part of the last few days numbers). Contact tracing is underway for everyone involved (they worked with a few others). A couple of the others have come back negative which is good for them. The building is cleaned each week anyway and they shut down and did another clean. Apparently this group all went out for dinner together and there were others involved not from work and one of them was positive. Needless to say the company is telling people not to do this sort of thing and remember to maintain proper social distancing.

I WFH so no issue for me and it was at another building, not the one i work at.

[Bomber1408]

Geelong players been told the 4 weeks to Perth is now at least 8 weeks…so all VIC teams leaving the state I would say…you heard it here 1st !

[barnz]

Living in a hotspot suburb and haven’t been door knocked or messaged yet. Kinda sucks that still locked down but it’s whatever. Just gonna keep on hiding from other people I guess.

[RedandBlackPartisan]

@Bomber1408

Geelong players been told the 4 weeks to Perth is now at least 8 weeks…so all VIC teams leaving the state I would say…you heard it here 1st !

this season is an abortion.

[Bomber1408]

@RedandBlackPartisan

@Bomber1408

Geelong players been told the 4 weeks to Perth is now at least 8 weeks…so all VIC teams leaving the state I would say…you heard it here 1st !

this season is an abortion.

I guess we are off to the Gold Coast or Adelaide

[em2009]

@IceTemple

So at my company 3 people have tested positive (part of the last few days numbers). Contact tracing is underway for everyone involved (they worked with a few others). A couple of the others have come back negative which is good for them. The building is cleaned each week anyway and they shut down and did another clean. Apparently this group all went out for dinner together and there were others involved not from work and one of them was positive. Needless to say the company is telling people not to do this sort of thing and remember to maintain proper social distancing.

I WFH so no issue for me and it was at another building, not the one i work at.

Did the positive person know they were positive when they attended dinner?

What is your work actually asking you all to do? Not see each other off work premises?

[IceTemple]

@em2009

Did the positive person know they were positive when they attended dinner?

What is your work actually asking you all to do? Not see each other off work premises?

No they didn’t know, probably one of the family clusters is my guess, they did the contract tracing and know where it came from but aren’t telling us much. They just told people it is a reminder of how easily this can spread and to be smart about what you do, don’t go out and about and don’t meet in large groups.

All these staff are call centre so they need to work at the office but they are not meant to mix with others in the work place (we have hard zones in action) or outside the work place.

[tinhillterror]

@barnz

Living in a hotspot suburb and haven’t been door knocked or messaged yet. Kinda sucks that still locked down but it’s whatever. Just gonna keep on hiding from other people I guess.

What’s your address, we can get you ‘swatted’ for a laugh. Keep things interesting

[Aceman]

Brad Hazzard, NSW Health Minister, giving a press conference now. He explained that NSW Health officials now at Sydney airport and Central Station to meet flights / trains from Melbourne.

He reported that one person from Melbourne was feeling unwell yesterday, got tested for COVID and then got the XPT train to Sydney arriving this morning and told NSW health officials they still felt unwell.

It’s farken scumbags like this degenerate drop kick I that will Fark it up for everyone and lead to complete border closures

[simmo41]

@j_w

Some of the views in in this thread around the people living in the hot spots / getting ill are pretty off colour. We all acknowledged how poorly Conor was treated so not sure why the same consideration shouldn’t extend elsewhere. Not a lot of sympathy for those who have flagrantly breached rules but for others their only crimes seems to be living in the wrong post code.

Preach.

Also people getting the virus represent probably like 0.1% of people breaking the rules.

[Hoffy]

Jodi Lee (jodilee_7)

[em2009]

@IceTemple

@em2009

Did the positive person know they were positive when they attended dinner?

What is your work actually asking you all to do? Not see each other off work premises?

No they didn’t know, probably one of the family clusters is my guess, they did the contract tracing and know where it came from but aren’t telling us much. They just told people it is a reminder of how easily this can spread and to be smart about what you do, don’t go out and about and don’t meet in large groups.

All these staff are call centre so they need to work at the office but they are not meant to mix with others in the work place (we have hard zones in action) or outside the work place.

Oh wow that’s really interesting!

[choppsuey]

@Bomber1408

Geelong players been told the 4 weeks to Perth is now at least 8 weeks…so all VIC teams leaving the state I would say…you heard it here 1st !

No actually that was reported yesterday. Thanks Sandra Sully.

[Bomber1408]

Damn…there goes my breaking the news reporting career

[theDJR]

@simmo41

STEP 2: Review all postcodes within this LGA

STEP 3: Identify priority suburbs with more than five cases AND rate greater than 20 per 100,000

Is the switch from postcode to suburb in these two steps deliberate, or a stuff-up? I’m guessing they’re implementing it as postcodes, not suburbs as stated.

Is there a public source of active cases by suburb, not just LGA?