Two points for you FD, and I'm afraid it includes more of that pesky evidence that terrorizes you so...
1. Turns out Andrews did attribute the quarantine infections to at least some of the outbreak - lucky I caught this week's 4 corners:
Quote:"This morning I received the most comprehensive genomics briefing I have received throughout the pandemic and what that briefing provided and put to me very clearly is that at least a significant number, and potentially more, of the outbreaks in the north of the city are attributable via genomic sequencing to staff members in hotel quarantine breaching well-known and well understood infection control protocols," Premier Andrews said.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=123444132. in case you need any more proof that the quarantine bungle caused the second wave - this just in:
Quote:The vast majority of the cases of Covid-19 in Victoria can be traced back to a single family that returned to Australia in mid-May who were kept in hotel quarantine at the Rydges Hotel, an inquiry has heard.
Quote:Dr Charles Alpren, an epidemiologist with the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services, confirmed to the hotel quarantine inquiry over 90% of cases since the end of May could be linked to the one outbreak at the Rydges Hotel, while almost all of the other cases could be linked to an outbreak at the Stamford Plaza Hotel.
Quote:99% of current cases in Victoria linked to hotel quarantine
Alpren said that based on the data obtained by the department from 3,234 of the over 12,000 cases in the past month, 3,183 are linked to the Rydges Hotel cluster.
For the 1,589 cases sequenced from cases with symptom onset in the past month, Alpren said all but 12 were linked to Rydges.
The remaining 12 were linked to a cluster at the Stamford Plaza Hotel, where 46 cases were connected to a man who tested positive after returning to Australia on 1 June, or a couple who tested positive after arriving in Australia in mid-June.
Although there had been two other cases that weren’t linked to either outbreak, Alpren said he was “satisfied to conclude” that 99% of current cases of Covid-19 in Victoria had arisen from the Rydges or Stamford Plaza hotels used for hotel quarantine.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/aug/18/hotel-quarantine-linked-t...pffft scientists - what do they know?