Bobby. wrote on Jan 2^nd, 2021 at 9:19am:



You lucky, lucky people !      



It'll be OK though, coz Dan learned how NOT to do it, last time.         

yawn yawn.

as nobel laureatte and immunologist professor ian fraser said

This is quite a common event in human history, a plague if you like, of a new virus," Professor Ian Frazer said.

Professor Frazer helped create the HPV vaccine that helps save millions of women from cervical cancer around the globe, and was named Australian of the Year in 2006.

He says many of us will contract a mild version of this coronavirus, but most of us will survive. He said if the hospital systems aren't overloaded we should be able to save lives.

"This is a fairly infectious virus and I think it would be highly difficult to contain it even with all of the measures that we're now putting in place in Australia," he said

"This is not something to panic about, this is something to accept and get on with life and make sure we are ready for whatever happens. The good news is if we can slow the epidemic down with all this social distancing and hand washing," the professor added. 

Professor Frazer is an advisor on medical research at University of Queensland, where some of his colleagues are working on a vaccine for COVID-19.






"Coronavirus in humans come always from animals to start with," he said. "SARS and MERS came from defined animals and this will have come from an animal as well. Probably a bat but we don't know for certain."

He urged people not to panic.

"We have to minimise the chances of the virus spreading quickly but accept that it is probably going to spread through the community in its entirety."



"The epidemic will probably run its course in a year or two. All the modelling suggests that's what will happen."

"it will then probably remain as a feature of winter outbreaks, much like viral influenza "



wise words from the great man.


its inevitable that it will spread
we shouldnt panic
we should ensure our hospitals are not over run.


they arent.

now palachook wants to send people to remote mining camps becasue it might be able to "go thru walls"
clearly mass insanity and hysteria is now upon us.

this of course, will result in more deaths .

please see my excellent new thread on sleep 

Starting to look like the Australian Open might be postponed or cancelled.

Victoria records seven cases in quarantine as cloud hangs over Australian Open

https://www.smh.com.au/national/victoria/victoria-records-seven-cases-in-quarant...

Let's see if common sense (and people's lives and health) prevails over money for a change - but, I won't hold my breath.

Carl D wrote on Jan 17^th, 2021 at 12:14am:


It is a disgrace that they are letting players from covid infested countries such as Sweden, UK,US etc in while many Australian citizens still can't get home.

If we get another outbreak from this Dan will have undone all his good work

Carl D wrote on Jan 17^th, 2021 at 8:55am:

And, it looks like it is back again.

Daniel Andrews announces snap coronavirus restrictions for Victoria after hotel quarantine worker tests positive

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-03/victoria-reintroduces-coronavirus-restric...

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How long are we expected to put up with this continuing hotel quarantine fiasco seemingly Australia wide?

As several people here (myself included) have said - these "returned travellers" who have been the source of EVERY outbreak and 'near misses' need to be quarantined AWAY from the major cities.

The Federal and State governments have now had ONE WHOLE YEAR to get their acts together with this, time for some action before we end up like the US and the UK.

And... from last month...

Experts call on Federal Government to acknowledge possible airborne transmission of COVID-19 in hotel quarantine

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-16/hotel-quarantine-gap-prevent-airborne-spr...

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Really? When is it finally going to dawn on these idiots that the main source of COVID-19 transmission is through airborne particles, just like the flu? Hand sanitizing, etc. is great but it should be obvious by now that it mainly spreads through the air.

Its almost like governments (and big business like airlines, etc.) don't want people to start seeing the similarity between the way the yearly flu and COVID-19 are transmitted in case, heaven forbid, the general population start asking awkward questions like "why isn't the flu treated the same way as COVID-19 with all the lockdowns, etc.?" and then the governments and airlines, etc. might have to start spending money to do something about it.

We saw what happened with the flu here in Australia last year (almost non existent) and I'm expecting the same this year. At least that's ONE good thing to come from all the COVID-19 lockdowns, etc. - a lot less flu deaths which we have always accepted every year without a fuss. Let's hope that things will change regarding suppressing the yearly flu after COVID-19 (hopefully) is brought under control worldwide.

Carl D wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2021 at 11:31pm:


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Cannot see that happening, as soon as the rules are loosened everyone goes back to normal behaviour.

Lock downs distancing and masks are 100 X more effective against the flu and even the common cold but people will not do it without covid as an excuse.