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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 48833 At my desk.	Re: Value for Money ?? Reply #15 - Jan 6^th, 2022 at 12:26pm Quote: what lives have been saved by this bizzare fetish for statistic gathering? Is that all you think it is used for? Or were you referring to your fetish for reducing the pandemic to numbers?
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aquascoot Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 34294 Gender:	Re: Value for Money ?? Reply #16 - Jan 6^th, 2022 at 12:33pm freediver wrote on Jan 6^th, 2022 at 12:26pm: Quote: what lives have been saved by this bizzare fetish for statistic gathering? Is that all you think it is used for? Or were you referring to your fetish for reducing the pandemic to numbers? well now that it actually may be useful, they arent going to do it, so you tell me
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Reply #17 - Jan 6^th, 2022 at 12:36pm

and speaking of "fetishes for numbers"
i'm not the one who has done 2 years of daily press conferences, reading out "the numbers"

thats the politicians and the mainstream media.

i have said from day 1

health is a personal responsibility.
work on your weight and your fitness and your nutrition and confront what will inevitably come along.

who do you think was right Roll Eyes

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Reply #18 - Jan 6^th, 2022 at 1:26pm

aquascoot wrote on Jan 5^th, 2022 at 5:17pm:

41 million x 85 is

3.2 billion dollars

thats more then the annual operating budget of qlds biggest 3 hospitals Roll Eyes

... and what is the
Morrison Government
's "budget repair" strategy to fill the giant hole that will be the
largest deficit in Australia's history
?

Why, it's
tax cuts for ALL
-
in a bid
to win the coming Federal Election

And knowing the electorate's
"self-centered, what's in it for ME"
mindset,
Labor
will see no choice than to match them

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Reply #19 - Jan 6^th, 2022 at 2:24pm

Lisa Jones wrote on Jan 6^th, 2022 at 12:04pm:

Karnal wrote on Jan 6^th, 2022 at 11:57am:

aquascoot wrote on Jan 5^th, 2022 at 5:17pm:

41 million x 85 is

3.2 billion dollars

thats more then the annual operating budget of qlds biggest 3 hospitals Roll Eyes

41,000,000 x 85 =

3,485,000,000

Year 9 maths, innit.

No. Try yr 5.

Multiplication isn't easy, Lisa. The Superior Man has to get his head around all those zeros.

But that's the "narrow road to success", no? The Superior Man doesn't need to get his times tables right - he leaves all that to the chodes, who live lives of pure garbage.

He's too busy being awesome to check, no?

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Reply #20 - Jan 6^th, 2022 at 2:43pm

Karnal wrote on Jan 6^th, 2022 at 2:24pm:

Multiplication isn't easy, Lisa. The Superior Man has to get his head around all those zeros.

But that's the "narrow road to success", no? The Superior Man doesn't need to get his times tables right - he leaves all that to the chodes, who live lives of pure garbage.

He's too busy being awesome to check, no?

One cannot expect too much from a simple farmer with 'common sense' who spends the days shooting off emails to world leaders and then proudly announces later here on OzPol that they must have read them and they're now following his awesome advice.

I know all of that would be too tiring for me, never mind the multiplication.

You?

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Reply #21 - Jan 6^th, 2022 at 3:24pm

Carl D wrote on Jan 6^th, 2022 at 2:43pm:

Karnal wrote on Jan 6^th, 2022 at 2:24pm:

Multiplication isn't easy, Lisa. The Superior Man has to get his head around all those zeros.

But that's the "narrow road to success", no? The Superior Man doesn't need to get his times tables right - he leaves all that to the chodes, who live lives of pure garbage.

He's too busy being awesome to check, no?

One cannot expect too much from a simple farmer with 'common sense' who spends the days shooting off emails to world leaders and then proudly announces later here on OzPol that they must have read them and they're now following his awesome advice.

I know all of that would be too tiring for me, never mind the multiplication.

You?

Just so. Aquascoot can just leave it to the leftard pedants to do the sums or chase up his statistics. Your "noble righty" doesn't bother himself with such trifles.

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Reply #22 - Jan 6^th, 2022 at 3:25pm

aquascoot wrote on Jan 6^th, 2022 at 12:33pm:

freediver wrote on Jan 6^th, 2022 at 12:26pm:

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what lives have been saved by this bizzare fetish for statistic gathering?

Is that all you think it is used for? Or were you referring to your fetish for reducing the pandemic to numbers?

well now that it actually may be useful, they arent going to do it, so you tell me Grin

It saved plenty of lives. Let me know when you figure out how.

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Reply #23 - Jan 6^th, 2022 at 3:34pm

aquascoot wrote on Jan 6^th, 2022 at 12:36pm:

and speaking of "fetishes for numbers"
i'm not the one who has done 2 years of daily press conferences, reading out "the numbers"

thats the politicians and the mainstream media.

i have said from day 1

health is a personal responsibility.
work on your weight and your fitness and your nutrition and confront what will inevitably come along.

who do you think was right Roll Eyes

What do you think of China's zero tolerance approach?

Could be disastrous for their economy if Omicron persists....UNLESS the CCP understands the PBofC can pay everyone's essential bills in a lock-down by simply creating debt-free money - 'ex nihilo' - to pay those essential ongoing bills (and nothing more than those bills).

[I'm attempting to acquaint the PBofC with MMT].

Meanwhile China has adopted the worst of the US profit- driven junk food culture (McDonalds, KFC, Cocacola etc)....
problems ahead (eg, diabetes, obesity) ?

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Reply #24 - Jan 6^th, 2022 at 4:25pm

freediver wrote on Jan 6^th, 2022 at 3:25pm:

aquascoot wrote on Jan 6^th, 2022 at 12:33pm:

freediver wrote on Jan 6^th, 2022 at 12:26pm:

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what lives have been saved by this bizzare fetish for statistic gathering?

Is that all you think it is used for? Or were you referring to your fetish for reducing the pandemic to numbers?

well now that it actually may be useful, they arent going to do it, so you tell me Grin

It saved plenty of lives. Let me know when you figure out how.

Just remember your times tables when you do, dear.

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Reply #25 - Jan 6^th, 2022 at 4:35pm

thegreatdivide wrote on Jan 6^th, 2022 at 3:34pm:

aquascoot wrote on Jan 6^th, 2022 at 12:36pm:

and speaking of "fetishes for numbers"
i'm not the one who has done 2 years of daily press conferences, reading out "the numbers"

thats the politicians and the mainstream media.

i have said from day 1

health is a personal responsibility.
work on your weight and your fitness and your nutrition and confront what will inevitably come along.

who do you think was right Roll Eyes

What do you think of China's zero tolerance approach?

Could be disastrous for their economy if Omicron persists....UNLESS the CCP understands the PBofC can pay everyone's essential bills in a lock-down by simply creating debt-free money - 'ex nihilo' - to pay those essential ongoing bills (and nothing more than those bills).

[I'm attempting to acquaint the PBofC with MMT].

Meanwhile China has adopted the worst of the US profit- driven junk food culture (McDonalds, KFC, Cocacola etc)....
problems ahead (eg, diabetes, obesity) ?

Aquascoot's a big fan of China's top-town leadership model. The chodes need to be controlled by a strong Alpha - preferably one with a suntan and an appetite for quarter pounders, but Chairman Xi will do for now.

Who knows? One day, the Chows might get a leader like the "noble Donald".

That's what Ivana used to call her Hubbie after she read the Art of War.

You?

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Reply #26 - Jan 6^th, 2022 at 5:47pm

thegreatdivide wrote on Jan 6^th, 2022 at 3:34pm:

aquascoot wrote on Jan 6^th, 2022 at 12:36pm:

and speaking of "fetishes for numbers"
i'm not the one who has done 2 years of daily press conferences, reading out "the numbers"

thats the politicians and the mainstream media.

i have said from day 1

health is a personal responsibility.
work on your weight and your fitness and your nutrition and confront what will inevitably come along.

who do you think was right Roll Eyes

What do you think of China's zero tolerance approach?

Could be disastrous for their economy if Omicron persists....UNLESS the CCP understands the PBofC can pay everyone's essential bills in a lock-down by simply creating debt-free money - 'ex nihilo' - to pay those essential ongoing bills (and nothing more than those bills).

[I'm attempting to acquaint the PBofC with MMT].

Meanwhile China has adopted the worst of the US profit- driven junk food culture (McDonalds, KFC, Cocacola etc)....
problems ahead (eg, diabetes, obesity) ?

i think its political.

they will close down cities that provide strategic things the west needs

over 50 % of the wests drugs, for example, are made in certain cities in china.

close them down on some pretext and cause more mayhem in the west.

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Reply #27 - Jan 6^th, 2022 at 5:52pm

freediver wrote on Jan 6^th, 2022 at 3:25pm:

aquascoot wrote on Jan 6^th, 2022 at 12:33pm:

freediver wrote on Jan 6^th, 2022 at 12:26pm:

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what lives have been saved by this bizzare fetish for statistic gathering?

Is that all you think it is used for? Or were you referring to your fetish for reducing the pandemic to numbers?

well now that it actually may be useful, they arent going to do it, so you tell me Grin

It saved plenty of lives. Let me know when you figure out how.

main roads use a figure of 9 million dollars to save a life.
so 3 billion and change would save over 300 lives.

young mothers and fathers and teenagers, who one would think have more years in front of them then 85 yo's with multiple co-morbidities.

thats certainly how spending should be analysed.

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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 48833 At my desk.	Re: Value for Money ?? Reply #28 - Jan 6^th, 2022 at 6:48pm Quote: main roads use a figure of 9 million dollars to save a life. so 3 billion and change would save over 300 lives. I expect it saved well over 300 lives. The death toll in other countries so far is up to more than 600 people per 100k population.
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Reply #29 - Jan 6^th, 2022 at 6:55pm

Carl D wrote on Jan 5^th, 2022 at 6:07pm:

Wonder how much it would have cost Australia if the borders had been closed PROPERLY in March, 2020 and Covid had been kept out of Australia?

Or, if Scotty from Marketing had done the job he was SUPPOSED to do and built proper quarantine facilities away from the major population centres nearly 2 years ago?

Even allowing for the inevitable lawsuits from the "we want the borders opened NOW!" brigade (because we need to make more $$$) I suspect the total cost wouldn't have been anywhere near 3.2 billion dollars.

BINGO!

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