Thanks Lisa.

I'm now looking forward to my 93 year old aunt returning home in the next week or two. She had a bad fall at home on June 18th and fractured her left hip and broke her left wrist.

My main concern all of this time has been Covid. Since mask mandates have been removed hardly anyone at Royal Perth Hospital (where she had the operations on June 21st) and Bentley Hospital (where she recovered for the 2nd and 3rd weeks after the operations) bothers to wear masks anymore.

The transition care place in Bentley (which isn't run by the government thank goodness) where she's been for the past 5 weeks is a bit better... masks are required to be worn at all times by staff and visitors (even though most of the staff only wear 'baggy blue' surgicals) and visitors need to show a negative RAT before they can enter the building. Which reminds me - I need to do a RAT before I visit my aunt later today.

But even with all of these Covid protections in place they still had a Covid outbreak there a week ago but fortunately(?) it was on the 2nd floor and my aunt is on the 1st and she seems OK so far. That's why I'm hoping to get her home ASAP.

Perth, WA. - According to a new CDC study, 30% of Australians who have received the vaccine plan to spend the rest of their earthly lives hiding in their basements just in case the vaccine doesn't work.

"The most important thing is for all of us to stay safe," said Carl D., who has received all three versions of the vaccine. "Dr Fauci said there may be a chance the vaccine won't stop all forms of the virus, so I think the best thing I can do is stay here."

Carl told reporters he has resigned himself to hiding in his damp, dark basement with his friend Marley, living off of food orders from UberEats until they die.

"It's a good life, a really good life. This is a good thing," he said. "As long as there's any chance of death by virus still existing in the world, we're staying put!"

In Australia,   75 people died last week from Covid:

https://covidlive.com.au/


Death toll so far,  22,466.

Bobby. wrote on Aug 13^th, 2023 at 4:54pm:


Yes Bobby.

You know that, I know that, anyone who reads this thread knows that and our governments and media also know that.

But Bobby - it's all about "priorities", you see. You know the old saying about how a picture is worth a thousand words? Well, here's a perfect example.

At the Matildas game yesterday.

On the left, of course, is Anthony Albanese (on one of his rare visits to Australia) who's Prime Ministership has overseen 14,000 Covid deaths since the Federal election in May last year, hasn't lifted a finger to prevent any of them and obviously doesn't give a sh!t.

On the right we have Anika Wells who is the Federal Minister for Sport and also Minister for Aged Care (a rather odd combination I have to say).

Her Aged Care department has overseen 1,069 Covid deaths in Aged Care so far this year, she hasn't lifted a finger to prevent any of them and obviously also doesn't give a sh!t.

There have been 5,836 aged care Covid deaths since the beginning of the pandemic (so far) by the way.

686 reported deaths in 2020
226 reported deaths in 2021
3,855 reported deaths in 2022 (ALP/LIB)
1,069 reported deaths in 2023 ALP (so far)

Priorities, Bobby... priorities.

This absurd meme originated from a viral social media post:

         

FALSE: Pfizer vaccine has 1,291 side effects.

Explanation: This is not a list of side effects
caused by Pfizer's mRNA vaccine, but a list
of side effects that Pfizer has focussed on and
sought in the reports that have reached them.

According to the report, no new health risks
from the vaccine were identified, and that
1,291 potential hazards were sought
but NOT found in the reports. Regarding
the stated conclusions, it is known that no
new risks or worrying information about side
effects were discovered.

These sorts of nonsensical, unevidenced and
misrepresentative memes are all too typical of
the sorts of bullshit that people like Frank, Bobby,
Sir Lastmail, Aquascoot, Wombat Woody,
Captain Caveman,  et al believe without question.

     Sad really that in an allegedly
     scientifically-enlightened 21st
     century we seem to have so
     many education-resistant people
     —even those presented with
     sound, empirical evidence who
     still blindly soak up COVID
     denialism like a sponge.

AusGeoff wrote on Aug 14^th, 2023 at 4:59am:



cognitive dissonance geoff.
most medications have side effects,
and there is more under reporting then over reporting of these side effects.

busy doctors proably arent going to do a lot of unpaid cumbersome paperwork every time someone gets muscle aches or a migraine or vomiting or a rash after taking something.
how would you know anyway unless you "look"

and where is the incentive for doctors and governents and drug companies to "look"

there isnt one

aquascoot wrote on Aug 14^th, 2023 at 5:24am:


Can't see too much "thriving" and "surviving" happening in a world overrun by pollution and viruses, can you?

We had our chance - for nearly 2 years starting in early 2020 the planet was able to 'take a breather' due to the huge reduction in pollution with large numbers of planes grounded worldwide, cars off the roads, etc. etc. but we didn't learn anything from that of course.

Money and greed has ensured that everything has gone back to "normal" even though SARS-CoV-2 hasn't gone anywhere and is still killing and disabling people (long Covid) everywhere and pollution and destruction of the environment is once again on the increase.

100 years (tops) is what I give the human race's chances of survival if things keep going the way they are.