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Re: People are still dying of Covid19 in Australia
Reply #945 - Jul 5th, 2024 at 11:46am
 
Carl D wrote on Jul 5th, 2024 at 9:50am:
Masks? Nah, of course not.

https://x.com/MaccaPolitical/status/1808980186102444490

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Lots of guesswork here. (Apart from the dead)
Masks?? 🙄


Oh, look... it's aquascoot's hero, Dr. Death/Lex Luthor making one of his rare appearances to spout more nonsense.

https://archive.md/6PlR4

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Queensland is bracing for a new wave of Covid cases as chief health officer John Gerrard warns the virus is becoming “complex” as it rapidly mutates and competing strains put pressure on hospital services.
Dr Gerrard reports that three sub-variants are now in circulation – FLiRT, FLuQE and most recently de-FLiRT.
“Due to this mutation, as well as fluctuating community immunity, we are witnessing more than one wave each year,” he said.
“Covid-19 has not yet developed a clear seasonal pattern.”


No - and it never will, you muppet. And you know it.

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Dr Gerrard assures there is no evidence of increased disease severity associated with any of the new variants.


No, of course there isn't. Especially now with hardly anyone testing and reporting and governments 'hiding' what little Covid information, cases, deaths and hospitalisations are still available (just waiting for aged care death numbers to 'disappear', won't be long now, I'm sure).

And, didn't you say nearly 3 years ago that it was "necessary" for everyone to be infected?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-24/qld-coronavirus-covid19-omicron-from-pand...

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Queensland's new Chief Health Officer John Gerrard has been telling people this week the spread of COVID-19 in the Sunshine State is not only inevitable — it's "necessary".


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"In order for us to go from the pandemic phase to an endemic phase, the virus has to be widespread," Dr Gerrard said.

"We all have to have immunity [and] there's two ways you can do that – by being vaccinated or getting infected.

"Once we've done that, once the virus is spreading, once we all have some degree of immunity, the virus becomes endemic and that is what is going to happen."


Still waiting nearly 3 years later... so, when will it happen?

How does this idiot (and others like him around Australia) manage to keep his job? Don't answer that, I already know.



he keeps his job by being in alignment with the 99 % of the population who are not rampant hypochondriacs  Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes

you go and align with the crackpot dr berger

everyones happy  Wink
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Re: People are still dying of Covid19 in Australia
Reply #946 - Jul 5th, 2024 at 1:38pm
 
aquascoot wrote on Jul 5th, 2024 at 11:46am:
he keeps his job by being in alignment with the 99 % of the population who are not rampant hypochondriacs  Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes

you go and align with the crackpot dr berger

everyones happy  Wink


Ah, do you mean the 99% of the population who are now blissfully unaware (due to deliberate silence from our governments and the media) that a virus that is still classed as a Level 3 Biohazard is still killing many Australians and making many more sick every day of the year with endless Covid waves?

That 99%?

OK, got it.

That reminds me, the latest numbers from the continuing disgrace of Covid deaths in aged care (and the continuing disgrace of the pollies' silence) should be released today.

I'll post them later (unless they've stopped reporting them since last week - and that wouldn't surprise me one bit).
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Re: People are still dying of Covid19 in Australia
Reply #947 - Jul 5th, 2024 at 1:51pm
 
Carl D wrote on Jul 5th, 2024 at 1:38pm:
aquascoot wrote on Jul 5th, 2024 at 11:46am:
he keeps his job by being in alignment with the 99 % of the population who are not rampant hypochondriacs  Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes

you go and align with the crackpot dr berger

everyones happy  Wink


Ah, do you mean the 99% of the population who are now blissfully unaware (due to deliberate silence from our governments and the media) that a virus that is still classed as a Level 3 Biohazard is still killing many Australians and making many more sick every day of the year with endless Covid waves?

That 99%?

OK, got it.

That reminds me, the latest numbers from the continuing disgrace of Covid deaths in aged care (and the continuing disgrace of the pollies' silence) should be released today.

I'll post them later (unless they've stopped reporting them since last week - and that wouldn't surprise me one bit).



what are people in aged care facilities doing there?

you cant get into one until you are so broken down, that if you were of an animal species , the RSPCA would demand you be treated with compassion and euthenased.

yet we insist on making people endure suffering for what end?

ever heard of someone leaving a nursing home and moving onto a fruitful life in the community?

we need an RSPCA( royal society for prevention of cruelty to aged .)

and we need to recognise covid as the old mans friend, come to release him from the suffering he is being forced to endure by a heartless society
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Re: People are still dying of Covid19 in Australia
Reply #948 - Jul 5th, 2024 at 5:23pm
 
More pension and healthcare costs saved for the government this week.

And no doubt 'cheered on' by the likes of aquascoot.

Another
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Covid deaths in Australian aged care.

https://x.com/BigBadDenis/status/1809086375402319905

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COVID-19 outbreaks in Australian residential aged care facilities: 4 July 2024

🔹Active cases: 3,041 (-328)
🔹Active outbreaks: 395 (+9)
🔹Residents: 2,134 (-292)
🔹Staff: 907 (-36)
🔹Reported deaths in 2024: 696 (+39)


https://x.com/BigBadDenis/status/1809086377637916975

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6,822 aged care COVID deaths since beginning of pandemic

🔸686 reported deaths in 2020
🔸226 reported deaths in 2021
🔸3,855 reported deaths in 2022
🔸1,359 reported deaths in 2023
🔸696 reported deaths in 2024


And, as always, Denis 'tags' the utterly useless Anika Wells (Australian Minister for Aged Care and Minister for Sport) who hasn't 'tweeted' since November 17th and equally useless PM Anthony Albanese (who only 'tweets' stupid selfies most of the time - as long as they've got nothing to do with Covid cases and deaths in hospitals, aged care, or anything Covid related, of course).

Also...

‘Top five’: Shocking Covid stat as cases soar

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Experts have sounded a warning over “complex” and highly-transmissible Covid subvariants taking off in Australia — as new data shows the virus is among the nation’s top five killers.

Queensland chief health officer John Gerrard told the Courier Mail three sub-variants are now spreading in the state – FLiRT, FLuQE and most recently de-FLiRT.

“Due to this mutation, as well as fluctuating community immunity, we are witnessing more than one wave each year,” he said. “Covid-19 has not yet developed a clear seasonal pattern.”

The FLuQE subvariant is ripping through the US will likely produce a bulge in new cases in Australia, experts have warned.

This comes as newly-published data shows the illness has become the third leading cause of death in Australia — marking the first time in over fifty years an infectious disease has ranked so highly in the nation’s mortality statistics.


But, I'm sure all of these new variants are just as "mild" as previous ones - just ask "Dr. Death"/"Lex Luthor" John Gerrard, aquascoot or ShellShilo.

In the meantime, carry on... working, shopping and spending and taking interstate and overseas holidays (and be sure to bring back a few more new Covid variants when you return seeing as there's nothing and no one to prevent it anymore).

What a shambles.
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Re: People are still dying of Covid19 in Australia
Reply #949 - Jul 5th, 2024 at 6:21pm
 
Anyway... to try and lighten a mood a little.

Not Australia this time but the UK.

Just for aquascoot from the esteemed Dr. David Berger again:

https://x.com/YouAreLobbyLud/status/1809123305963860233

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*DIDN'T*EXPECT*TO*GET*COVID*AT*GLASTONBURY*
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣


As Jammer says:

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A journalist with BBC News, going to Glastonbury in the middle of a COVID surge and being surprised by getting COVID is about as 2024 as it gets.


It most certainly is. Poor Anna.

And...

https://x.com/LJPG_23/status/1809130243111989525

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Looking at this monstrous crowd, there would’ve been people infected already and people who were getting infected. This is when Coldplay were on and ironically playing, ‘Fix You’, with Michael J Fox on stage placing himself in a risky situation with epic COVID swirling around🤷🏼‍♀️


Hope Michael J Fox is OK at least.
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Re: People are still dying of Covid19 in Australia
Reply #950 - Jul 5th, 2024 at 6:36pm
 
lol... after looking into this further it seems Anna (or her boss at the BBC) wasn't too happy.

https://x.com/Kegel7/status/1808639260079133099

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@anna_michaux
instead of locking down your account and deleting tweets, you could try doing some investigative journalism & reporting into the damage Covid is causing throughout society.
Covid-19: Even mild infections can cause long term heart problems.


Yes, and I can just imagine some of the replies she got before she deleted her Tweet.

https://x.com/anna_michaux

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These posts are protected
Only approved followers can see @anna_michaux’s posts. To request access, click Follow.


Thank goodness someone took a screenshot of her Covid post (which has no doubt been spread far and wide by now) before she deleted it and locked her account.  Grin Grin Grin
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Re: People are still dying of Covid19 in Australia
Reply #951 - Jul 5th, 2024 at 8:00pm
 
You see, as "mildly" amusing as Anna's Glastonbury Covid saga and her response is, it's just the 'tip of the iceberg' when it comes to showing what governments and the media are doing these days to maintain the myth that "Covid is over" or, at worst, it's "just a cold" now.

Anything that puts even the slightest doubt into peoples' minds that the myth may not be true must be discredited or eliminated immediately.

Especially if it has the potential to adversely affect the economy in any way.

Edit: Here's another one !!

https://x.com/AcrossTheMersey/status/1808996600116621321

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BBC News Journalists enjoying Glastonbury in the middle of a COVID surge and getting sick, is becoming par for the course.  Definitely not COVID though, just a case of the “Festival Flu.”


https://x.com/AcrossTheMersey/status/1809230002744877465

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“Festival Flu” succeeds last year’s “Fringe Flu.”

Wonder what’s next.


"Festival Flu". "Fringe Flu" Grin Grin Grin

And.... another comment by the esteemed Dr. Berger (just for aquascoot):

https://x.com/YouAreLobbyLud/status/1809214915699478826

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The fatuous incuriousness of these people.


Yes indeed.
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Re: People are still dying of Covid19 in Australia
Reply #952 - Jul 9th, 2024 at 6:21pm
 
And... the Australian Covid sh!tshow rolls on...

New South Wales again.

From Dr. Noor Bari (and, just for aquascoot, that's Dr. Noor Bari MBBS BSc Hons Infectious Diseases).

https://x.com/NjbBari3/status/1810301349357301927

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@NSWCHO


What the???


https://x.com/NjbBari3/status/1810301610465378758

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Everyone, you *have* to see this video… BUT trigger warning…

It has an unbelievable number of pandemic bloopers.


https://x.com/NjbBari3/status/1810301701506920738

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Sydney has to get sicker before it gets better?

What on the earth?


https://x.com/NjbBari3/status/1810302168148349243

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The Premier @ChrisMinnsMP
out and about spreading germs live on TV!

I don’t know what to do to erase that image of him coughing straight into both hands with everyone else just standing around stoically getting infected.


https://x.com/NjbBari3/status/1810302648194912284

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@Channel7


What kind of reporting is this?

WELL FITTED MASKS. Yes say it out loud. RESPIRATORS. Your poor defenceless viewers are being kept in the dark BY YOU.


https://x.com/NjbBari3/status/1810302968325107985

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Yes everyone, we have opened a phone line to tell you to stay home.

No one is going to ED with not sick kids or for no reason.

The wait alone weeds out anyone that isn’t desperate, and frankly even desperate people go home and die sometimes..


https://x.com/NjbBari3/status/1810303256758980810

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And where may I ask did you get the staff for these emergency clinics? Hmmm?

GP surgeries? ED? Ward staff? Theatres? Where?

Cos we aren’t sprouting staff numbers.


https://x.com/NjbBari3/status/1810303443585864087

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I have been to ED with sick kids repeatedly over the last few weeks and I can assure you they were in need of more than a phone call!


https://x.com/NjbBari3/status/1810303988857987420

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I feel so sorry for everyone that watches channel 7 news.


https://x.com/NjbBari3/status/1810304861256491083

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A 🤬 red alert disaster and you can’t mention masks or even role model staying home when sick.

Putting more trampolines at the base of the cliff is not the answer. You aren’t a kid anymore @ChrisMinnsMP
You can’t just live in fantasy magic land and pretend doing nothing to promote prevention is ok!


https://x.com/NjbBari3/status/1810305177536344566

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Go. Home.


https://x.com/NjbBari3/status/1810307379323674712

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Vaccines, masks, respirators, fresh air, HEPA, stay home when sick, use that number if needed.

Thats the advice that should be given.


Yes, but that might start to sow the seeds of doubt in peoples' minds about being told the Covid pandemic is over or it's "just a cold" now.

And our useless pollies can't afford to lose face (and, more importantly to them, votes) by admitting they were wrong.
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Reply #953 - Jul 9th, 2024 at 6:27pm
 
carl

its important that emergency departments are freed up so any footballers injured on the weekend or at training can recieve the best timely care.

as such , covid should be dealt with by woolworths who are able to provide tissues for runny noses and panadol for the odd headache

by doing so, we can ensure hospitals are available for the truly important people
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Reply #954 - Jul 9th, 2024 at 6:30pm
 

dr berger should stop stressing over covid and help these players with their rehab

The West Coast Eagles' injury list will be updated every round during the 2024 premiership season.

Injury List

Player      Injury      Estimated Return
Rhett Bazzo


Groin
1 week
Matt Flynn


Ankle
Test
Elijah Hewett


Foot
1 week
Callum Jamieson


Knee
TBC
Noah Long


Knee
Season
Jeremy McGovern


Hand
Test
Jack Petruccelle


Hamstring
1 week
Dom Sheed


Hamstring
1-2 weeks
Jake Waterman

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Reply #955 - Jul 9th, 2024 at 6:33pm
 
aquascoot wrote on Jul 9th, 2024 at 6:27pm:
carl

its important that emergency departments are freed up so any footballers injured on the weekend or at training can recieve the best timely care.

as such , covid should be dealt with by woolworths who are able to provide tissues for runny noses and panadol for the odd headache

by doing so, we can ensure hospitals are available for the truly important people


I know you're trying to be a smart@ss there but you know what?

That's probably the most believable post you've made here in a long, long time. If not ever.

The only thing you left out was the word Politicians.

Footballers and Politicians (but not necessarily in that order).

Perhaps there's hope for you yet?

But, I seriously doubt it.
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Reply #956 - Jul 9th, 2024 at 6:48pm
 
Yes, I'm betting that a politician or a "star" footballer wouldn't have to wait nearly 2 hours to get a bed at Royal Perth Hospital like my 94 year old aunt did on Saturday afternoon.

Mind you, it's a lot better than South Australia at the moment where I've heard that people have had to wait up to 24 hours to get a bed.

And with the current Covid/flu/RSV/goodness knows what else sh!tshow in New South Wales I'm sure Joe and Jane Average will have long waits for a hospital bed there too.

And then there's Queensland... but I won't discuss that right now (perhaps you can shoot off a quick email to your hero CHO and ask how things are going there - just don't expect an honest reply. Or, more likely, don't expect any reply at all).
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Reply #957 - Jul 10th, 2024 at 8:56am
 
I've said this before but I do believe it deserves another repeat.

It really is quite bizarre the apparent lengths our pollies are going to in a huge effort to make everyone believe "Covid is over" or, at worst, it's now "just a cold".

And it's the same in the UK, the US, Canada and nearly everywhere else in the world.

It was (and still is) a worldwide 'coordinated' effort.

From the almost total silence from the Prime Minister down to Premiers like NSW's Chris Minns having press conferences while he's obviously sick (second time he's done this, I've heard), no mention of masks whatsoever and now we have WA with it's "Don't Assume You're Immune" vaccination campaign with no mention of the third biggest killer in Australia - SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) at all.

The pollies have really 'painted themselves into a corner', haven't they? They gambled and lost when they opened up Australia and let Covid rip and now they're too cowardly and afraid to admit they're wrong and try to reinstate protections like masks (on planes and all public transport, hospitals and healthcare settings and aged care at the very least).

And, as I've also said on several occasions in the past - I'm sure the pollies have also had legal advice to now remain silent about Covid in an attempt to evade responsibility and accountability (about the only thing the pollies are good at these days, apart from giving themselves massive yearly pay rises, of course).

But, as I've also said before - accountability is coming one day and I only hope I'm still around to see it happen.
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Reply #958 - Jul 10th, 2024 at 11:24am
 
Carl D wrote on Jul 10th, 2024 at 8:56am:
I've said this before but I do believe it deserves another repeat.

It really is quite bizarre the apparent lengths our pollies are going to in a huge effort to make everyone believe "Covid is over" or, at worst, it's now "just a cold".


The doctors at RPH sent my mother home, despite her being very ill.

They said the place was full of COVID and that she'd be much safer at home.

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Reply #959 - Jul 10th, 2024 at 6:29pm
 
I think my aunt and I are OK after being at Royal Perth on Saturday and Sunday. Doesn't seem like we caught anything.

Saw a couple of masks here and there but most staff/patients were unmasked. But, I did see quite a few masks being worn in the Emergency Department waiting area when I got there at 5pm Saturday.

The staff kept the KN95 mask on my aunt as much as possible while she was there and I had mine on during the brief visit on Saturday afternoon when I couldn't get in to see her and I had it on again when I picked her up at 7am Sunday.

Might have to get a few RATs next time I'm shopping, I had heaps of them but I threw them out in March when they expired (the 'freebies' from the WA State government).

Maybe I should have kept half a dozen, even if they're expired they would probably still work for some time afterwards. And besides, you can't report positive RATs anymore anyway.

Strange thing is, we had a visit from a chap with Rehabilitation in the Home (RITH) on Monday morning and they're part of the WA Government Department of Health.

When he called to say he was coming he asked me a few questions about Covid and if we felt unwell or we thought we'd been exposed recently. I mentioned that we'd been to RPH (which he would/should have known) but we thought we were OK.

And he was wearing a mask (baggy blue but better than nothing) when he came to see my aunt.

I thought it rather strange when you look at everything else the WA Government is doing to try and ignore Covid these days (the new "Don't Assume You're Immune" campaign is a classic example).
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