Australian Reports of the Virus Spread

[Pushka]

Don't tell Anna...!

Oh please do.

 

[drron]

Oh please do.

But Anna only has ears for Janette.

 

[jakeseven7]

But Anna only has ears for Janette.

Only for 3 more weeks

 

[MARTINE]

But Anna only has ears for Janette.

… and eyes on the ballot box …

 

[Quickstatus]

Several stories out of Jindabyne (Snowy Monaro LGA) that people are waiting over 3 days to get CovidTest result.

49 cases so far in that LGA

One person rang NSWHealth and was told there is a backlog and might take 5 days.

By LGA:

COVID-19 (Coronavirus) - Locally acquired COVID-19 cases

The location of residence by Local Government Area (LGA) or local health district (LHD) of locally acquired COVID-19 cases in the last four weeks.

www.health.nsw.gov.au

 

[OATEK]

Several stories out of Jindabyne (Snowy Monaro LGA) that people are waiting over 3 days to get CovidTest result.

49 cases so far in that LGA

One person rang NSWHealth and was told there is a backlog and might take 5 days.

By LGA:

COVID-19 (Coronavirus) - Locally acquired COVID-19 cases

The location of residence by Local Government Area (LGA) or local health district (LHD) of locally acquired COVID-19 cases in the last four weeks.

www.health.nsw.gov.au

This has happened several times where private labs involved. Positives told asap, but negatives when time permits.

 

[Pushka]

This has happened several times where private labs involved. Positives told asap, but negatives when time permits.

Who as a negative have to isolate anyway until they are told. And they wonder why people are over this.

 

[Quickstatus]

I know the testing has to be done somewhere

Path clinics
Drs surgeries
All the staff should follow the CovidProtocols including social distancing while waiting
But then you have the patients who maybe only have a mask.

My Gp turned the carpark into a waiting area and only two patients in that waiting area.

Sounds like that path clinic not following the rules…

 

[Quickstatus]

but negatives when time permits.

Yes but the Swabees are not told of this by the Swabbers. So the whole town is anxious when they don’t get a result.

And the problem is that some will have to isolate until a neg result is received, which may be extended because the result is delayed.

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

ACT: 41 positives tests, 3k -ve tests, reporting 96% first dose (not sure what basis).
NSW: 587 positive tests, 112k tests, 89% first dose - 70% second dose (16+), 181 ICU
Vic: 1638 positive tests, 77k tests, 84.4% first dose - 55% second dose (16+?), 115 ICU
Tas: no new positive tests

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

Sydney - starting to see some postcodes with no active cases on the NSW heatmap.

Lots of upgraded relaxations announced today. Media release which contains information is: NSW on the road to reopening

And I think its been updated/incorporated into: Reopening starts at 70% vaccination (eg it includes the increases to 10 indoor cap and 30 outdoor cap for gatherings that were announced today)

 

[andye]

NSW positive rate on tests is lowest its been for 6 weeks (barring a freak day where they must have released a backlog of negatives). Reasonable number of tests too

 

[Lynda2475]

I hadn't read the NSW weekly surveillance reports for a while, but took a look at the lates one from w/e 18th Sept and some interesting stats:

 

[Lynda2475]

Far West and Western NSW LGAs are outliers for positivity rates.

 

[Lynda2475]

Nice summary of the extra freedoms that apply from this coming Monday:

Lockdown is ending: What you can do from Monday

Fully vaccinated people will be able to have up to 10 visitors in their home, not including children under 12, and up to 30 people can gather outdoors.

www.smh.com.au

 

[sinophile888]

I found these calculations interesting.

				Multiplier
	Cases	Pop'n	Per capita	of Minimum
ACT	1162​	431215​	0.002695​	6.85​
NSW	65876​	8176400​	0.008057​	20.48​
NT	212​	247000​	0.000858​	2.18​
Q	2048​	5206400​	0.000393​	1.00​
SA	907​	1171700​	0.000774​	1.97​
Tas	236​	542000​	0.000435​	1.11​
Vic	44251​	6648600​	0.006656​	16.92​
WA	1110​	2675800​	0.000415​	1.05​

 

[nutwood]

I found these calculations interesting.

				Multiplier
	Cases	Pop'n	Per capita	of Minimum
ACT	1162​	431215​	0.002695​	6.85​
NSW	65876​	8176400​	0.008057​	20.48​
NT	212​	247000​	0.000858​	2.18​
Q	2048​	5206400​	0.000393​	1.00​
SA	907​	1171700​	0.000774​	1.97​
Tas	236​	542000​	0.000435​	1.11​
Vic	44251​	6648600​	0.006656​	16.92​
WA	1110​	2675800​	0.000415​	1.05​

They are interesting. If you take ACT as collateral damage from NSW, basically the two States that have the most dense pockets of population have by far the highest multiplier. Looking at the figures, it would seem reasonable to suggest an exponential relationship between density of population and infection rate.
Makes sense and leads me to wonder why we are so paranoid in Tasmania?

 

[Quickstatus]

NSW positive rate on tests

High levels of testing has been one of the (many) highlights of the efforts of the NSW citizens.

Politicians should not however continue to demand burdensome compliance from the citizens.

Politicians should start bending to the will of the electorate. If they do not know what that is, then recall parliament

 

[jakeseven7]

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Fears NSW Premier has ‘sidelined’ NSW CHO health advice​

NSW’s Premier Dominic Perrottet’s decision to further ease restrictions for the state from Monday has continued to attract criticism, with Australia’s top doctor warning “excessive deaths” may follow.

President of the Australian Medical Association (AMA), Dr Omar Khorshid, said he was “very concerned” about the shift in NSW’s approach to managing Covid-19 and the “potential sidelining of public health advice”.

Dr Khorshid said the fact the changes were announced without chief health officer Dr Kerry Chant being present and renaming the Crisis Cabinet the Economic Recovery Committee suggests health advice will “no longer guide the NSW government”.

“The AMA is concerned that the decisions taken in NSW since the change of leadership signal a very different approach to that taken under the leadership of former Premier Gladys Berejiklian.

Victoria ahead of schedule on vaccination target

Victoria is reportedly running ahead of schedule in its push to get 70 per cent of its eligible population double vaccinated - and as a result, the planned easing of Covid restrictions could happen sooner than expected.

www.news.com.au

 

[jakeseven7]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1446010664456130568

CHO ‘did not endorse’ new road map

Kerry Chant’s absence at Thursday morning’s new road map announcement raised eyebrows – leading many to believe she’d been benched by Dominic Perrottet.

www.news.com.au