Australian Reports of the Virus Spread

[Princess Fiona]

If it were a life or death situation with a true Covid emergency, they would find capacity.

In life or death emergencies we will always strive to find capacity but that is at the expense of others.

I can assure you as a clinician working at the frontline in NSW emergency we are stretched to breaking point on a daily basis and it would not take much covid or otherwise to tip us into the abyss.

 

[drron]

If it were a life or death situation with a true Covid emergency, they would find capacity.

Yes by suspending all non urgent surgery and outpatient clinics ensuring more people die of other diseases rather than Covid.

 

[teammongo]

I don’t believe there is any other developed, first world democracy with an incredibly well funded and functioning healthcare system locking down their largest city over a positivity rate of about 0.0005%.

New Zealand...

 

[moa999]

I read an article today about how Singapore plans to ditch the daily reporting of infections, no quarantine etc etc once a certain percentage of vaccinations had been completed. It's interesting and they must be having a shift in how to manage this. At least there is a plan for the future whereas in Australia, well, no one wants to know about it.

Singapore is a few weeks away from 2/3 double vaccinated.. and most of the high risk groups.

Australia is at 2% on the double vaccinated metric, although it's starting to increase now.

 

[Flying mermaid]

But he was eligible for vaccination prior to the concern about AZ clots.High risk job should have put him in 1b.
But this is an illustration why people who think there is no rush to vaccinate because we are at low risk are wrong.One escape like this and we may end up in serious trouble.The next one may be in QLD or WA.I am not so confident of their contract tracing abilities.

How long was he doing the job? Possibly he only started doing airport transfers in the last few months. Anyway it was a bit of a fail from the authorities as well. Vaccination just shouldn’t have been optional.

 

[Flying mermaid]

Singapore is a few weeks away from 2/3 double vaccinated.. and most of the high risk groups.

Australia is at 2% on the double vaccinated metric, although it's starting to increase now.

It’s actually close to 6% fully vaccinated, however your point still stands.

 

[bcworld]

How long was he doing the job? Possibly he only started doing airport transfers in the last few months. Anyway it was a bit of a fail from the authorities as well. Vaccination just shouldn’t have been optional.

It's the whole story of Australian hotel quarantine. Poorly regulated private contractors working in a system which if taken seriously should ultimately be run by the federal government anyway.

 

[justinbrett]

It's the whole story of Australian hotel quarantine. Poorly regulated private contractors working in a system which if taken seriously should ultimately be run by the federal government anyway.

And you think it would be any different run by the federal government? There’s no magic wand here.

 

[oz_mark]

Let's throw a Virgin Australia cabin crew member into the mix.

Virgin Australia confirms positive case of COVID-19

BRISBANE,

newsroom.virginaustralia.com

 

[jakeseven7]

Let's throw a Virgin Australia cabin crew member into the mix.

Virgin Australia confirms positive case of COVID-19

BRISBANE,

newsroom.virginaustralia.com

Ohhhh dear....
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Sydney-based Virgin Australia flight attendant tests positive for COVID-19 after flying to Brisbane, Melbourne and Gold Coast​

The airline said the Sydney-based flight attendant operated five services while potentially infectious on June 25 and 26.

Virgin said the crew member was a close contact of another Sydney case but they did not know that while they were flying.

In a statement, Virgin Australia said the crew member was now in isolation and the company was contacting all other staff who were considered close contacts and would require them to self-isolate.

State health authorities have been contacting people who were potentially exposed to the virus and the company has provided flight manifests.

Virgin Australia flight attendant tests positive after flights between Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne

Virgin Australia says a Sydney-based cabin crew member flew on five services between major cities on the east coast while potentially infectious.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Scarlett]

Let's throw a Virgin Australia cabin crew member into the mix.

Virgin Australia confirms positive case of COVID-19

BRISBANE,

newsroom.virginaustralia.com

And let's open the media release with an image of/from an aircraft type we no longer fly...

EDIT: as have the ABC...

<waits for Ch 7, 9 or 10 to use a QF aircraft image when reporting this story>

 

[MEL_Traveller]

It's not clear which flights the crew member actually worked? The schedule is a follows:

VA939 (Virgin): June 25, leaving Sydney at 11.51am and arriving in Brisbane at 1.25pm

VA334 (Virgin): June 25, leaving Brisbane at 2.59pm and arriving in Melbourne at 5.16pm

VA827 (Virgin): June 26, leaving Brisbane at 9am and arriving in Sydney at 10.14am

VA517 (Virgin): June 26, leaving Sydney at 11.14am and arriving in the Gold Coast at 12.40pm

VA524 (Virgin): June 26, leaving the Gold Coast at 1.26pm and arriving in Sydney at 2.47pm

If the crew member worked all those flights, how did they get from MEL on the 25th to work the BNE flight on the 26th? Even if they travelled as a passenger that flight must also be at risk? Or did the crew member work the flight to BNE on the 25th, and then overnight in BNE to work the flight on the 26th? (but the plane itself is considered the 'at risk' venue)

 

[bcworld]

They overnighted in Melbourne so that part doesn't add up.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

They overnighted in Melbourne so that part doesn't add up.

news.com didn't confirm they overnighted in MEL. But if that is the case, it's astounding no one has apparently joined the dots of the missing connecting flight.

 

[justinbrett]

It's not clear which flights the crew member actually worked? The schedule is a follows:

VA939 (Virgin): June 25, leaving Sydney at 11.51am and arriving in Brisbane at 1.25pm

VA334 (Virgin): June 25, leaving Brisbane at 2.59pm and arriving in Melbourne at 5.16pm

VA827 (Virgin): June 26, leaving Brisbane at 9am and arriving in Sydney at 10.14am

VA517 (Virgin): June 26, leaving Sydney at 11.14am and arriving in the Gold Coast at 12.40pm

VA524 (Virgin): June 26, leaving the Gold Coast at 1.26pm and arriving in Sydney at 2.47pm

If the crew member worked all those flights, how did they get from MEL on the 25th to work the BNE flight on the 26th? Even if they travelled as a passenger that flight must also be at risk? Or did the crew member work the flight to BNE on the 25th, and then overnight in BNE to work the flight on the 26th? (but the plane itself is considered the 'at risk' venue)

VA827 is MEL - SYD

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Any it is not just the the flights:




There are also a number of new exposure sites as well.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1408771592511922177

 

[MEL_Traveller]

VA827 is MEL - SYD

misreporting by news.com then! Thanks for clearing that up.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

news.com didn't confirm they overnighted in MEL. But if that is the case, it's astounding no one has apparently joined the dots of the missing connecting flight.

So with that schedule, yes can be the one person on all flights. And then yes overnighted in Melbourne. Hopefully they had a quiet night in with room service.

But that is still going to be a lot of passengers.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

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So with that schedule, yes can be the one person on all flights. And then yes overnighted in Melbourne. Hopefully they had a quiet night in with room service.

But that is still going to be a lot of passengers.

Thanks. Cleared up by justinbrett - news.com listed the VA827 as BNE-SYD not MEL-SYD. Hopefully they will correct that at some stage overnight.

 

[kangarooflyer88]

Singapore is a few weeks away from 2/3 double vaccinated.. and most of the high risk groups.

Australia is at 2% on the double vaccinated metric, although it's starting to increase now.

As someone who has received their second dose of AstraZeneca yesterday, I take offence to your remark regarding the double vaccinated figure. It's not for lack of trying. Yours truly has a suppressed immune system and by the Department of Health's own documents is clearly in the Phase 1b roll out. However, I had to fight with GPs, the Department of Health and the vaccine clinic all along the way to make it here.

The fact of the matter is people are getting the message loud and clear about the importance of getting vaccinated but the states and commonwealth have done sweet nothing about this. Why is it the US, Canada, Europe are winding down their vaccination programs vaccinating folks at a record pace, enjoying rapidly decreasing cases of COVIDs and the end of all restrictions, and we're here praying that some limo driver remembers to wear a mask? TAGI has repeated the same misinformation time and time again regarding AstraZeneca vaccines when there is little to no scientific evidence regarding the risks of getting the jab. Meanwhile, Pfizer doses are coming in at a trickle, and the state governments have provided conflicting guidance on who can get the jab. Case in point, NSW Health prominently says anyone 40 or over can get the jab when that's plain wrong. Any adult in NSW can get the COVID vaccine as of late March should they suffer from any number of medical conditions, or belong to certain groups deemed as high risk. Case in point, I'm a 33-year-old overseas student studying in Sydney and got my first dose of AstraZeneca on April 3. I was only able to get this jab after looking through a number of buried documents at the Department of Health linked from Crohn's and Colitis Australia.

The government really needs to get the ball rolling. The travel and tourism sector keeps getting walloped by these restrictions and the threat of COVID, many of us have not seen friends and families for well over a year. Businesses have paid a heavy price for the ocassional lockdowns to say nothing of the loss in the customary tourism revenue. We can no longer afford to have society and travel cancelled when there is now a scientifically proven way to cancel COVID once and for all.

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