Australian state border restrictions

[Lynda2475]

New add campaign running on the radio in NSW this morning spruiking personal responsibility for being covid safe (distancing etc), getting vaccinated , getting boosted.

 

[pippen_2k]

I'm joining the herd and heading to QLD tomorrow from Canberra.
Had my test yesterday at 2pm (made a booking) and had the result at 8am this morning.

 

[Pushka]

SA telecon at 11am. First one in days. Don’t close the borders.,.

 

[jakeseven7]

Tasmania has thrown an entire Virgin flight into quarantine

 

[openseat]

Tasmania has thrown an entire Virgin flight into quarantine

Oh no! I'm flying to Tassie on Thursday! Really don't want to be in quarantine for 14 days.

 

[Pushka]

No more ‘on arrivals’ test in SA effective immediately. Want to reduce time between boosters tomorrow.

 

[jakeseven7]

Oh no! I'm flying to Tassie on Thursday! Really don't want to be in quarantine for 14 days.

Crew member from Sydney…. Still feels like overkill. It flew in last Wednesday for gods sakez

 

[jase05]

No more ‘on arrivals’ test in SA effective immediately. Want to reduce time between boosters tomorrow.

About time!

 

[Pushka]

About time!

Imagine. You’ve waited 8 hours in the queue. Get to the front of the line and someone knocks on your window and tells you to go away!

 

[jb747]

And being reported that Dan & Dom are pitching to change the definition of fully vaxed to 3 doses, and bring boosters forward to 4 months.

Well, they might want to do something about stopping the closure of the vaccination system. The local mass hub is still operating, but you can't make a booking at it. Hopefully an IT glitch, otherwise it's booked out for months. And some of the local GPs and chemists, who were doing shots, have stopped doing so.

This is becoming a full blown national crisis for all concerned (excluding WA).

A manufactured crisis....

However it's got nothing to do with the presence of COVID and everything to do with poor leadership and incredibly poor governance.

Tell me again, what qualifications politicians actually have, to be in charge of anything. As best I can tell, all they do is win a popularity contest, generally against an equally poor opponent.

New add campaign running on the radio in NSW this morning spruiking personal responsibility for being covid safe (distancing etc), getting vaccinated , getting boosted.

Yes, it's your problem, not ours. The fact that you as an individual have no control over testing, access to vaccinations, or much else does not matter when governments are handing out blame.

 

[Tiki]

Wow the news is going off, looks like testing sites everywhere becoming overrun because of the state border restrictions and a really awful side effect is that hospitality and small retail is dead, having their worst lead up to Christmas ever because people are out getting tested. Wow what an utter mess. Thanks state governments, again.

Plus people are scared of being deemed a close contact. This ridiculous testing of asymptomatic and day 5 whatever has to stop. And the contact tracing will kill the economy more than the actual virus will.

 

[Lynda2475]

The local mass hub is still operating, but you can't make a booking at it.

I had no issues booking my booster at Olympic Park (the main NSW vax hub), plenty of availability (even same day within 2 hours). All the pharmacies in my local area have boards out the front advertising booster availability, no idea about GPs as I havent considered that channel, they have enough work to do treating actual sick people.

This ridiculous testing of asymptomatic and day 5 whatever has to stop. And the contact tracing will kill the economy more than the actual virus will.

Contract tracing hasnt been a thing in NSW for ages, only done for high risk environments (i.e. aged care, hospitals) and super spreader events. You simply check the app to see if you have been exposed and only test if you get symptoms.

Yes, it's your problem, not ours. The fact that you as an individual have no control over testing, access to vaccinations, or much else does not matter when governments are handing out blame.

Testing is an issue I agree, but access to vaccinations is not a problem, if you are over 12 and aren't vaccinated by now you aren't trying.

 

[drron]

Tasmania has thrown an entire Virgin flight into quarantine

Some more of that from Launceston.The change is because another passenger plus a crew member on that flight have tested positive. Of course since it was 5 days previously not known for sure if they were infective on plane.

 

[jakeseven7]

No more ‘on arrivals’ test in SA effective immediately. Want to reduce time between boosters tomorrow.

It’s amazing what your border restriction testing system collapsing and staff being physically attacked will get you in SA. They need to get rid of the other interval tests now, ridiculous.

 

[Pushka]

It’s amazing what your border restriction testing system collapsing and staff being physically attacked will get you in SA. They need to get rid of the other interval tests now, ridiculous.

They have removed for interstate arrivals.

 

[jase05]

They have removed for interstate arrivals.

Only the initial one unfortunately. Still sounds like the day 5 requirement still there by my reading of it

 

[PineappleSkip]

Are flight bookings collapsing too? Got a heartwarming Xmas card from AJ last night, and checked seating today on our flights BNE-MEL-BNE in a few days. The J cabin on both flights was well loaded a month ago, but today it has emptied out. Looks like quite a few travellers hitting the ‘abort’ button.

cheers skip

 

[Pushka]

Only the initial one unfortunately. Still sounds like the day 5 requirement still there by my reading of it

Goneski

"As of Tuesday 21 December, vaccinated people who have arrived into South Australia from Victoria, NSW or ACT are no longer required to have a COVID-19 test upon arrival or on day 6.

They must still receive a negative COVID-19 test result in the 72 hours prior to arrival in SA.

People who have any of the symptoms below, even if mild, should get tested for COVID-19 as soon as symptoms appear:
• fever or chills
• cough
• loss of taste or smell
• sore throat
• tiredness (fatigue)
• runny or blocked nose
• shortness of breath (difficulty breathing)
• nausea, vomiting or diarrhoea
• headache
• muscle or joint pain
• loss of appetite"

 

[jakeseven7]

Nope. Goneski

"As of Tuesday 21 December, vaccinated people who have arrived into South Australia from Victoria, NSW or ACT are no longer required to have a COVID-19 test upon arrival or on day 6.

They must still receive a negative COVID-19 test result in the 72 hours prior to arrival in SA.

People who have any of the symptoms below, even if mild, should get tested for COVID-19 as soon as symptoms appear:
• fever or chills
• cough
• loss of taste or smell
• sore throat
• tiredness (fatigue)
• runny or blocked nose
• shortness of breath (difficulty breathing)
• nausea, vomiting or diarrhoea
• headache
• muscle or joint pain
• loss of appetite"

I HAPPILY stand corrected.

Clearly everything was falling apart spectacularly - I mean for them to be calling in the army to help test - what were they thinking - that old fool!!

 

[Pushka]

I HAPPILY stand corrected.

Clearly everything was falling apart spectacularly - I mean for them to be calling in the army to help test - what were they thinking - that old fool!!

Prof Spurrier explained it all quite well I thought. Reviewing the demographics of who was testing positive determined that the vast majority were simply locals spreading it and who'd never been interstate. Interstate arrivals accounted for a small percentage and overseas arrivals barely registered. Given the awful queues their regime of test test test created, they then wanted to prioritise symptomatic people be tested and not the mass screening that was happening.