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[Deaneus!]

Official Government Information about COVID-19
Contact the National Coronavirus Information Hotline on 1800 020 080 for information about COVID-19.

Stay informed. Download the official government “Coronavirus Australia” app in the Apple App Store or Google Play,
or join our WhatsApp channel on iOS or Android.

If you live in the Adelaide metropolitan area and would like to get checked out, this is how get drive-thru testing at the Repat:




the Official Sources, Do You Have The Symptoms?, Tips and Statistics are below



Official Sources, Do you have Symptoms?, Tips, Statistics
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Spoiler

Environmental Cleaning & Disinfection Principles
https://www.health.gov.au/sites/def...-and-disinfection-principles-for-covid-19.pdf

SA Health:

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) :: SA Health

Australian Federal Govt:

Coronavirus (COVID-19) health alert

Find out how we are monitoring and responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, how you can help stop the spread of the virus in Australia and what to do if you have symptoms. We also report the latest case numbers, official medical advice and information on treatment.

www.health.gov.au

World Health Organisation:

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) – World Health Organization

Information on COVID-19, the infectious disease caused by the most recently discovered coronavirus.

www.who.int

Smart Traveller: (thanks Mutineer )

COVID-19

Read our advice on COVID-19, including leaving Australia, trying to get home, arriving in Australia and staying overseas.

www.smartraveller.gov.au

Do you have the symptoms?
(thanks again to Mutineer )



Tips​

Home Isolation Advice:

Home isolation advice for people with suspected or confirmed case of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) :: SA Health

What to do if you’re feeling unwell

If you are severely unwell, such as having difficulty breathing, call 000 (Triple Zero).

If you have travelled anywhere overseas in the past 14 days and have COVID-19 symptoms, seek testing at a COVID-19 clinic or contact your GP (advise your GP of your travel history) and isolate yourself.

If you have NOT travelled overseas recently, but are feeling unwell, visit your usual health care provider. Avoid contact with others if you are unwell.

Mental health in the age of coronavirus

COVID-19: Mental health in the age of coronavirus

Since January when the World Health Organization (WHO) determined the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19, to be a “public health emergency of international concern”, stress levels everywhere have continued to mount.

news.un.org

Woolworths to introduce a dedicated shopping hour for the elderly and people with disability.

https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/...ate?icmpid=sm-hp-hero3:eek:ther:eek:ther:wk37

Keeping Yourself And Your Things Germ Free

California Governor Orders All Residents to Stay Home (Published 2020)

The Trump administration asked states to hold off on releasing grim data on unemployment claims, and Italy’s death toll surpassed China’s.

www.nytimes.com

Cleaning Your Phone

How to Clean Your Phone to Help Protect Against Coronavirus (Published 2020)

It’s one thing to stop touching your face. It’s another to stop touching the things that touch your face.

www.nytimes.com

Optus Mobile giving away data due to Covid-19

To play our part in supporting your access needs, we are giving all eligible mobile subscribers a one off 20GB of free extra data which can be activated within My Optus app anytime during the month of April and valid for 30 days from activation. For our eligible prepaid customers, we will also be offering 10GB of free extra data when you top up for more than $40 during the month of April.

We'll have more details about these extra data offers available soon at optus.com.au/COVID19-support.

Statistics​

Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU)

ArcGIS Dashboards

ArcGIS Dashboards

www.arcgis.com

11,844,681 Coronavirus cases in Australia - COVID Live

Live tracking of coronavirus cases, active, tests, deaths, ICU, hospitalisations and vaccinations in Australia

www.covidlive.com.au

Stay safe and look after each other (from a safe distance)
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Dear posters: unsubstantiated advice will be deleted. We understand you want to help, but #fakenews blah blah blah we're not allowing any disinformation. Got some great advice about washing your hands whilst dancing like David Byrne in Once In A Lifetime helps kill the virus? That's fantastic, provide a link to a reputable source.

 

[GreyCrow]

 

[Deaneus!]

I’ve not received any such message from the Australian government.

Me neither. I thought these messages were designed to get to everyone if need be.

Atrocious. Can't even send a simple message to Australians (see: NZ)

Another thing the government's ballsed-up completely.

 

[AmericanCrow]

 

[Deaneus!]

Also, i woke up early and couldn't get back to sleep, just want to know - can I get a haircut today?

 

[AmericanCrow]

View attachment 847458

I must admit, I envisioned you looking a bit different than photo on left.

 

[SaltPeter]

It’s interesting I have a conversation nearly every night with my wife who speaks to her family in China every couple of days and they believe it was an American soldier that started it in China, and I have to explain the propaganda that their government release to them

Unbelievable, the Americans are even trying to turn a buck in the Wuhan "Wet markets".

The military games were held in Wuhan in late late October last year. I believe they were making (trying) a connection to a US soldier who attended the games

Military World Games - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[mistylake]

For anyone who like graphs of all shapes and sizes.
My take is infection rates are slowing. But probably a bit early to lock that trend in yet.
Considering the large number of travellers still returning home recently up around 1M, this is pretty positive news.

Charting the COVID-19 situation: States and territories battle outbreaks

Several states and territories continue to battle outbreaks of the Delta COVID variant.

mobile.abc.net.au

 

[jenny61_99]

I beg to differ, google it.

The second sentence of your post is however entirely accurate.

Well you learn something everyday! All my life I’ve known it as one thing.... but I’ll tell you this, there are MANY MORE memes that say beast!

 

[jenny61_99]

One of my family members on Facebook who I haven't seen in a long time just commented on an anti China post 'can't ever trust the slanty eyeds'. I wonder if I should tell her my long term partner is a slanty eyed?

Do it. Make them squirm!

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

 

[FR0GGY]

Also, i woke up early and couldn't get back to sleep, just want to know - can I get a haircut today?

DIY

 

[jenny61_99]

I just can’t believe their numbers! Absolutely terrifying. Their already s**t medical system is going to crumble under these numbers.

 

[Deaneus!]

Finally found something I wanted to know for ages:

Opinion | Trump Wants to ‘Reopen America.’ Here’s What Happens if We Do. (Published 2020)

Many could die if we ease up too soon.

www.nytimes.com

One gauge of a virus is how contagious it is. The flu has an infectiousness measure (or R0) of only about 1.5, meaning that each sick person infects on average 1.5 others. In contrast, Covid-19 without social distancing appears to have an R0 of perhaps 2.5.

A second gauge of a virus is how often infected people must be hospitalized. With the seasonal flu that’s roughly 1 percent; with the coronavirus, estimates range from 5 percent to 20 percent.

A higher R0 and higher hospitalization rate conspire to wreak havoc. A single person with the flu can result in the infections of 386 other people over two months, and a handful would be hospitalized. But in that same period one Covid-19 patient could lead to the infections of 99,000 people, of whom nearly 20,000 might need to be hospitalized.

A third measure is lethality, the “case fatality rate,” or percentage of people who contract an illness who eventually die of it. For the flu, this is about 0.1 percent. For Covid-19, there are enormous uncertainties but even in optimal circumstances it may be 10 times greater, roughly 1 percent — although it has been much higher than that in countries like Italy with older populations and overburdened hospitals.


Some clear stats on how effective the virus is. Puts paid to the "no worse than the flu" crowd.

 

[Deaneus!]

Is very similar to the Medal Tally for the cancelled Tokyo games

USA! USA! USA!

 

[Elite Crow]

Atrocious. Can't even send a simple message to Australians (see: NZ)

Another thing the government's ballsed-up completely.

Yeah it’s not like they wouldn’t have heard what they need to do by now.

 

[flashcrow]

Also, i woke up early and couldn't get back to sleep, just want to know - can I get a haircut today?

 

[John Who]

Do it. Make them squirm!

I know you’ve been heavily into total lockdown for spread prevention, but there is a flip side and I want to share it here:
An acquaintance told me her 90 year old neighbour is seen to continually going out for walks outside her home during this era of social distancing. The acquaintance asked her “aren’t you concerned of your health during this Corona pandemic?”
The 90 year old lady answered “I’m 90. If the virus hits me then so be it. But if I have to stay at home all day for who-knows how long, then I can’t bear to keep on living”.

 

[Geoffa32]

I just can’t believe their numbers! Absolutely terrifying. Their already s**t medical system is going to crumble under these numbers.

With easy access to near military grade weapons I would hate to be living in the US right now.



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[FR0GGY]

I just can’t believe their numbers! Absolutely terrifying. Their already s**t medical system is going to crumble under these numbers.

The only way to beat the USA.

 

[Thegibbsgamble]

I know you’ve been heavily into total lockdown for spread prevention, but there is a flip side and I want to share it here:
An acquaintance told me her 90 year old neighbour is seen to continually going out for walks outside her home during this era of social distancing. The acquaintance asked her “aren’t you concerned of your health during this Corona pandemic?”
The 90 year old lady answered “I’m 90. If the virus hits me then so be it. But if I have to stay at home all day for who-knows how long, then I can’t bear to keep on living”.

ALL THE THINGS THAT KEEP YOU HEALTHY. AND YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM STRONG ARE. NOW ILLEGAL LOL..

IIT GIVES YOU THE SHITS, HENCE WHY NO TOILET PAPER.

 

[jenny61_99]

Yeah it’s not like they wouldn’t have heard what they need to do by now.

None the less...these messages are supposed to go to everyone with a phone. In times of crisis it is the best way to disseminate information. The system clearly doesn’t work.

 

[Deaneus!]

Yeah it’s not like they wouldn’t have heard what they need to do by now.

Yeah it's not like they wouldn't have wanted one reliable source of information by now.

[redacted this line as I may have misread Elite's post]

Cool, I'm going to go get a haircut and see if my cruise liner has docked today. Then I'm going to the footy!

NEWSFLASH: it is not Great Leader's responsibility to provide Leadership!

 

[Thegibbsgamble]

Finally found something I wanted to know for ages:

Opinion | Trump Wants to ‘Reopen America.’ Here’s What Happens if We Do. (Published 2020)

Many could die if we ease up too soon.

www.nytimes.com

One gauge of a virus is how contagious it is. The flu has an infectiousness measure (or R0) of only about 1.5, meaning that each sick person infects on average 1.5 others. In contrast, Covid-19 without social distancing appears to have an R0 of perhaps 2.5.

A second gauge of a virus is how often infected people must be hospitalized. With the seasonal flu that’s roughly 1 percent; with the coronavirus, estimates range from 5 percent to 20 percent.

A higher R0 and higher hospitalization rate conspire to wreak havoc. A single person with the flu can result in the infections of 386 other people over two months, and a handful would be hospitalized. But in that same period one Covid-19 patient could lead to the infections of 99,000 people, of whom nearly 20,000 might need to be hospitalized.

A third measure is lethality, the “case fatality rate,” or percentage of people who contract an illness who eventually die of it. For the flu, this is about 0.1 percent. For Covid-19, there are enormous uncertainties but even in optimal circumstances it may be 10 times greater, roughly 1 percent — although it has been much higher than that in countries like Italy with older populations and overburdened hospitals.


Some clear stats on how effective the virus is. Puts paid to the "no worse than the flu" crowd.

Socialist nations are doing OK with this. You have to give credit to wuhan, they had no idea what they were dealing with and the death toll very low. They had no warning.

They do have a few things in thier favour, a functioning community, food seen as medicine, high humidity and a gov that is prepared to make the hard calls and a medical system that promotes immune system function.

 

[Deaneus!]

With easy access to near military grade weapons I would hate to be living in the US right now.

Counterpoint: if one were so inclined, it would be a fantastic place to live right now!

 

[Geoffa32]

I know you’ve been heavily into total lockdown for spread prevention, but there is a flip side and I want to share it here:
An acquaintance told me her 90 year old neighbour is seen to continually going out for walks outside her home during this era of social distancing. The acquaintance asked her “aren’t you concerned of your health during this Corona pandemic?”
The 90 year old lady answered “I’m 90. If the virus hits me then so be it. But if I have to stay at home all day for who-knows how long, then I can’t bear to keep on living”.

I am hoping that even during lockdown we are able to.still.go out.for a.daily walk.

I personally am using the time I would usually travel to work to extend my daily morning walk length.

Given the spread of housing in oir suburb and the fact the playgrounds have been fenced off, I dont see this as a risky activity.

My wife is an essential admin worker in the publoc health service. That is far more riskier.

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