Corona virus and other pestilences. Poxes ‘n stuff. Part 5.

[Chewy316]

COVID-19 Health System Response Strategy | SA Health

As South Australia prepares to open borders and move towards living with COVID-19 in the community.

www.sahealth.sa.gov.au

"Level 3: 5% of people are expected to require acute care through emergency Departments hospital wards or Intensive Care Units"

If you open the PDF document of the covid health strategy response you'll see it is dated November 12 - before the borders opened and before Omicron became a thing.

Dare I say the reporting of 5% hospitalisation is consistent with the delta variant around the world and given the time stamp on the actual document, it all matches up to suggest this wasnin reference to delta rather than omicron.

 

[Duckimus Prime]

I would be looking to McGowan in the west - a range of heartless decisions with little rational basis - families denied access to dying family members, residents, locked out of the state, parents unable to claim the bodies of children who have died in tragic circumstances. But the polls are good

Yeah what he should've done is let more sick people into the aged care facilities, so then more families can go in and see their dying family members.

 

[OneGreatClub]

This article will get Spurrier gnashing as well.

Well, I like Dr Nick's confidence.

 

[Contested Marx]

I don't particularly, but not being allowed to die with their family around them is inately cruel for both them and their family. Andrews is responsible for that.

Who cares? They were going to die anyway. If their families wanted to be with them when they die they should have had them live with them.

Anyway why is it any better to die with your family or without. If you're dead then who cares?

 

[PA88]

Amiss

 

[PAFC66]

I don't particularly, but not being allowed to die with their family around them is inately cruel for both them and their family. Andrews is responsible for that.

Now you're just taking the piss.

 

[PAFC66]

Covid is boring now. The bedshitters will move on to the flu when that makes its long awaited comeback.

It's only just kicked off ..

 

[Marat]

Yeah what he should've done is let more sick people into the aged care facilities, so then more families can go in and see their dying family members.

Good thinking Duckimus - missed opportunity to speed the old *ers on their way

 

[OneGreatClub]

It's only just kicked off ..

Exactly.. he’s about to miss the party

 

[EskimoPAFC]

Where did you see or hear the 5% hospitalisation rate?

In this article dated December 30, 2021 I've read they are said to be expecting 1% of Omicron cases to require hospitalisation though at the time only 0.58% of cases are requiring hospitalisation at that time.

https://indaily.com.au/news/2021/12/30/theres-no-stopping-this-sa-covid-cases-set-to-hit-mid-january-peak/

A much higher percentage of asymptomatic cases would suggest a much higher percentage of non-identified cases, which would change the denominator significantly. If its 0.58% on identified cases the true figure is probably 0.2-0.3%.

 

[Marat]

A much higher percentage of asymptomatic cases would suggest a much higher percentage of non-identified cases, which would change the denominator significantly. If its 0.58% on identified cases the true figure is probably 0.2-0.3%.

So a hospitalisation rate of about 1 in 500? Any estimate on how many of that 1 in 500 end up in intensive care?

 

[Festerz]

Good thinking Duckimus - missed opportunity to speed the old f***ers on their way

 

[Festerz]

Today 2100 cases 71 hospitalisations.

Wonder how those 71 in hospital enjoyed their hospital dinner on New Years Eve?

Meanwhile, last night in Humpty Doo:

 

[OneGreatClub]

So a hospitalisation rate of about 1 in 500? Any estimate on how many of that 1 in 500 end up in intensive care?

The tentacles of understaffed overrun hospitals spread further than just how many covid patients are in ICU. For just one example cancer surgery can be delayed changing outcomes with all the repercussions of that.

There's a report somewhere that Professor Tennant did quote a few days back I'm trying to dig up?

Hospitalisations in SA are looking to follow a well worn path though

Yes.
Wishing the pandemic to be over doesn’t make it so.
I think the s**t is really going to hit the fan for a while health care wise as well as functions of society in general.
At least ensure you have supplies of any essential meds, could be expecting some pharmacies to have supply issues plus severe staff shortages around end of month.
Expect photos of Scomo rolling up his sleeves to help in all sorts of industries to lead us out of the crisis, along with his lap dog Perrottet.

 

[rumoursofwinter]

Under the new rules, you cant get a free pcr test if you are asymptomatic and not a close contact. Under the new guidelines; it is impossible to be a close contact with someone at work. (Unless you happen to live with them) So, for example if you work in a small office and your co-workers start getting sick and then test positive to covid, you would officially not be allowed to go to state testing facility to get a free covid test. You could go to a private clinic to get tested...the first one I saw had a cost of $165. So basically, don't get tested even if your circumstance makes it very likely you have covid, keep working, spread covid and and kill the poor. (Dead Kennedys) Sounds good. Then pretend that hospitalisations rates are steady when its a blatant lie. Ultimately, claim victory when positives decrease due to a decrease in tests. It's brilliant and its virtually impossible to buy a rat test in Melbourne at the moment.

 

[Festerz]

Under the new rules, you cant get a free pcr test if you are asymptomatic or not a close contact. Under the new guidelines; it is impossible to be a close contact with someone at work. (Unless you happen to live with them) So, for example if you work in a small office and your co-workers start getting sick and then test positive to covid, you would officially not be allowed to go to state testing facility to get a free covid test. You could go to a private clinic to get tested...the first one I saw had a cost of $165. So basically, don't get tested even if your circumstance makes it very likely you have covid, keep working, spread covid and and kill the poor. (Dead Kennedys) Sounds good. Then pretend that hospitalisations rates are steady when its a blatant lie. Ultimately, claim victory when positives decrease due to a decrease in tests. It's brilliant and its virtually impossible to buy a rat test in Melbourne at the moment.

Yep. It's an absolute gutter * of incompetence at state and federal level.

And absolutely avoidable.

If the governments had just done what their health experts had advised and NOT relaxed restrictions and opened borders until the information on the Omicron variant was understood . Giving them the time to get the booster doses organised and the supplies of RATS ready just in case.

But no - stick with the plan to open despite knowing what was coming in terms of Omicron being highly contagious with no plan to deal with it if it was resistant to current vaccines. And just praying it was relatively benign.

Opening borders meant the lowest level of incompetence (NSW) became the standard that we all now have to live with.

Idiots.

But I hear we have a Prime Minister who can reckons that, despite not being able to hold a hose, he can cook up a good curry. So not all it lost, eh?

 

[Chewy316]

Under the new rules, you cant get a free pcr test if you are asymptomatic and not a close contact. Under the new guidelines; it is impossible to be a close contact with someone at work. (Unless you happen to live with them) So, for example if you work in a small office and your co-workers start getting sick and then test positive to covid, you would officially not be allowed to go to state testing facility to get a free covid test. You could go to a private clinic to get tested...the first one I saw had a cost of $165. So basically, don't get tested even if your circumstance makes it very likely you have covid, keep working, spread covid and and kill the poor. (Dead Kennedys) Sounds good. Then pretend that hospitalisations rates are steady when its a blatant lie. Ultimately, claim victory when positives decrease due to a decrease in tests. It's brilliant and its virtually impossible to buy a rat test in Melbourne at the moment.

Sounds like you're pretty pissed off about this.
Easy solution - when the PPE hazmat suited up guy in the car park asks why you're here - tell them you have a sore throat.

No reason is required to be justified. They just want to limit the amount of testing because theyre getting overrun as it is and it will inevitably only get worse.

But if youre insistent on getting a PCR test for free, just call a white lie and say you have a symptom. Live on the edge for once, you'll enjoy it.

 

[Festerz]

Sounds like you're pretty pissed off about this.
Easy solution - when the PPE hazmat suited up guy in the car park asks why you're here - tell them you have a sore throat.

No reason is required to be justified. They just want to limit the amount of testing because theyre getting overrun as it is and it will inevitably only get worse.

But if youre insistent on getting a PCR test for free, just call a white lie and say you have a symptom. Live on the edge for once, you'll enjoy it.

Actually very good practical advice.

 

[davesnothere]

Deaths not up to date still there are reporting issues over New Years. Hospitalisations are absolutely going south. Boris is holding out for now though.

COVID-19: England reports 162,572 new cases and 154 further coronavirus-related deaths, daily figures show

The latest daily figures come as the health secretary said further COVID restrictions are an "absolute last resort" and the UK will have to "live alongside" the virus in 2022 - with a wave of Omicron infections set to "test the limit of finite NHS capacity".

news.sky.com

"The government figures also show there were 12,395 people in hospital with COVID in England on New Year's Eve - the highest number since 25 February last year, when there were 12,449 hospitalisations."

Dashboard only shows England itself.
Usually the whole of the UK

 

[raptalia]

Wonder how those 71 in hospital enjoyed their hospital dinner on New Years Eve?

Meanwhile, last night in Humpty Doo:

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Having a great time in the Top End wish you were here.

Everyone is entitled to a break but this is not a good look at this time, smacks of holidaying in Hawaii.

 

[davesnothere]

Wonder how those 71 in hospital enjoyed their hospital dinner on New Years Eve?

Meanwhile, last night in Humpty Doo:

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That's simply not reading the room.

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

Israel has recorded the first case of a rare mixture of two diseases, influenza and coronavirus, dubbed “flurona”. Local reports said that the patient was a young pregnant woman, who was in hospital, although her symptoms were mild. “She was diagnosed with the flu and coronavirus as soon as she arrived,” said Arnon Vizhnitser, director of the gynaecology department of Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva city. “The disease is the same disease: they’re viral and cause difficulty breathing since both attack the upper respiratory tract,” Prof Vizhnitser added.

 

[PAFC66]

NSW will be in lockdown by the end of the month

Sydney Morning Herald: Hospitalised COVID patients double since Christmas, 100,000 daily cases on horizon.

Hospitalised COVID patients double since Christmas, 100,000 daily cases on horizon

Experts predict case numbers to continue climbing as medical professionals warn of a “widespread staffing crisis” as Omicron takes hold in NSW.

www.smh.com.au

 

[EskimoPAFC]

Wonder how those 71 in hospital enjoyed their hospital dinner on New Years Eve?

Meanwhile, last night in Humpty Doo:

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Not gonna lie, that's a nice looking Barramundi

 

[EskimoPAFC]

NSW will be in lockdown by the end of the month

Sydney Morning Herald: Hospitalised COVID patients double since Christmas, 100,000 daily cases on horizon.

Hospitalised COVID patients double since Christmas, 100,000 daily cases on horizon

Experts predict case numbers to continue climbing as medical professionals warn of a “widespread staffing crisis” as Omicron takes hold in NSW.

www.smh.com.au

There is something both horrific and comforting about these kind of numbers - they are totally unsustainable.

At 100k+ per day, the whole thing should be over in a matter of weeks, the entire outbreak done in a month or two. The damage and destruction caused is unknown, but it would at least be finished before Winter.