The way media reports covid, surely you can't be surprised some people are too scared to do anything. They make it sound as if you stand too close to someone you'll get covid and die. It's ludicrous. Remember some people just sit at home and listen to negativity all day.
Explain how a kid getting cancer treatment, who may die if they catch covid is deluded?
There is honestly no one who should be fearful. If they are, the media has got to them. Even those considered “at risk” shouldn’t be fearful because they’ve either had the vaccine (which makes them safe right?) or they are backing their immune system to keep them safe.
Masks will fade pretty quickly once the mandates are relinquished. Some people will continue to wear them but most will go.
Many are immunosuppressed!
Agree, that is the bigger concern for Mrs Arrowman & me - OK sure, catching it would be bad, but getting pinged for close contact and having to isolate, whether we've got it or not, is the thing. And no, no just the personal inconvenience - meh, we could hunker down at home together no problem - but the genuine financial impact.
Unfortunately we have already had kids die in Australia... Not many but it is still a risk... which is not zero.
Data, give us the data. As sad as it is, people, including children, die each and every day. Worldwide I think it’s 20k children under 5 die a day. Am I saying this is fine? No. But given children are at the most minute risk from this, some perspective would be great. Do what you can to protect them, but being fearful isn’t doing anyone any favours.
Again, i was answering the question posed that no one should be fearful.
We thought our son had it this week, had symptoms but negative with 3 RATs,and the thought of 14 days at home. 14 days iso if living with someone positive with shared facilities.
Of course not.
No, he didn’t ******* “get it wrong”. The science changes. The efficacy changes as the variant changes. At the time, it was very effective against alpha and delta, not so much against omicron. How do you not get it? Are being deliberately obtuse?None of which changes what the Pfizer CEO said earlier, he went the early crow and got it very wrong. It's all about the $$$$'s and their shareholders with big pharma, you do get that, right?
Unfortunately not everyone who is vulnerable can have that mind-set.
My sister, who is immuno-compromised, had a Telehealth appointment with her GP yesterday. Her GP belongs to some committee that gets together to discuss the approach for their immunosuppressed patients and the collective hive at the moment says that indications in the northern hemisphere are showing that a fourth shot for these people is working. So she is booked in for the fourth shot in two weeks. Her GP also said that they are anticipating QLD peak (including hospitalisations and deaths) will hit around 21st Feb.
| Date | AUS | % | NSW | % | VIC | % | SA | % | QLD | % |
| 21 Jan 22 | 5134 | 8.1% | 2743 | 13.2% | 1096 | 7.3% | 290 | 6.4% | 855 | 6.6% |
| 20 Jan 22 | 5274 | 8.4% | 2781 | 13.4% | 1206 | 8.1% | 290 | 6.4% | 850 | 6.6% |
| 19 Jan 22 | 5307 | 8.4% | 2863 | 13.8% | 1173 | 7.8% | 294 | 6.5% | 835 | 6.5% |
| 18 Jan 22 | 5238 | 8.3% | 2850 | 13.8% | 1152 | 7.7% | 285 | 6.3% | 819 | 6.4% |
| 17 Jan 22 | 5,047 | 8.0% | 2,776 | 13.4% | 1,229 | 8.2% | 227 | 5.0% | 702 | 5.4% |
| 16 Jan 22 | 4,752 | 7.5% | 2,650 | 12.8% | 1,114 | 7.5% | 220 | 4.9% | 670 | 5.2% |
| 15 Jan 22 | 4,603 | 7.3% | 2,576 | 12.4% | 1,054 | 7.1% | 236 | 5.2% | 649 | 5.0% |
| 14 Jan 22 | 4,446 | 7.1% | 2,547 | 12.3% | 976 | 6.5% | 246 | 5.4% | 589 | 4.6% |
| 13 Jan 22 | 4,197 | 6.7% | 2,383 | 11.5% | 953 | 6.4% | 225 | 5.0% | 556 | 4.3% |
| 12 Jan 22 | 4,010 | 6.4% | 2,246 | 10.8% | 946 | 6.3% | 190 | 4.2% | 555 | 4.3% |
| 11 Jan 22 | 3,869 | 6.1% | 2,190 | 10.6% | 861 | 5.8% | 211 | 4.7% | 529 | 4.1% |
| 10 Jan 22 | 3,520 | 5.6% | 2,029 | 9.8% | 818 | 5.5% | 188 | 4.2% | 419 | 3.3% |
| 09 Jan 22 | 3,326 | 5.3% | 1,930 | 9.3% | 752 | 5.0% | 176 | 3.9% | 402 | 3.1% |
| 08 Jan 22 | 3,105 | 4.9% | 1,796 | 8.7% | 731 | 4.9% | 164 | 3.6% | 366 | 2.8% |
| 07 Jan 22 | 2,899 | 4.6% | 1,741 | 8.4% | 644 | 4.3% | 144 | 3.2% | 327 | 2.5% |
| 06 Jan 22 | 2,702 | 4.3% | 1,609 | 7.8% | 631 | 4.2% | 123 | 2.7% | 296 | 2.3% |
| 05 Jan 22 | 2,523 | 4.0% | 1,491 | 7.2% | 591 | 4.0% | 125 | 2.8% | 275 | 2.1% |
| 04 Jan 22 | 2,209 | 3.5% | 1,349 | 6.5% | 516 | 3.5% | 102 | 2.3% | 205 | 1.6% |
| 03 Jan 22 | 2,002 | 3.2% | 1,205 | 5.8% | 491 | 3.3% | 94 | 2.1% | 180 | 1.4% |
| 02 Jan 22 | 1,830 | 2.9% | 1,069 | 5.2% | 472 | 3.2% | 82 | 1.8% | 170 | 1.3% |
| 01 Jan 22 | 1,602 | 2.5% | 903 | 4.4% | 451 | 3.0% | 71 | 1.6% | 150 | 1.2% |
| 31 Dec 21 | 1,463 | 2.3% | 834 | 4.0% | 428 | 2.9% | 44 | 1.0% | 127 | 1.0% |
| 30 Dec 21 | 1,306 | 2.1% | 747 | 3.6% | 395 | 2.6% | 37 | 0.8% | 103 | 0.8% |
| 29 Dec 21 | 1,176 | 1.9% | 625 | 3.0% | 397 | 2.7% | 37 | 0.8% | 93 | 0.7% |
| 28 Dec 21 | 1,066 | 1.7% | 557 | 2.7% | 361 | 2.4% | 36 | 0.8% | 89 | 0.7% |
| 27 Dec 21 | 1,000 | 1.6% | 521 | 2.5% | 368 | 2.5% | 23 | 0.5% | 72 | 0.6% |
| 26 Dec 21 | 968 | 1.5% | 458 | 2.2% | 374 | 2.5% | 17 | 0.4% | 100 | 0.8% |
| 25 Dec 21 | 906 | 1.4% | 388 | 1.9% | 361 | 2.4% | 12 | 0.3% | 123 | 1.0% |
| Date | AUS | % | NSW | % | VIC | % | SA | % | QLD | % |
| 21 Jan 22 | 688 | 1.1% | 196 | 0.9% | 120 | 0.8% | 44 | 1.0% | 266 | 2.1% |
| 20 Jan 22 | 1,077 | 1.7% | 398 | 1.9% | 253 | 1.7% | 65 | 1.4% | 294 | 2.3% |
| 19 Jan 22 | 1,297 | 2.1% | 617 | 3.0% | 227 | 1.5% | 104 | 2.3% | 280 | 2.2% |
| 18 Jan 22 | 1,369 | 2.2% | 660 | 3.2% | 291 | 1.9% | 74 | 1.6% | 290 | 2.2% |
| 17 Jan 22 | 1,527 | 2.4% | 747 | 3.6% | 411 | 2.7% | 39 | 0.9% | 283 | 2.2% |
| 16 Jan 22 | 1,426 | 2.3% | 720 | 3.5% | 362 | 2.4% | 44 | 1.0% | 268 | 2.1% |
| 15 Jan 22 | 1,498 | 2.4% | 780 | 3.8% | 323 | 2.2% | 72 | 1.6% | 283 | 2.2% |
| 14 Jan 22 | 1,547 | 2.5% | 806 | 3.9% | 332 | 2.2% | 102 | 2.3% | 262 | 2.0% |
| 13 Jan 22 | 1,495 | 2.4% | 774 | 3.7% | 322 | 2.2% | 102 | 2.3% | 260 | 2.0% |
| 12 Jan 22 | 1,487 | 2.4% | 755 | 3.6% | 355 | 2.4% | 65 | 1.4% | 280 | 2.2% |
| 11 Jan 22 | 1,660 | 2.6% | 841 | 4.1% | 345 | 2.3% | 109 | 2.4% | 324 | 2.5% |
| 10 Jan 22 | 1,518 | 2.4% | 824 | 4.0% | 327 | 2.2% | 94 | 2.1% | 239 | 1.9% |
| 09 Jan 22 | 1,496 | 2.4% | 861 | 4.2% | 280 | 1.9% | 94 | 2.1% | 232 | 1.8% |
| 08 Jan 22 | 1,503 | 2.4% | 893 | 4.3% | 280 | 1.9% | 93 | 2.1% | 216 | 1.7% |
| 07 Jan 22 | 1,436 | 2.3% | 907 | 4.4% | 216 | 1.4% | 100 | 2.2% | 200 | 1.6% |
| 06 Jan 22 | 1,396 | 2.2% | 862 | 4.2% | 236 | 1.6% | 86 | 1.9% | 193 | 1.5% |
| 05 Jan 22 | 1,347 | 2.1% | 866 | 4.2% | 194 | 1.3% | 88 | 1.9% | 182 | 1.4% |
| 04 Jan 22 | 1,143 | 1.8% | 792 | 3.8% | 155 | 1.0% | 66 | 1.5% | 116 | 0.9% |
| 03 Jan 22 | 1,002 | 1.6% | 684 | 3.3% | 123 | 0.8% | 71 | 1.6% | 108 | 0.8% |
| 02 Jan 22 | 862 | 1.4% | 611 | 2.9% | 98 | 0.7% | 65 | 1.4% | 70 | 0.5% |
| 01 Jan 22 | 696 | 1.1% | 515 | 2.5% | 90 | 0.6% | 59 | 1.3% | 27 | 0.2% |
| 31 Dec 21 | 553 | 0.9% | 452 | 2.2% | 31 | 0.2% | 36 | 0.8% | 16 | 0.1% |
| 30 Dec 21 | 445 | 0.7% | 400 | 1.9% | -3 | 0.0% | 29 | 0.6% | 9 | 0.1% |
| 29 Dec 21 | 382 | 0.6% | 323 | 1.6% | 3 | 0.0% | 32 | 0.7% | 13 | 0.1% |
| 28 Dec 21 | 290 | 0.5% | 273 | 1.3% | -31 | -0.2% | 29 | 0.6% | 14 | 0.1% |
| 27 Dec 21 | 245 | 0.4% | 260 | 1.3% | -38 | -0.3% | 17 | 0.4% | 6 | 0.0% |
| 26 Dec 21 | 209 | 0.3% | 231 | 1.1% | -18 | -0.1% | 13 | 0.3% | 43 | 0.3% |
| 25 Dec 21 | 189 | 0.3% | 182 | 0.9% | -23 | -0.2% | 10 | 0.2% | 72 | 0.6% |
