Corona virus, Port and the AFL. Part 3.

[Holden Hillbilly]

A ban on all flights from India could be put in place within days under a suite of options the Australian government is considering in response to the country’s worsening COVID-19 outbreak.

The National Security Committee of Cabinet will on Tuesday discuss temporarily halting all repatriation flights out of India, which would prevent thousands of Australians – including cricketers in the Indian Premier League – from getting home.

 

[Grave Danger]

If I remember correctly, it was never mandatory to wear masks in SA at all except for in medical clinics. That's why it's so baffling that we need to wear masks while we walk to our seats at the Oval.

What about on public transport?

 

[Eighteen Seventy]

What about on public transport?

Nope, wasn't mandatory. We were 'encouraged' to wear them, but it was never enforced.

 

[Lawnchair Larry]

Dont know about anybody else but if I were returning to quarantine from O/S

spacious tent,
port-a-loo and portable shower, comfortable inflatable mattress,
internet access and
Uber eats access

would be far more palatable than being stuck in a medi-hotel looking at 4 walls, even if there was a small security fence surrounding my digs.. sounds cheaper and , better for sanity.

I wonder if anyone has thought of asking people what they prefer.

 

[RossFC]

235 up from 209. wtf are we doing?

249 up from 235.

 

[Lawnchair Larry]

As at 26 Apr
So far, 1,937,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been delivered across Australia.

This is ABC data, that seems to indicate only 3000 doses delivered yesterday. Tiny.

 

[davesnothere]

If I remember correctly, it was never mandatory to wear masks in SA at all except for in medical clinics. That's why it's so baffling that we need to wear masks while we walk to our seats at the Oval.

The airport you are required to wear a mask from the moment you enter the terminal until you leave the terminal at your destination.

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

Less than half of people aged over 50 are willing to get the AstraZeneca vaccine despite it being recommended by Australia’s health officials, according to the latest Guardian Essential poll which found confidence in the rollout strategy is waning.

The survey of 1,090 respondents, taken amid a fresh political furore over hotel quarantine and after weeks of confusion about the government’s vaccine rollout, has also tracked a significant increase in those who said they would never get vaccinated against Covid-19, up from 12% to 16% over the past six weeks.

Despite the government’s attempts to reassure the public that the vaccination strategy remains safe after changed health advice for the AstraZeneca jab, one in six people can now be described as vaccine hesitant – the highest proportion since data on this measure was first recorded in August last year.


Another 42% of people said they wouldn’t get vaccinated right away, while about the same proportion said that they would get vaccinated “as soon as possible”, or have already been vaccinated.

Those most likely to get the vaccine immediately were men (53%) and those aged over 55, however for this group willingness had dropped from 60% to 55% since March.

1https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/apr/27/essential-poll-fewer-than-50-of-over-50s-willing-to-get-pfizer-or-astrazeneca-vaccines

 

[backtozero]

Americans who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 will be able to visit the European Union this summer, Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, said in an interview with The New York Times on Sunday.

"The Americans, as far as I can see, use European Medicines Agency-approved vaccines," von der Leyen said, according to the Times report. "This will enable free movement and the travel to the European Union."

How is this safe? Has the EU reached herd immunity?

 

[raptalia]

The EU is suing AstraZeneca over it's failure to supply as per it's contract. This is the same EU in which several members suspended AZ jabs for fear of clotting and of which one member, namely Denmark, has banned AZ altogether. It is the same EU that blocked an AZ vaccine shipment to Australia some months ago.

The world awaits a response from the WHO which has been touting cooperation between States in the vaccine roll out.

Perhaps AZ should consider moving it's entire operation to the UK and telling the EU to get stuffed?

EU sues AstraZeneca after delays in vaccine deliveries

The European Union said Monday it is suing AstraZeneca over an alleged breach of its vaccine supply contract, a dramatic escalation of a months-long dispute over delivery delays that hampered the rollout of shots across the continent.

edition.cnn.com

This extract from the link above is interesting and may be at the crux of the EU action,
But European Commission officials had previously said they believed the company was acting against the spirit of the contract, pointing to AstraZeneca's successful delivering to the United Kingdom while failing to meet its targets for the bloc.

 

[powermacs]

The airport you are required to wear a mask from the moment you enter the terminal until you leave the terminal at your destination.

Yes.

 

[Steve Dore]

Qidiot

What about freedom of speech though

Facebook removes Craig Kelly's page, cites breaching misinformation policies

The former Liberal MP is stripped of a controversial Facebook page, with the social media giant accusing him of breaching its misinformation policies.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

 

[TeeKray]

Media run fear campaign about vaccine.

Media then poll public who are now hesitant to get vaccine.

Magic.

 

[Hodges 153!]

ROFL at the Australian IPL players, wanting the govt to arrange them a private charter home.

At least a handful have had the sense to try and escape India asap under their own steam, but the rest want to finish the tournament/money grab, and then get flown home!

* off campaigners.

 

[Grave Danger]

ROFL at the Australian IPL players, wanting the govt to arrange them a private charter home.

At least a handful have had the sense to try and escape India asap under their own steam, but the rest want to finish the tournament/money grab, and then get flown home!

fu** off campaigners.

Maybe they just need the govt approval to return, but they should be able to afford their own personal Lear Jets.

 

[Hodges 153!]

Maybe they just need the govt approval to return, but they should be able to afford their own personal Lear Jets.

That's part of it, and CA would apparently cover the cost, but expecting the govt to facilitate a special flight so they can stay and finish collecting their dollars, is pretty rich.

 

[Black 18]

ROFL at the Australian IPL players, wanting the govt to arrange them a private charter home.

At least a handful have had the sense to try and escape India asap under their own steam, but the rest want to finish the tournament/money grab, and then get flown home!

fu** off campaigners.

Incredible sense of entitlement by those cricketers.

Just the other day, in the midst of the horror India are currently experiencing, some of those same guys had socail media posts of themselves surfing, playing pool volleyball etc. It's all about them and how rich or famous they are.

So out of touch with reality.

Join the very end of the line and hope you can get home at some point in time like everyone else over there is going to have to do.

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

Suva Fiji in 14 day lockdown after superspreader funeral - a disaster for tourism which was due to restart.

 

[OneGreatClub]

So WA Premier stating that there is obviously an issue with covid19 test results in people coming from India (ie are their pre flight testing / tests dodgy?)

 

[davesnothere]

“ Indefinite” Or 3 days not sure but way too many moving parts involving too many cases for something not to go wrong. 14 day pause with a negative test plus vaccination and quarantine OS before quarantine here would be an ok idea.

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[tribey]

So WA Premier stating that there is obviously an issue with covid19 test results in people coming from India (ie are their pre flight testing / tests dodgy?)

Or there’s a wacky variant muddying the existing metrics.

It’s all a gigantic, unregulated science experiment at the moment.

Good to know that if something like H7N9 mutates to be more contagious then we’ll be living through a real-life ‘The Stand’-era.

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

Flights to and from India into Australia have now been suspended, Scott Morrison has announced, amid increasing concerns over the nation’s escalating COVID-19 situation.

"Today we agreed, in addition to the measures that I announced after the last National Cabinet meeting, to pause direct passenger flights between India and Australia until the 15th of May," the Prime Minister told reporters.

Eight DFAT flights that were planned to return from India in May have now been paused. Passengers on all future flights will require a negative PCR tests and a negative Rapid Antigen Test prior to departure.

 

[raptalia]

i heard the full interview with Nicola Spurrier on the ABC this morning. It was very informative. Some key points-

• A Malaysian Airlines flight arrived in Adelaide on Saturday and at least 12 people on that flight tested positive. Spurrier would not be drawn as to whether that flight was from India but no prizes for guessing where it was from.
• As of this morning there were 32 active cases in SA. 30 of those were in Tom's Court Hotel and 2 in the RAH.
• Toms Court only had room for 12 more cases.
• Cases were moved around in Tom's Court to achieve safe spacing. The facility had CCTV on all floors and state of the art air conditioning.
• Extra Police and highly trained medical staff had been diverted to Tom's Court.
• The SA Government had requested a reduction in flights from India into SA and a 3 day pause has been approved. See link below.

When pressed on the vaccination rate in SA and the Opposition claim that SA had 30,000 doses in storage Spurrier would not comment. She deflected the flak by telling us how great it was that the Wayville mass vaccination hub was opening later this week.

Indian community 'will support' repatriation ban as coronavirus cases surge

South Australia's Premier says international flights due to arrive in Adelaide on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday have been cancelled, with more expected to be diverted this week as coronavirus cases surge in India.

www.abc.net.au

Morrison has since announced that all flights to Australia will be paused until at least May15th.

All flights from India paused until May 15, PM says he is not abandoning stranded Australians

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says all flights from India to Australia will be temporarily halted until at least May 15 and a medical aid package, including ventilators, masks and gloves, will be sent to the country.

www.abc.net.au