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I have a plan.
Go and help on the covid ward sans protection when it comes I say, it’s the only way to get through to you I fear.
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Corona virus, Port and the AFL. Part 4.
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Go and help on the covid ward sans protection when it comes I say, it’s the only way to get through to you I fear.
Take the time to read beyond the headline in that link you posted and you might perhaps begin to understand why it has close to zero relevance to Tredrea's work arrangements with the Channel 9 News Department in SA.
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The Marshall Spurrier divide commences, just like the one between Berejiklian and Chant.
No surprise I guess, differing objectives.
No surprise I guess, differing objectives.
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Early days but SOME suggestions that Omicron is affecting the young, babies, toddlers, for severe disease disproportionally higher.
This could be terrible if it plays out to be true.
Now THAT would be a concern for most, even maybe perhaps even PapaG just a little.
This could be terrible if it plays out to be true.
Now THAT would be a concern for most, even maybe perhaps even PapaG just a little.
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It turns out that the woman who visited Pt Noarlunga as reported on Seven last evening and again on ABC News at Noon today is the same woman who tested positive in Darwin yesterday. Apparently she got her positive result back mid flight yesterday and was whisked straight into Howard Springs. She is also listed as a 'mystery' infection because it is not known where she acquired the virus. She did not fly in from interstate and was not at the Theatrebugs function in Norwood.
The woman visited the Goodlife Health Club at Marion then went on to Pt Noarlunga. The Marion close contact was mistakenly posted as 7.20pm-8.20pm instead of 7.20am-8.20am but the error has since been corrected. At least Marion is listed as a close exposure site but despite getting a mention on National TV Pt Noarlunga is not listed so I guess we assume there is no danger of infection and do not get tested. Overnight the exposure sites list has grown from 68 to 81 entries.
Yesterday the SA Health website crashed for an hour so all is not running smoothly.
The woman visited the Goodlife Health Club at Marion then went on to Pt Noarlunga. The Marion close contact was mistakenly posted as 7.20pm-8.20pm instead of 7.20am-8.20am but the error has since been corrected. At least Marion is listed as a close exposure site but despite getting a mention on National TV Pt Noarlunga is not listed so I guess we assume there is no danger of infection and do not get tested. Overnight the exposure sites list has grown from 68 to 81 entries.
Yesterday the SA Health website crashed for an hour so all is not running smoothly.
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Why? Because she does her job?
Spurier is the SA Health representative on a 7 person Committee that is chaired by the head of the Premier's Department and under the leadership of the SA Police Commissioner in his role as State Coordinator.
Spurrier makes recommendations from a health perspective only. There should be no surprises that her advice is different from those around the table who are there to provide business, economic and political perspectives. That is how it is meant to work.
It is up to the thee Police Commissioner and, ultimately, the Premier to make the final decision of state borders taking into account all advice and perspectives. Which is what has happened today, as has been happening for more than a year.
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This is a good thing. CHO's have one reponsiblity and one responsibility only - public health. Theoretically they would be happy to lock down a city for 100 days to prevent just 1 death. The Premier has wider responsibility and so they shouldn't always see eye to eye.
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I am not surprised at that. Spurrier has followed an elimination and tight contact tracing strategy for almost two years so I can easily see her wanting the borders closed.
I would not be surprised to see Spurrier quit the job sometime soon. She now holds a full Professorship at Flinders and is a consultant Paediatrician at FMC so she does not need the Chief Public Health Officer role. Stevens on the other hand is a career copper and as such is a career public servant just as I was.
I reckon the open borders at any cost policy is politically motivated and Stevens and Marshall will out vote Spurrier every time.
As for the 'consensus decision' itself, South Australia has imposed a test and quarantine strategy for all arrivals from Victoria and NSW which in the face of the week's events while it may be inconvenient it is not unreasonable. The move keeps the border open while ensuring that every precaution is taken to prevent the virus being imported into the State. At the same time SA imposes some tweeks to the border rules Queensland requires all travellers from SA to quarantine for 14 days.
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Yep, and lets replace her with some dumb old bogan gym-bro from the internet rambling about HALTHCARE
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This Premier is up for election and is in election mode and that has a part in this. As I posted Nicola Spurrier does not need the CHO role as she has other irons in the fire. Grant Stevens on the other hand has to be more careful.
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Wouldn't have thought so, the big papa has made it clear a number of times he doesn't give a shit about anyone except himself.
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it's kinda comical how inept it is. Literally open the borders just long enough to let covid in and spread some community transmission, get locked out of other states, then basically close the borders again.
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If scummo wasn't such a bumbling buffoon maybe he could show some leadership and pull these state premiers in line. What was the point of national cabinet?
I care plenty Bravey. I have always been about the Big Picture.. I have been consistent in my fear the societal changes that will/have arisen from this complete over reaction to this thing will far more damaging than the body count. It has also revealed a soft and scared underbelly in this country in particular, one which I didn't think was there. The hiding in your house narrative that so many seem to gobble up is alarming.
Imagine living your life thinking everyone you meet, hug or kiss and everything you touch or breathe in might kill you
What a pants wetter
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Remember when she said not to touch the footy if it goes in the crowd?
Pretty sure they'd figured out by that point that the virus mostly spread by airborne contact indoors, not by touching surfaces...
Maybe she thought the players sneezed on it then you pick the ball up with your face..
Having worked with Stevens for a few months while in a multi-discipline group about 10 years ago I must say I was very impressed with him, especially his capacity to listen to advice before making decisions and sorting out the wheat from the chaff in terms of what advice to follow. I also think he has a very finely tuned political antenna.
He was marked as a leader early in his SAPOL career and as evidence of that was the first serving police officer I am aware of who was seconded to Cabinet Office in the SA Premier's Dept. to get an inside understanding of how government decision making happens. This was well before he was appointed to Commissioner and highly unusual given the political nature of the work done by Cabinet Office and the previous strong emphasis previous Commissioners (before Gary Burns) placed on maintaining the independence of SAPOL from other arms of government. This was under the Labor administration btw (when Mike Rann was Premier I think).
I have some strong personal concerns about the head of our police force being so close to the political arm of government. But I think that experience has helped Stevens in his role as State Coordinator during the pandemic and allowed him to get strong support from all sides of politics and the public service (except for Tammy Franks, Frank Pangallo and certain sections of SAPOL of course). IMHO that is the reason why he has played a far more visible role in SA compared to the Premier than has happened elsewhere. Of course that could serve as a double edged sword if the excrement hits the turbine.
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During a pandemic.
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Yup.
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ScoMo knows what's good for him, he's not going to go against the uber popular state premiers only months out from an election.
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