Health Coronavirus 2020 / Worldwide (Stats live update in OP) Part 4
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I won't get it. I'll wait a year or so, maybe.
Some of the masks distributed to hospitals and aged care homes at the height of the pandemic as part of the federal government's national medical stockpile have been judged defective by the Therapeutic Goods Administration.
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National stockpile masks deemed 'defective' by medical watchdog
Safety experts have called for an overhaul of Australia’s 'trust-based' mask regulations after hundreds of masks had their registration pulled following a government review.
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Also the Joe/John analogy and comparison to masks is wrong (from what i understand). If you wear a mask youre protecting others more than yourself as it catches most of your expelled droplets.
Its a barrier going out more so than going in. Hence why in so many Asian countries people wear them when THEY are sick, not because they believe the rest of the population is sick.
Its a barrier going out more so than going in. Hence why in so many Asian countries people wear them when THEY are sick, not because they believe the rest of the population is sick.
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I think most people don't actually realise this, we just see them over here and assume they think we're dirty and diseased, but when you get to say Tokyo and realise they're usually doing it if they're unwell, it makes a lot more sense.
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Having worked in Asia and for a Japanese company for most of the last decade mask wearing is motivated both by prevention and to stop spreading. In countries like Japan mask wearing is often to counter breathing in pollution.
I've seen far more foreign nationals from other parts of Asia wearing masks whilst travelling then I've seen locals wearing them in SE Asia. Would see plenty of passengers at Changi Airport but rarely if ever see workers at the airport wearing them.
I've seen far more foreign nationals from other parts of Asia wearing masks whilst travelling then I've seen locals wearing them in SE Asia. Would see plenty of passengers at Changi Airport but rarely if ever see workers at the airport wearing them.
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So Paula Badosa, one of the tennis players who complained loudly about being in quarantine, has come down with covid seven days into her isolation. She's gone back and deleted certain social media posts from the last week.
It raises the spectre of other players on the same flight as the covid-infected person now coming through the end of the incubation phase. I wonder if she's just the first and there's going to be more in the next few days?
It raises the spectre of other players on the same flight as the covid-infected person now coming through the end of the incubation phase. I wonder if she's just the first and there's going to be more in the next few days?
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Japans air quality is comparable to most major Australian cities.
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Except when the winds below pollution from China over Japan.
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Lols at Google saying if the news law goes ahead they will pull Google Search from Australia.
Please, be my guest. They're not the only game in town and most other search engines don't bombard you with ads.
Please, be my guest. They're not the only game in town and most other search engines don't bombard you with ads.
Bring back Seek and Wombat and AskJeeves
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Tennis player who complained about being in quarantine diagnosed with coronavirus
Spain's Paula Badosa, who complained on Twitter about having to quarantine in a Melbourne hotel after being on an Australian Open charter flight, says she has tested positive for COVID-19.
The irony. Now while I hope she suffers no ill effects, I hope this reinforces the reason she and her colleagues were required to quarantine in the first place. It's not posturing or talking tough, it's a real threat.
They can go and get ****ed. We're not afraid of their threats. Google is my preferred search engine but if they blocked access from Australia it would not bother me greatly.
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Relevance? I though the conversation was around motivation to wear masks. Just like with COVID many countries/cultures/states/individuals will wear a mask for their own reasons, a primary one in Japan was/is against pollution, nothing to do with keeping other people safe.
What if they blocked gmail as well? That would have a lot of ramifications for a lot of people/businesses.
Nose-blowing and face masks provide deep insight into Japan’s social norms
Have you ever been on the train or bus with a horrible runny nose? Whether due to allergies or a cold, I’m pretty sure we’ve all been there. So what do you do? Do you blow your nose and rid yourself of the snot and discomfort? Or do you restrain…
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An interview with Mark McGowan on ABC radio. Right at the end they put a couple of questions to him from listeners. One was about ramping at Perth hospitals.
Around the 24.18 mark, as part of his response he gives one of the reasons as, 'For some reason, there's been an increase in mental health presentations'.
Is he really that insulated or out of touch that he couldn't think of one single thing that would be causing an increase in presentations to EDs for mental health reasons?
Around the 24.18 mark, as part of his response he gives one of the reasons as, 'For some reason, there's been an increase in mental health presentations'.
Is he really that insulated or out of touch that he couldn't think of one single thing that would be causing an increase in presentations to EDs for mental health reasons?
Vietnam (like Taiwan)are well organised and saw through Xi's lies early enough to start closing the borders very well.
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They both closed their borders to China after the US and us and Italy and Japan and Russia
They introduced 14 day quarantine quickly on their returning citizens
The Australians who returned from China had no positives
Most of our infections came from the US EU and ME
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Election mode.
He’ll talk up the strong border, independent WA angle, will play down or play dumb on anything else.
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He does that right at the end of the video I posted.
I've got friends that are helping with preps for the election, they're big McGowan fans and they reckon on the posters, the local candidate will be pushed to the side and the main focus is, a vote for Sam Smith is a vote for McGowan.
I think we may be witness to the biggest election victory in Australian political history.
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Relevance is their air quality isn’t bad so I doubt they are wearing it for that.
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Why Do People In Japan Wear Masks? - An Insight In Japanese Culture
Many foreigners often wonder “Why do people in Japan wear masks?” The mask actually has a variety of uses and there are many reasons....
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I assume you must be referring to some world index of pollution management where everyone puts on a mask based on a common standard. Or are you just applying your own perspective on life to how everyone else probably lives?
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What are you on about?Why Do People In Japan Wear Masks? - An Insight In Japanese Culture
Many foreigners often wonder “Why do people in Japan wear masks?” The mask actually has a variety of uses and there are many reasons....
I assume you must be referring to some world index of pollution management where everyone puts on a mask based on a common standard. Or are you just applying your own perspective on life to how everyone else probably lives?
I think culturally they wear their masks more if they are not feeling well to stop spread. You said they do it for air quality, I don’t think in Japan their air quality is that bad (which is backed up by the air quality index website).
It’s probably a bit of both.
London: British scientists are discovering “emerging evidence” that the new and more transmissible mutant coronavirus strain running rampant across the country might be 30 per cent more deadly.
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Australian authorities concerned mutant coronavirus strain could be more deadly
Australian health authorities have expressed their concern that a new and more transmissible mutant coronavirus strain running rampant across Britain could be much more deadly than earlier strains.
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