Mega Thread COVID & AFL

[Van_Dyke]

Team,
as the season is approaching and there’s still much to discuss with regards to covid, please use this thread to talk about it and the potential impacts of it on the AFL season and the league more broadly. Please note however that if you want to talk about the politics of covid, the politics thread is the place for this and political posts in this thread will be deleted, please keep this thread to how it may impact the competition

 

[Taylor]

You underrate the hospitalisations without deaths

and overrate our hospital and healthcare systems

Raw data that backs up my assertion? Sure.
Global death rate for the pandemic prior to omicron was 2%, in Australia it was running at less than half that even with a lot of our cases being aged care outbreaks. Our health system is superior.

Cases not needing medical intervention are the majority for covid, that is even more pronounced now with omicron.

Data showed delta was 1 to 5% of cases needing to go to hospital.

We are talking about omicron being far less than that.

 

[Freeeoo]

For anyone interested there is a UK doctor that gives daily updates on the latest scientific information coming in from around the globe.
He has a You Tube channel: Dr John Campbell.
According to him the signs are encouraging that Omicron is displacing Delta, will give global herd immunity with relatively low hospitalisation.

 

[Wilksyy]

To just clarify Dr John Campbell is an RN with a PHD.

 

[Taylor]

To just clarify Dr John Campbell is an RN with a PHD.

To back this up..

Campbell received a diploma in nursing from the University of London and Bachelor of Science in biology from the Open University. He subsequently earned a Master of Science in health science from the University of Lancaster and a Ph.D. in nursing education from the University of Bolton.

More than Bill Nye

 

[Geoff]

Dr John is an educator in health sciences and a very good one, use him a lot as a study reference.


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[mattis117]

Wonder how Liam Jones feels todays seeing Djokovic play unvaccinated, and tens of thousands of fully vaccinated Australians getting covid every single day.
Some farce the whole thing is

nek minnut....

 

[arsesmart]

The ACT is a good example of the folly of this statement.
99% vaxed and Covid still out of control.

would You at least concede that the vaccine was sold as something that greatly reduces transmission, and that nobody expected tens of thousands of fully vaxed transmissions at this stage?

The general public and media hope was that the vax would end it.

Covid is a fast mutating virus. It's very difficult for a vax to be a blanket solution (ie the flu shot). Epidemiologists were aware of this.

The vax does significantly reduce transmission (eg WA) and the seriousness of the course of the illness should you get it. It also helps reduce mutations as it is not left to go totally rampant and mutate endlessly. Also for those who can and do get vaxed reduces the risk for those who can't.

 

[Purple Jesus]

It is about ensuring the hospitals have capacity to treat people.

This, it was only ever about this.

 

[Van_Dyke]

Well, with the news that the border is open to boosted from March 3, I hope all our boys got onto their 2nd dose nice and quickly…


And unless he gets some sorts of exemption, Tim Kelly

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10.1

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3.4

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4.0

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4.9

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19.9

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12.3

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7.6

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3.1

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4.7

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3.8

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among some WCE players may be a part time player for some time…

 

[Bender571]

75% capacity for stadiums starting Monday, although I assume that could change as the situation changes.

 

[Bastyy]

Will be paying close attention to the stadium capacity, should be back in WA for a home game for the first time in about 4 years!

 

[nurries]

75% capacity for stadiums starting Monday, although I assume that could change as the situation changes.

Apart from Derbies that would be our max capacity anyway. The Weags will struggle

 

[Mk LXIII]

Apart from Derbies that would be our max capacity anyway. The Weags will struggle

Everyone that lives within earshot of the stadium will be pleased to learn that the incessant booing and 'ball' will again be reduced to 75 percent of it's normal volume when the Slime plays.

 

[PurpleReign]

75% capacity for stadiums starting Monday, although I assume that could change as the situation changes.

Does anyone know what the reasoning behind this is. You can only have 75 people in a 100 seat theatre but you can have 45000 at Optus?

 

[dont bowl there]

Well, with the news that the border is open to boosted from March 3, I hope all our boys got onto their 2nd dose nice and quickly…


And unless he gets some sorts of exemption, Tim Kelly among some WCE players may be a part time player for some time…

Third dose if eligible. So Kelly will have 3 months from his second dose if the AFL doesn’t get exemptions…which they will. They will have no issues at all with double dose players.

 

[Scham]

Does anyone know what the reasoning behind this is. You can only have 75 people in a 100 seat theatre but you can have 45000 at Optus?

Don't try and apply logic or common sense - it's a government rule.

 

[SiempreFreo]

This, it was only ever about this.

Listened to a sobering Radio National broadcast a few days ago featuring interviews with Intensive Care Unit nurses in NSW. Feedback ranged from bitter to despairing over the untenable workload that COVID cases have added to the (non-COVID) numbers already in ICUs. Resignations, burnout and sacrifice of home life amid double-plus shifts.

 

[Spirit Level]

I can't wait to be back in block 123 and share our beautiful stadium with all you beautiful people while cheering on the lads again

 

[sdfc]

Omicron is going to spread no matter what the WA gov and AFL do. Just play the season.

 

[Bender571]

Does anyone know what the reasoning behind this is. You can only have 75 people in a 100 seat theatre but you can have 45000 at Optus?

I'd guess it's designed to minimise spread whilst also trying to keep the rules as simple as possible.

 

[Taylor]

People need to feel safe going out, something makes them feel safe

 

[FD2646]

Does anyone know what the reasoning behind this is. You can only have 75 people in a 100 seat theatre but you can have 45000 at Optus?

Optus is outdoors?

 

[Fred Ziffel]

Third dose if eligible. So Kelly will have 3 months from his second dose if the AFL doesn’t get exemptions…which they will. They will have no issues at all with double dose players.

Apparently Timmy had his 2nd dose today.

 

[arsesmart]

Omicron is going to spread no matter what the WA gov and AFL do. Just play the season.

It will spread, but how much it spreads is absolutely something you can moderate.

Fortunately it's not a choice between stark black or white binary choices, but there are multiple less extreme steps that can reduce the impact.

 

[sdfc]

Yeah sure mate.

Almost everyone is going to get it at some stage. Dragging this phase of the pandemic closer to winter doesn't seem a great strategy.