Resource COVID19 V - The Info Thread

[EagleEgo]

Labor backs free COVID-19 rapid antigen tests for all, as PM considers test payments for vulnerable Australians

'Ridiculous proposal': Labor calls on PM to abandon cash payment plan for rapid antigen tests

Labor says the Prime Minister must abandon a reported plan to offer direct payments to vulnerable Australians to buy rapid antigen tests from stores, saying the kits should be free and available to all.

www.abc.net.au

Which one is better?

 

[Godfather32]

OK, so turns it the RATs are not free for everyone. Just concession card holders.

National cabinet agrees to free RATs for concession card holders, positive RAT results no longer require PCR test

COVID testing requirements are slashed by national cabinet in an effort to ease pressure on the strained testing regime.

www.abc.net.au

I actually ordered a pack of 4 online before christmas, I could see which way this was heading and I wanted to have them handy just in case. Not sure if I'll actually get them given they're still not strictly legal in WA at the moment.

 

[Godfather32]

So WA is actually lifting the RATS ban next week now, also this:

The WA Government has ordered eight million rapid antigen tests ahead of the State’s border reopening on February 5, though Mr Cook expected 20.5 million test devices would be available by the end of March

WA will lift ban on rapid antigen tests next week

Rapid antigen tests will be made available to West Australians sometime next week and a new, improved WASafe app will also be launched.

www.perthnow.com.au

 

[ep2018]

Nice, sounds like we're all in on Feb 5.

 

[EagleEgo]

Archibald Prize winner Craig Ruddy dies from COVID-19 complications

Archibald Prize winner Craig Ruddy dies from COVID-19 complications

The northern NSW-based artist, who won the Archibald Prize for his drawing of David Gulpilil in 2004, tested positive for the virus a few weeks ago.

www.abc.net.au

Sad!

 

[Biggie]

Take the discussions to other thread please

 

[EagleEgo]

Could microclots help explain the mystery of long Covid? | Resia Pretorius

My lab has found significant microclot formation in long Covid patients. Unfortunately, these are missed in routine blood tests

www.theguardian.com

Dont get infected in the first place!

 

[kane249]

World Health Organization has sent out an urgent message to governments not to regard Omicron as just mild

WHO declares Omicron is not ‘mild’

The Omicron variant of Covid-19 is killing people across the globe and should not be dismissed as mild, the World Health Organisation insisted on Friday.

www.news.com.au

 

[EagleEgo]

World Health Organization has sent out an urgent message to governments not to regard Omicron as just mild

WHO declares Omicron is not ‘mild’

The Omicron variant of Covid-19 is killing people across the globe and should not be dismissed as mild, the World Health Organisation insisted on Friday.

www.news.com.au

Most medical experts have not treated Omicron as mild, only those polticians ignoring medical experts‘ advice did.

 

[EagleEgo]

‘Not ideal’: WA’s reopening date to coincide with national peak in COVID cases

WA is due to reopen on February 5, but infectious disease experts predict NSW and Victorian COVID cases will peak by late January, while SA, Tasmania and Queensland will likely follow a couple of weeks after.

www.watoday.com.au

Titled: Not ideal’: WA’s reopening date to coincide with national peak in COVID cases

 

[Biggie]

No local cases

 

[Biggie]

NO MASKS

 

[Biggie]

 

[Luuuc]

World Health Organization has sent out an urgent message to governments not to regard Omicron as just mild

WHO declares Omicron is not ‘mild’

The Omicron variant of Covid-19 is killing people across the globe and should not be dismissed as mild, the World Health Organisation insisted on Friday.

www.news.com.au

Old El Paso said the same thing about their Medium Chunky Salsa and it was a damn lie. I'm not buying that and I'm not buying this either.

 

[kane249]

Old El Paso said the same thing about their Medium Chunky Salsa and it was a damn lie. I'm not buying that and I'm not buying this either.

In which case El_ahrairah has something for you

Banter - RDT 166 - Dark Sharks’ 45 minutes in Ellenbrook

Lamingtons are gross. I'd rather eat someone's s**t off the side of the road.

www.bigfooty.com

 

[Luuuc]

Ok, perhaps there's a grain of truth in Omicron not being mild

 

[ZergMinion]

Ok, perhaps there's a grain of truth in Omicron not being mild

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It is spreading like wildfire during Australian summer and can kill healthy people, so yeah...only mild when compared to other Covid-19 strains, not other viruses.

 

[kane249]

Deja Vu

Ruby Princess sparks Covid concerns after a dozen passengers reportedly test positive in US

Princess Cruises’ ship was at centre of 2020 outbreak in Sydney which resulted in over 900 cases and 28 deaths

www.theguardian.com

 

[Dazzler9]

Deja Vu

Ruby Princess sparks Covid concerns after a dozen passengers reportedly test positive in US

Princess Cruises’ ship was at centre of 2020 outbreak in Sydney which resulted in over 900 cases and 28 deaths

www.theguardian.com

Meh. Outside of Fortress WA, cruise ships are about the safest places in the world right now. The requirements to get on, and stay on, them are among the most stringent you could imagine.

 

[amazingjoshy]

The fall of Omicron: Experts predict how the latest wave will end

Mutant, invisible, airborne, the rise of this unwanted guest on nightclub dance floors and at New Year’s Eve parties has been staggering. What of its demise?

www.watoday.com.au

 

[DanWCE]

Meh. Outside of Fortress WA, cruise ships are about the safest places in the world right now. The requirements to get on, and stay on, them are among the most stringent you could imagine.

Have they discovered adequate gastro outbreak protection?

 

[ZergMinion]

The fall of Omicron: Experts predict how the latest wave will end

Mutant, invisible, airborne, the rise of this unwanted guest on nightclub dance floors and at New Year’s Eve parties has been staggering. What of its demise?

www.watoday.com.au

Really something for everyone in this article isn't there.

Omicron wave will drop as fast as it came on. Will probably overwhelm health systems anyway. We're the first country to let Omicron rip through a population where the only protection is vaccination so no-one really knows what will happen etc.

 

[Dazzler9]

One new case today. 8 active cases in total.

 

[EagleEgo]

What WA needs to know before State borders reopen

Closed businesses, staff shortages and near-silent CBDs — this is what WA should prepare for when the State borders reopen next month, according to major business groups in other States.

thewest.com.au

 

[ioppolo]

Won't the definition of a close contact be altered over here as well, like every other state has done?