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WA will be open for unrestricted travel by March
Why'd they cancel Feb 5? My thoughts, the WA Public Servants went on holidays over Xmas and New Years and when they got back they realised they hadn't done enough preparatory work, especially seeing how Omicron was tearing through over east.
They knew they needed far more RATs, so the decision was made to legalise them and order in over 25 million which will arrive before end of Feb
They knew they needed rules to ensure the mining production wouldn't be affected, so they're in the process of working those out with the major miners and should be formulated over the next few days.
They know that more boosters will help reduce spread and severe illness, but they also know this time there are time limits. As the CHO advice letter states the protection of those elderly already boosted declines from late March, so you want the peak of the wave to be no later than this. And you also don't want dual Covid and Influenza waves in winter. As the Covid wave is expected to be about 60 days you want it to take off and end before the end of May.
Now that's not assuming the current wave, plus any further seeding cases, doesn't take off exponentially and render the border redundant. As East Coast cases drop then inbound travel proportionally wouldn't add as many cases to the state.
And as the West Australian newspaper continuously points out, as they have done a complete 180 on McGowan this week, you need an open border to bring in those additional healthcare staff and stop the ones here from leaving.
I think McGowan just wants to avoid the scenario of the last 4 weeks in the East, and ensure Miners are happy before he proceeds. Given the arrival dates of the RATs, the waning dates of the boosters and the time length for a wave to pass before winter March is the final deadline, unless the current wave takes off in February rendering that border redundant.
Why'd they cancel Feb 5? My thoughts, the WA Public Servants went on holidays over Xmas and New Years and when they got back they realised they hadn't done enough preparatory work, especially seeing how Omicron was tearing through over east.
They knew they needed far more RATs, so the decision was made to legalise them and order in over 25 million which will arrive before end of Feb
They knew they needed rules to ensure the mining production wouldn't be affected, so they're in the process of working those out with the major miners and should be formulated over the next few days.
They know that more boosters will help reduce spread and severe illness, but they also know this time there are time limits. As the CHO advice letter states the protection of those elderly already boosted declines from late March, so you want the peak of the wave to be no later than this. And you also don't want dual Covid and Influenza waves in winter. As the Covid wave is expected to be about 60 days you want it to take off and end before the end of May.
Now that's not assuming the current wave, plus any further seeding cases, doesn't take off exponentially and render the border redundant. As East Coast cases drop then inbound travel proportionally wouldn't add as many cases to the state.
And as the West Australian newspaper continuously points out, as they have done a complete 180 on McGowan this week, you need an open border to bring in those additional healthcare staff and stop the ones here from leaving.
I think McGowan just wants to avoid the scenario of the last 4 weeks in the East, and ensure Miners are happy before he proceeds. Given the arrival dates of the RATs, the waning dates of the boosters and the time length for a wave to pass before winter March is the final deadline, unless the current wave takes off in February rendering that border redundant.