Australia: 82K tests, 111 cases, 1 death, 900.000 people locked down
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Re: Australia: 82K tests, 111 cases, 1 death, 900.000 people locked down
#2Australia have never had a "real" outbreak so if they don't have restrictions, covid will rip through the population like it did in other countries in 2020. Vaccination rate is not great, I guess Australia will be in and out of lock down until a certain percentage of the population is fully vaccinated.
Re: Australia: 82K tests, 111 cases, 1 death, 900.000 people locked down
#3It’s way more than 900k locked down - Victoria, NSW and South Australia are locked down. That’s a sizeable chunk of the population.
Re: Australia: 82K tests, 111 cases, 1 death, 900.000 people locked down
#4Australia have never had a "real" outbreak so if they don't have restrictions, covid will rip through the population like it did in other countries in 2020. Vaccination rate is not great, I guess Australia will be in and out of lock down until a certain percentage of the population is fully vaccinated.
we've also spent an awful lot of time NOT LOCKED DOWN when everyone else is either dying in masses or in prolonged half assed lockdowns.
Our economy is bumping along nicely and the general state of the place is pretty solid.
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Re: Australia: 82K tests, 111 cases, 1 death, 900.000 people locked down
#6Australia have never had a "real" outbreak so if they don't have restrictions, covid will rip through the population like it did in other countries in 2020. Vaccination rate is not great, I guess Australia will be in and out of lock down until a certain percentage of the population is fully vaccinated.
we've also spent an awful lot of time NOT LOCKED DOWN when everyone else is either dying in masses or in prolonged half assed lockdowns. Our economy is bumping along nicely and the general state of the place is pretty solid.
Re: Australia: 82K tests, 111 cases, 1 death, 900.000 people locked down
#7This data is old, and the title is inaccurate.
Today in Sydney (22/7/21, 11:01 am) we had:
- 85K tests
- 124 cases
- 48 in community whilst infectious (39%)
Re: Australia: 82K tests, 111 cases, 1 death, 900.000 people locked down
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
we've also spent an awful lot of time NOT LOCKED DOWN when everyone else is either dying in masses or in prolonged half assed lockdowns. Our economy is bumping along nicely and the general state of the place is pretty solid.
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/job-market-soften...
The jobless rate fell to 4.9 per cent in June but some economists have predicted a rise back above 5 per cent this month as a result of the lockdowns.
and yet still the envy of most the developed nations....
Covid is going to screw us all. I prefer our decision to manage how we get screwed, rather than the UK/US examples of "Some of you may die, I'm willing to accept that loss"
Re: Australia: 82K tests, 111 cases, 1 death, 900.000 people locked down
#9I might just be living under a rock down under, but I don't really get what's satirical about that news segment. Is it the lockdown whilst having low case numbers? Only one death in Sydney on that day?
Just keep in mind Australia has, unfortunately, low vaccination (< 15%) due to low supply. The low case numbers are due to the sharp lockdowns. The sharp regional lockdowns are to contain the virus so the rest of the country stays relatively free of the virus. Things have been relatively "normal" outside of the lockdowns.
Re: Australia: 82K tests, 111 cases, 1 death, 900.000 people locked down
#10Australia have never had a "real" outbreak so if they don't have restrictions, covid will rip through the population like it did in other countries in 2020. Vaccination rate is not great, I guess Australia will be in and out of lock down until a certain percentage of the population is fully vaccinated.
we've also spent an awful lot of time NOT LOCKED DOWN when everyone else is either dying in masses or in prolonged half assed lockdowns. Our economy is bumping along nicely and the general state of the place is pretty solid.
Yeah, it is odd how those discussions always seem to frame it as disproportionate.
The alternative has been exemplified in Europe, you can wait longer to have more cases and deaths, and a longer lock-down to get out of the mess.