Covid 19 facts on telly toinight

[artful bodger]

Saw on a commercial tv news episode tonight they actually had a breakdown of where the people who had caught this virus lived within the state, Tasmania.
We have all been hearing of a major outbreak in the northwest of the state (mainly around Burnie), but it was alarming to hear there were 12 active cases going on in the local municipality (Kingborough) just south of Hobart.
Until tonight I have not seen a breakdown on the news as to where the active cases are in this state.
Must admit it was surprising to know 12 local folk had been infected.
Reckon it would be a good thing if it were made public where these infections were occurring before now. Just so people know it is actually there.

[AlexS]

I can see why people are interested in knowing about local cases, but really, are they going to be able to do anything that they shouldn't have already been doing to stay safe?

[LanceC]

I was doing some work in the shed last night when I heard that on the ABC news. Like you, I too was surprised to hear the Kingborough stats. I too think it's good to have published them, even if only to stave off a sense of complacency.

I wonder if the danger we in the southern part of the state faced was assuming all the cases were concentrated in the northern areas, and so our actions mattered little. We've maintained a very strict adherence to the social isolation rules, and while our three teenage kids have towed the line admirably, it is very obviously affecting them. As such it's good for them to see that our isolation has been necessary, and to understand that as a region we have benefited from our collective change in behaviour.

[BobL]

I can see why people are interested in knowing about local cases, but really, are they going to be able to do anything that they shouldn't have already been doing to stay safe?

Agree, the other consideration is, some people will see "Oh there areno cases in my area" and will be extra slack about the required precautions etc. Remember all the infections show are the KNOWN cases. Your neighbour or fella you had drinks with could be an asymptomatic case.

Known cases by postcode have been available on the web for some time. Trouble is they charge - I did find one site that updated the cases but can't seen to find it.

[poundy]

Here's the NSW info page (https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/find-facts-about-covid-19), that has the by-postcode stats. I'd be surprised if TAS doesn't have the same?

[Tonyz]

we have had 2 reported cases where I live Port Lincoln, facts fall apart when one currently works in Vic and hasnt updated their info, the other in Adelaide for the same reason.

[BobL]

Here's the NSW info page (https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/find-facts-about-covid-19), that has the by-postcode stats. I'd be surprised if TAS doesn't have the same?

Thanks.
Early on, the WA Health website has case map down to the street level but it's no longer there and looks like it has been replaced by council case map.
We currently have/had 9 cases in City of South Perth

[artful bodger]

I can see why people are interested in knowing about local cases, but really, are they going to be able to do anything that they shouldn't have already been doing to stay safe?


What you said Alex is simple common sense.
However sense is not as common as one may suspect.
My wife works at a large hardware store and believe me, lots of people have been doing as they shouldn't.
At another outlet of the same hardware store the cops turned up to limit the number of people going in as blind Freddy could see distancing rules were being ignored by the born again preppers.
I do wonder if it is because some folk have been thinking, "the virus is not around here,so the rules don't matter". Or perhaps it had something to do with the panic buying which thankfully seems to have eased somewhat in supermarkets but I'm not sure it has in hardware shops. Pretty sure if hardware shop put thousands of tomato seedlings out tomorrow they would sell out instantly. It has been happening, even though you could not grow one now here if you had a glass house.
Anyway, was just saying I thought it was good to actually hear how many local cases there are and it would have been nice to hear about it earlier.

[BobL]

Anyone see the situation behind today's SA case.


SA Health believes the man in his 70s acquired COVID–19 overseas, but developed "very mild" symptoms, including a loss of taste and smell sensations, after his return on March 20. He sought a test on May 5 and it was subsequently confirmed he had the virus, and a small number of close contacts have gone into isolation. Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier said he was not infectious on his flight into Australia and that he self-quarantined once he arrived.

March 20 to May 5 is 6 and bit weeks before being picked up
Coming from OS he self quarantined from March 20 to April 3, but then spent 4 more week in the community able to spread it around.
Luckily he was a newly arrived migrant and dod not know many people so SA health reckon they have all 5 of his close contacts during those 4 weeks

[artful bodger]

Anyone see the situation behind today's SA case.



March 20 to May 5 is 6 and bit weeks before being picked up
Coming from OS he self quarantined from March 20 to April 3, but then spent 4 more week in the community able to spread it around.
Luckily he was a newly arrived migrant and dod not know many people so SA health reckon they have all 5 of his close contacts during those 4 weeks


Sure SA health have it all under control.
Bet he went to a hardware store in that time too, and a supermarket etc...

[RossM]

So here are some more facts; this could be summarised by saying that there probably should be a license to breed and vote (assuming this survey below was being taken seriously & does in fact represents the real "beliefs" some idiots have.

Astonishingly, 1 person in 8 blame Bill Gates and 5G phone technology for the coronavirus!!

One-fifth of all 18 to 34-year olds said they had some belief that Bill Gates was involved in the creation and spread of coronavirus, with the same number responding positive to the question: "The 5G wireless network is being used to spread the COVID-19 virus".


These numbers decreased with age, with 13% of 35 to 54-year olds responding positively to the theories, but "only" 4% and 8% of the 55+ cohort, respectively, subscribed to the 5G nutbaggery and the Gates idiocy.


Broken down by gender, 15% of the 524 male respondents said they believed in the 5G conspiracy, compared to 9% of the 549 female respondents, while the gender split was 14% and 13%, respectively, on the Gates theory.

Survey here:

https://essentialvision.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Essential-Report-180520-1.pdf

[Glider]

Bear in mind that 14% of the population have an IQ between 70 and 85; not the sharpest tools in the shed. This sort of madness will pop up but better ignored IMO.

mick