The Reality of Living in Australia and Covid

[El Pinguino]

Originally Posted by SurferShane

Supermarket shelves this afternoon due COVID supply chain disruptions. Photo by me.

No point having bog paper stockpiled then.

Because if you don't eat you don't sh*t and if you don't sh*t you die......

Meanwhile the latest Novak news

https://www.theage.com.au/politics/f...13-p59nwe.html

[Saleen411]

Originally Posted by El Pinguino

https://www.theage.com.au/politics/f...13-p59nwe.html

ADIOS Novax Joke-o-vic.

[Saleen411]

Originally Posted by SurferShane

Supermarket shelves this afternoon due COVID supply chain disruptions. Photo by me.

Deja vu in REVERSE.

Was in Oz a year and a half ago and shelves were full....bog paper included.

Fly back home to California..... ALL shelves literally empty except the candy section.

Feel for you guys...

[El Pinguino]

Seems the Independents are doing OK
https://www.theage.com.au/business/c....html#comments

[SurferShane]

Originally Posted by Saleen411

Deja vu in REVERSE.

Was in Oz a year and a half ago and shelves were full....bog paper included.

Fly back home to California..... ALL shelves literally empty except the candy section.

Feel for you guys...

Thanks.

Only upside is all our mandatory isolations has given the population time to get vaxinated and health system time to prepare. Puts us in a better situation than where the US was in the initial wave. Hopefully the infections in NSW will plateau soon. Unfortunately not without increasing deaths in the interim.

[SurferShane]

Originally Posted by GordMay

Earlier on Friday, the Australian government revoked the tennis player’s visa for a second time which left the Serbian facing deportation.

It said Djokovic, unvaccinated for COVID-19, may pose a risk to the community.

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Rightly. Don't blame it on Australia. These are extraordinary times worldwide.

Keeping to the Cruising Forum rules the same test case and response obviously applies to Cruisers, whether entering Australia or transiting between States and Territories.

I note, I have no interest in the politics, which I am sure there are forum rules against posting. As Martina Navratilova states it is a public health issue that requires common sense.

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'Just go home': Tennis legend's epic takedown of Novak Djokovic

Tennis icon Martina Navratilova claimed the best thing for embattled Novak Djokovic to do is 'go home' after his latest statement caused uproar within the wider community.

Despite Djokovic remaining out of the public eye over the last two days, the furore surrounding his actions has intensified after the 34-year-old admitted he conducted an interview with French magazine L'Equipe on the 18th of December after finding out he was positive on the 17th.

Now, tennis legend Navratilova said it could be best for Djokovic to head home considering the 'mistakes' he has made in the lead up to the Australian Open.

"It's such a combination of mistakes on everyone's part," she said on Seven's Sunrise.

"The bottom line is, sometimes your personal beliefs have to be trumped for the greater good, for those around you, for your peers."

Navratilova added if she was in the same position she would either: "get vaccinated, or don't go play", before she added it: "just doesn't add up."

Credit:Riley Morgan, Yahoo News Thu, 13 January 2022, 2:57 pm

https://au.sports.yahoo.com/sports/a...035750853.html

[Wotname]

Originally Posted by GordMay

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Immigration Minister Alex Hawke used discretionary powers after a court quashed an earlier revocation and released him from immigration detention on Monday.

More ➥ https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/202...on-deportation

The minster's statement is here https://minister.homeaffairs.gov.au/...-djokovic.aspx

I guess today Novak would rather playing on the Australian Open Centre Court rather than in the Australian Federal Circuit Court.

In other Aussie Covid news, there is rumour circulating that Foster Lager sales are increasing in direct proportion to the increasing Covid case numbers - apparently all due to long Covid symptoms, namely loss of taste and smell.

[Jim Cate]

In other Aussie Covid news, there is rumour circulating that Foster Lager sales are increasing in direct proportion to the increasing Covid case numbers - apparently all due to long Covid symptoms, namely loss of taste and smell.

Wottie, you are irredeemably wicked, you naughty fellow!

But wise...

Jim

[Lucky Luke 1]

Burnie (Tas) yacht club bar has now closed due to lack of patronage the last few weeks...

[letsgetsailing3]

Originally Posted by SurferShane

I don't get all the fuss? The solution is simple - get vaccinated.

Exactly.

And stop worrying about anyone else who is or isn't. Because if you are, it doesn't matter if they are.

[Franziska]

Originally Posted by letsgetsailing3

Exactly.

And stop worrying about anyone else who is or isn't. Because if you are, it doesn't matter if they are.

Not entirely, because the unvaccinated will likely block ICU beds which would normally go to heart attack, stroke, cancer or other critical I'll patients...
So their irresponsibility if paid for by those folks who can not get proper treatment due to them.

[letsgetsailing3]

Originally Posted by Franziska

Not entirely, because the unvaccinated will likely block ICU beds which would normally go to heart attack, stroke, cancer or other critical I'll patients...
So their irresponsibility if paid for by those folks who can not get proper treatment due to them.

Let's be honest about it.

People who eat at McDonalds, or don't exercise enough, or don't drive well, or got hurt in a boating accident who are blocking beds, too. So that's a pretty slippery slope argument. If you want to apply a standard, you have to apply it consistently.

It's a bit tiring to see all the finger pointing over COVID. You have plenty of vaxxed people getting covid, and that's preventable with behavior, too. It's just that they didn't social distance enough. And while they're likely not blocking an ICU bed, they might have put someone else in one.

I'm all about vaccinations, masking, and social distancing. Yes, please do all of those things. I'm just not so much about the finger-pointing as if there are only specific behaviors we want to highlight, but not all the other contributing factors.

[Alan Mighty]

Tsunami land warning for Norfolk Island, and tsunami alerts for Lord Howe Island and the NSW coast. See:

https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums...ml#post3555225

And BoM website

[GILow]

Originally Posted by Wotname

The minster's statement is here https://minister.homeaffairs.gov.au/...-djokovic.aspx



I guess today Novak would rather playing on the Australian Open Centre Court rather than in the Australian Federal Circuit Court…..

[El Pinguino]

Meanwhile back in Ecuador, supermercado shelves are full and life just strolls along.
'During the first two weeks of 2022, deaths from Covid-19 have dropped to their lowest level since late March 2020. According to the Ministry of Health, the country is registering 1.6 virus deaths per 1,000 positive cases. In contrast, the death count was 43 per 1,000 in April 2021.

The Ministry credited the improvement to the country’s high vaccination rate, which it says stands at 80 percent, with some areas, such as Cuenca and Quito, registering rates approaching 90 percent. “There is no doubt the vaccines have saved lives and continue to protect us during the Omicron surge,” says Health Minister Ximena Garzón. “The variant is infecting both the vaccinated and the unvaccinated but the severity of infection is much worse for the unvaccinated.”
She added that of the 2,450 currently hospitalized with Covid, about 80 percent are unvaccinated.'
https://cuencahighlife.com/despite-o...latin-america/