The Reality of Living in Australia and Covid

[Thumbs Up]

You also don't have Delta yet.

[Wotname]

Originally Posted by Thumbs Up

You also don't have Delta yet.

This may be this year's own goal...

Hint - of course we have Delta, almost only Delta

[El Pinguino]

Delta? Had it, fought it , beat it.
(Except in Vic where it will take a few more weeks.)
How is the Delta outbreak in Lonny going?

[GILow]

Originally Posted by Thumbs Up

You also don't have Delta yet.

Seriously? That’s gonna surprise the shizlick out of a few of us,

[AKA-None]

Well I don’t know about the vaccine usage in Australia but I do know I am completely dumbfounded by the stuff you are saying. Sounds like a firrin language to me

[El Pinguino]

I don't think I would consider the Desert Review a reliable news source when this is its entire world news section
https://www.thedesertreview.com/news/world/

[Group9]

Originally Posted by El Pinguino

The reality of living in Australia and Covid is that we have remarkably few crazies compared with much of the world.

We also have over 90% of our over 55 year olds vaccinated - and over 95% of our over 70 year olds.

We don't need no steenking Ivermectin.

I would say you are definitely big pharma's target audience.

[Group9]

Originally Posted by GordMay

The CDC recommend that ivermectin is administered as a “presumptive treatment for intestinal parasites” [endemic in Africa], not for Covid-19.

➥ https://www.cdc.gov/immigrantrefugee...vNwVqcuiqe2lHE

➥ https://www.cdc.gov/immigrantrefugee...uidelines.html

Well that's only because big pharma doesn't have a shot for intestinal parasites yet. As soon as they do, Ivermectin will be verboten for that too I imagine.

Nothing scarier than an effective medicine that the patent has run out on that can be manufactured and sold as a generic.

[Thumbs Up]

Don't read it then, your loss. Stick to approved news sources if that's your shtick. There are things they would rather not mention. How else will you learn them. Those articles have many links. Hope you are right about Delta. Hope you don't repeat the outbreak pattern in Israel, Great Britain, or the USA. Stay safe.

[Wotname]

Originally Posted by Group9

I would say you are definitely big pharma's target audience.

Well it took 'em (BP) a long time to get slowmo to open his wallet, still it seems he finally caved in and let the butterflies out. Talk about long pockets and short arms...

[Wotname]

Originally Posted by El Pinguino

.......
How is the Delta outbreak in Lonny going?

So far so good. AFAIK, all close contacts have been in quaro and to date tested negative. Another week to go...

Meanwhile the dickwit is keeping his Hobart quarotel room company, dunno if they gave him any more ciggies!

[chrisr]

some more from the real world...

the loosening of covid restrictions in nsw has actually meant TIGHTER restrictions up here in regional nsw, as the whole state becomes aligned with sydney

eg our favourite coffee shop here now only does take-away...if they stayed as a cafe they would need to check all customers jabs and they just cannot be bothered



cheers,

[Wotname]

In other news, the great Aussie cleaner Shannon Lush https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_Lush
claimed pure goanna oil was perfect for making the shower glass transparent again. The only difficulty was sourcing the genuine product and she now recommends using an easier to obtain oil - Apricot kernel oil.

According to her, the 'glass cancer' is due to very small holes in the surface of the glass caused by the caustic by-products of using soap in the shower. Goanna oil has a very small molecular structure and will fill the holes in the glass. As it also has the same refractive index as glass, the holes "disappear" for some months. Apricot kernel oil is similar but washes out more quickly.

Is this related to covid in Australia or sailing in general - I guess not but somewhere just someone will want to know this.

[Alan Mighty]

Originally Posted by Wotname

Is this related to covid in Australia or sailing in general - I guess not but somewhere just someone will want to know this.

Of course it's related to cruising, Wotname. You just needed to point out the relevancy.

In this case, many of us have glass in our portlights and deadlights. That glass is subject to the same problem - micro-scale pitting caused by chemicals in salt spray, deck wash-down, etc.

My solution (for the portlights, not the shower screens - since I have no shower screen around the shower on Led Myne) is carnauba wax. Carnauba wax can be found at most auto parts stores, on the shelves around waxes and washes for cars.

Carnauba wax (and for that matter goanna salve, goanna liniment) is vegan (in the sense that not many animals died directly in its production. I don't think the smell of a goanna or perentie has been near 'goanna' products since WW2 or earlier (the ingredients list includes: Methyl Salicylate 4.2% w/w, Turpentine Oil 4.2% w/w, Eucalyptus Oil 2.5% w/w, Camphor 0.83% w/w, Peppermint Oil 0.42%, Pine Oil Pumilio 2.5% w/w, Menthol 0.17% - that leaves a lot of room for other muck of course).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnauba_wax

[RaymondR]

I wish you blokes had kept that quiet, there won't be a goanna left on the continent if it becomes widely known.