08-01-2021, 09:17 AM
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Because of the threat posed by the UK Virus the National Cabinet has halved the daily number of returning residents allowed to enter the country.Brisbane has been completely shut down and residents told to stay home for three days because of a case of the UK Virus.
08-01-2021, 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Bruce
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Because of the threat posed by the UK Virus the National Cabinet has halved the daily number of returning residents allowed to enter the country.Brisbane has been completely shut down and residents told to stay home for three days because of a case of the UK Virus.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-55582836
Imagine all that lot shut down because of one case!
It's not like Aussies not to be a bit more ......... vocal and reactionary.
Instead they're coming home from the coast early.
Are Aussies becoming more sensible or are they genuinely afraid of the potential consequences?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-...kdown/13043024
08-01-2021, 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Zaphod
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Covered by the BBC here too Bruce.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-55582836
Imagine all that lot shut down because of one case!
It's not like Aussies not to be a bit more ......... vocal and reactionary.
Instead they're coming home from the coast early.
Are Aussies becoming more sensible or are they genuinely afraid of the potential consequences?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-...kdown/13043024
It only takes one infected person to circulate in a community for a day or too and before long that one infected person turns into a cascade...
08-01-2021, 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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I think both Zaphod.It only takes one infected person to circulate in a community for a day or too and before long that one infected person turns into a cascade...
But where did this infection come from & what was the infected person doing before the infection was discovered?
08-01-2021, 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Zaphod
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That is true.But where did this infection come from & what was the infected person doing before the infection was discovered?
08-01-2021, 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Bread
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Probably going around wondering why he hasn't been infected with a new strain of covid ?
Marge and I have just taken our temperatures and both of us are normal so I'm hoping that we are pretty safe, though you can never be sure.
08-01-2021, 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Bread
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Probably going around wondering why he hasn't been infected with a new strain of covid ?
Related, but tangential...I read MD's section in Private Eye this week. He cites cases where track and trace have been an utter failure. "As one tier 3 contact tracker told MD: "Many people who should be self isolating don't find out until Day 7....But if they're traced so late, what's the point?"
08-01-2021, 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Dextrous63
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Quite!!!Related, but tangential...I read MD's section in Private Eye this week. He cites cases where track and trace have been an utter failure. "As one tier 3 contact tracker told MD: "Many people who should be else isolating don't find out until Day 7....But if they're traced so late, what's the point?"
Seek and ye shall find, & we all know what our media would rather we see.
08-01-2021, 05:22 PM
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"Covid-19 was introduced into the UK mainly from southern Europe, rather than China, during the first wave of the pandemic, according to the most comprehensive genomic analysis of transmission ever carried out for any disease.""Only 0.4 per cent came directly from China. The largest sources were Spain (33 per cent), France (29 per cent) and Italy (12 per cent).
The researchers analysed the viral genome — the full genetic code of the virus — in 50,000 samples taken from people infected with Sars-Cov-2 in the UK and other countries. They traced chains of transmission by following the slightly different lineages that arise as the virus mutates over time."
https://www.ft.com/content/64c15f4b-...c-0a6b877640c4
08-01-2021, 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Zaphod
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"Covid-19 was introduced into the UK mainly from southern Europe, rather than China, during the first wave of the pandemic, according to the most comprehensive genomic analysis of transmission ever carried out for any disease.""Only 0.4 per cent came directly from China. The largest sources were Spain (33 per cent), France (29 per cent) and Italy (12 per cent).
The researchers analysed the viral genome — the full genetic code of the virus — in 50,000 samples taken from people infected with Sars-Cov-2 in the UK and other countries. They traced chains of transmission by following the slightly different lineages that arise as the virus mutates over time."
https://www.ft.com/content/64c15f4b-...c-0a6b877640c4
It came from China
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