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Mr M had a Covid test today .
He has a hospital appointment later this week and everyone who has one has to take the test.
Contrary to the DM news today of long queues of people waiting for the test we arrived at the very large hospital where the tests were being held in the car park .

We were half an hour early and there was NO ONE there .
The test took all of one minute .
We drove away no one came after us .
So no ones queueing down here in wiltshire .

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I came across this audio podcast which might explain why

https://www.abc.net.au/radio/program...eople/12665528

BTW "Norman Swan" is a real medical doctor and the ABC's specialist on Covid.

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From today ACT residents will be able to fly to SA without needing to isolate themselves for 14 days when they arrive.

The decision — which the SA Government extended to Canberrans but not to New South Wales residents — coincides with a minor update to ACT restrictions, which will allow small hospitality businesses to serve more customers.

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Along the same lines, one of Marge's choirs will be meeting soon (hopefully) following guidelines, of course. As a member of the committee, Marge has volunteered to buy a scanning thermometer (one of those things you shoot someone with in the forehead to determine their temperature) in order to control initial admissions into the building.

Needless to say, Marge and I shot each other and we are both still alive and at normal temperature.

Incidentally, your better half isn't really called 'Mr Muddy', is he?

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It's interesting to hear about the mortality reduction from nursing people on their tummy. Such a simple change!

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/14/h...ing/index.html

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Covid data for Wednesday, 16 September 2020

Global Cases 29,724,918
Global Deaths 939,185

Australia
Cases 26,778
Deaths 824
Critical 16
Cases per Million 1,048

UK
Cases 374,228
Deaths 41,664
Critical 106
Cases per Million 5,507

USA
Cases 6,788,147
Deaths 200,197
Critical 14,165
Cases per Million 20,483

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

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Today I was talking to my oldest daughter (now well into her 40s), she is an artist, actress and singer, her husband is an actor and theatre director.

They have basically lost all their income and are now both on Jobseeker with absolutely no future prospects.

They are not young but they will possibly be able to get jobs in service industries but what about the young people who were going into the entertainment and hospitality industry and who have absolutely no experience at anything?

Thousands of academics have lost their jobs because of the crisis in Universities. Will it ever go back to how it was?

I don't know what will happen but things look bleak for the generation just leaving school and those in the hospitality and entertainment industry. I suspect that next year will be when the poo hits the wind making machine.

What else will be affected? House prices and rental rates as the unemployed find they cannot afford their mortgage or their rent? Already business rents are showing signs of collapsing as businesses find they don't need so much office space. Lower rents mean less money to pay off loans so more property comes onto the market and so it goes on. I feel so sorry for young people who have just started paying off their new house.

While this pandemic is currently playing itself out as a medical emergency I suspect that next year it will become an increasing widespread social problem.

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An interesting podcast Bruce, but if what he is saying is true and there are many more people infected than we first thought (which is what I have always thought) then it suggests that most people survive a covid19 infection with no serious complications or after effects. There have been many people who tested positive and didn't even know they had been infected, and didn't go on to react to the infection.

Therefore, it seems that you would have to be very unlucky to suffer serious illness or death from Covid? And the mortality rate, which does seem high on the face of it, is actually very low when you consider how many people have actually tested positive (not to mention the millions who have been infected but never been tested) and survived. Judging by the Doctors figures of just 0.5% mortality rate.

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Absolutely right Bruce, I fear that the damage done by the Virus will pale into insignificance compared to the damage caused to the economy. All the best to your daughter and her hubby by the way Bruce and I hope it works out okay for them...

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Yes it was interesting wasn't it? I wasn't sure if it was available overseas but they are part of an ongoing series, I am going to start listening to them on my walks.

As he says the over 70s (like me) are the ones who still have to be very careful.