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Quote from: pate on March 21, 2020, 10:23:32 PM
What happened at Bondi Beach yesterday?  I must know!

I guess the beach was crowded. They shut down more beaches there today too because people were flocking to them.
States are shutting their borders too, which is a really weird thing to see - probably unprecedented since Australia unified. AFL just got cancelled until the end of May.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f26mNXTHWDM

A few days ago the ABC ran an opinion piece that was harping on about how India's faring againt the coronavirus, and how the developed world should be following their example. Now you're starting to see things on the BBC etc about how India is shutting down the Mumbai rail network and cases are rising rapidly/underreported.

Coronavirus has reached India, but I feel safer here than I might back home in Australia
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-17/india-is-containing-coronavirus-despite-dense-population/12059024

New South Wales, Victoria move to comprehensive shutdown of non-essential services amid coronavirus pandemic
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-22/coronavirus-nsw-comprehensive-shutdown-non-essential-services/12079124


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Nzy1cfnKh4

Quote from: Dr. MD MD on March 17, 2020, 09:43:37 AM
I don’t get it. They can read this shit but not English?!

Yeah, it's a pidgin language:

Quotepidgin language, is a grammatically simplified means of communication that develops between two or more groups that do not have a language in common: typically, its vocabulary and grammar are limited and often drawn from several languages

I don't get why the BBC encourages this one though. The content of the British Broadcasting Corporation should be in the Queen's English!  :

https://twitter.com/sbstryker/status/1239797745675718656

https://twitter.com/BBCBweaking/status/1239663205674254342

https://twitter.com/stoa1984/status/1239280711737147399

Maybe this won't surprise Americans, but for foreigners travelling to the USA travel insurance is a lot more expensive for there as opposed to say Europe:
https://twitter.com/JeremyKlemin/status/1239218272521859073
https://twitter.com/MatthewFoldi/status/1238868585168207873

I think this picture is from Swaziland:
https://twitter.com/hallaboutafrica/status/1239169033683042304

https://twitter.com/DiscreetLatino/status/1239220369623482370

The Korean clusters - How coronavirus cases exploded in South Korean churches and hospitals

QuoteOne person, who refused to be tested and instead went to church and a buffet lunch, had contact with over 1,000 different individuals, and is the source of many infections in S Korea

https://graphics.reuters.com/CHINA-HEALTH-SOUTHKOREA-CLUSTERS/0100B5G33SB/index.html

Quote from: Asuka Langley on March 14, 2020, 04:27:36 PM
The Italians are based and Evangelion pilled.

Komm Süesser Tod would've been a more appropriate song selection.

Quote from: Walks_At_Night on March 14, 2020, 07:37:24 PM
Good stuff here thread.  Just the data -> http://coronavirusapi.com/

West Virginia with no positive cases.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vrEljMfXYo

https://twitter.com/SisKathleen/status/1238395121663643648

Had the RAAF's aerobatics team flying about last week in their brand new PC21s. Maybe I was just imagining things, but they seemed much louder than their old PC9s.

https://twitter.com/InterflugDDR/status/1237674847095922689

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjuLkJ4m-mc

So I'm still sick and my symptoms worsened a bit.

Rang the GP this morning to book an appointment and they asked a long list of questions about my symptoms, movements, and if I'd interacted with any confirmed cases of coronavirus. They then told me that based on my responses I'd have to ring my state health department and get their approval before making a doctor's appointment (or presumably be directed elsewhere to be tested). So I ring the number given, get put on hold and disconnected, ring again and got through to someone after 5min who then asked a lot of questions about my symptoms, movements, and if I'd interacted with any confirmed cases of coronavirus. Finally get told I'm low risk and cleared to see a GP and wished "good luck".
Rang the GP back, they book the appointment, and then tell me to use the back door to stay separate from everyone else. Fast forward to 10min before the appointment, they ring me and tell me to park in the staff carpark, and to remain in my car until someone comes for me.
So the doctor themselves came out to get me, dressed in full on quarantine garb, put me in a room kept separate and then did all the checks.

Turns out I probably just have a cold and don't meet the criteria for testing anyway. The doctor looked a bit embarassed by it all.  :

A lot of mixed messages about whether you should be tested if you're sick with symptoms matching coronavirus. Seems at the moment though they're only testing you here if your symptoms match and you've been in contact with someone confirmed to have it or travelled to South Korea, Italy, or China in the past 14 days. Otherwise you're told to fuck off and quarantine yourself for 14 days without knowing whether you actually have it or not.

Meanwhile there are calls to quarantine Sydney:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-10/coronavirus-spreads-in-nsw-doctor-calls-for-sydney-quarantine/12040128


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at02Fvdhk2I

Quote from: Walks_At_Night on March 09, 2020, 05:59:13 PM
Not sure why the carnt didn't belt her?

Because he's a limp wristed hipster?

modern_australia.mp4
https://twitter.com/andy_park/status/1236772752633106432

I hate both of them.

A GP in Melboune got sick in the US, flew back to Australia, and then went to work while sick. Turns out he has coronavirus and had seen ~70 patients.
After being called out for being extremely dumb by the state health minister (who didn't name him), he's decided to attack them himself.

Melbourne GP clinic closed after doctor tests positive for coronavirus

QuoteI have to say I am flabbergasted that a doctor that has flu-like symptoms has presented to work," Ms Mikakos said.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-07/coronavirus-infects-melbourne-doctor/12023438

Coronavirus-infected GP Chris Higgins hits back after criticism from Victorian Health Minister
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-08/coronavirus-gp-chris-higgins-hits-back-at-health-minister/12036910

Also, it's still proving difficult to get toilet paper in Australia despite everything else in supermarkets seemingly being business as usual.

Well I got sick, probably from going to the doctor on Thursday. I don't think it's coronavirus, but I guess we'll see over the next few days.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOfql4OWTng

Went to the doctor yesterday following an injury, and the entrance was plastered with signs telling anyone suspecting Coronavirus or with matching symptoms to not enter and instead ring a number with where they can get medical attention/screened. All signs were duplicated in Chinese.
Waiting room was completely empty too, which is unheard of.

Tool fans 'may have been exposed to coronavirus' at show
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51766702
I have tickets for a concert on the 17th at a particularly close quarters/enclosed venue, so I'm thinking of giving it a miss.

Quote from: Lilith on March 06, 2020, 07:26:31 AM
So now people are accepting having their temperature monitored globally, and being quarantined if some detector determines that they have a temperature.  (They couldn't be wrong, or used to target specific individuals could they?)  I never thought I'd see the day.  This is even more shocking to me than the "keep me safe" mindset that we saw change our freedom after 9/11.

I might've mentioned it earlier in this thread, but Singapore Airport has had signs up and equipment for temperature checks since at least SARs. I think they did temperature checks for Swine Flu, and probably for other virus panics too. Have always wondered if someone just hot and sweaty would get pulled up for it.

Cute and China angering.

https://twitter.com/nktpnd/status/1235414188526145537

Quote from: Taaroa on February 08, 2020, 08:08:51 AM
I wonder if these helicopters have any kind of cooling for their crew beyond those little fans.

Another low altitude Hind video, this time it looks like it's in Russia:

https://twitter.com/qretaxyeta/status/1235455833556815872

https://twitter.com/TheDeadDistrict/status/1235070328620978177

Coronavirus: Cases in UK jump to 85

QuoteHealth Secretary Matt Hancock will chair a Cobra meeting at 17:00 GMT, Downing Street said.

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51741001

Quote from: Asuka Langley on March 04, 2020, 12:10:02 AM
posting AMVs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvmqYM1xpZA

https://youtu.be/Tp-mRRI77vU

WHO released this video on how to properly wash your hands:


https://youtu.be/3PmVJQUCm4E


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ue_VbzJvf4

https://youtu.be/3BYsIhHBbZ8

Cargo planes flying bombing missions.   :

https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1234518553946214400

Iraq's An-32 Cargo Planes Turned Bombers Flew Nearly Twice As Many Strikes As its F-16s
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/20330/iraqs-an-32-cargo-planes-turned-bombers-flew-nearly-twice-as-many-strikes-as-its-f-16s

https://twitter.com/BBCBweaking/status/1234456850281779201
https://twitter.com/BBCBweaking/status/1234480885698834432

Quote from: Walks_At_Night on March 01, 2020, 09:32:48 PM
Good man.  If your Forefathers could hack the Kokoda Track, I'm confident you'll survive Corona-Chan. 

Quote from: albrecht on March 01, 2020, 11:15:48 PM
Good luck. Oddly no panic here, yet.

We'll see. I mentioned it a long time ago in this very thread that I had some particularly nasty flu from the end of the Dec until the end of Jan, and it's still got some lingering after effects like a persistent cough and occasional breathing problems - so the smart money for the deathpool is on me if I get it.

Australia records first cases of human-to-human transmission of coronavirus
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-02/coronavirus-human-to-human-spread-in-australia/12018198

Bought stuff a few weeks ago, less out of concern for the virus and more over people clearing out shops. Went to the supermarket two nights ago and shelves for bread, meat, and toilet paper had been completely emptied.
Only thing I probably don't have is bottled water, but I've got two largeish water tanks on my property and I figure that if things ever got bad enough to affect the water supply I can use that water with a bit of treatment.

'I do feel a bit crazy': Australians stockpiling food to prepare for coronavirus
https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/health-and-wellness/i-do-feel-a-bit-crazy-australians-stockpiling-food-to-prepare-for-coronavirus-20200229-p545kh.html

Secretive cult behind the Korean coronavirus outbreak has branches in Australia
https://www.smh.com.au/national/victoria/secretive-cult-behind-the-korean-coronavirus-outbreak-has-branches-in-australia-20200220-p542qg.html