We had a press conference from Premier Dom and Minister Hazzard this morning (Sunday 19, Dec.) on what to do about the rising case load of COVID19 – so many cases indeed that we can’t genotype them – and whether it was time to introduce some basic control measures.
In the last few days pretty much all of the best epidemiologists in the country,the AMA and the NSW Opposition have all suggested that simple measures – a mask mandate, use of QR codes, sensible large gathering limits, basic social distancing and beefing up track and trace systems might be prudent for a few weeks until we see just how the spread of the Omicron Variant plays out and if it starts to cause rising hospital admissions and worse.
This is on the background of pretty awful news coming from the UK, Europe (Holland in lockdown again) and the US with figures for cases in NYC the worse ever.
Even Tassie
has brought back the basics, as announced today around midday today
Kerry Chant
has been sidelined and the libertarian Dom is saying it is all a matter of ‘individual
responsibility’ as to what you do! Does he forget it was the following of health advice from the Dr Chants of the world that has got us through to now so fantastically!
All I can say is that it is appalling that having 2O+ people fighting for life in ICU and hundreds admitted sick and with the risk of ‘long covid’ is seen as OK! I wonder what the overworked and exhausted staff think of this approach?
I note there is a change.org petition running at present.
Lots of signatures so far!
To not take simple, inexpensive steps to try and mitigate suffering is absurd and Dom is clearly an ideologically driven fool! He will suffer for this politically as well as in his apparently Catholic conscience!
Wake up Dom!
David.
Could you NDW people at least stay in your own state. There is absolutely no reason to not take control and stay home, mask up and look after your community.
ReplyDeleteMore than 10,000 people have contracted COVID-19 in NSW the past five days, with another 2566 cases reported on Sunday, but NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet is continuing to resist calls to reintroduce mandatory mask-wearing indoors.
The state’s COVID-19 daily numbers have skyrocketed over the past week as the Omicron variant takes hold, from 595 reported last Sunday.
I did like a post on LinkedIn today - “probably should drop the phrase - avoid it like the plague, considering peoples indifference to mitigating Covid”
ReplyDeleteI agree with your sentiments David, just cannot quite understand the premier’s logic.
In today's SMH
ReplyDelete"Perrottet under pressure to backflip on COVID rules as Omicron surges
From Doofus: This is the problem with our current politicians. They make a decision, and even if they are shown to be wrong, they will stick by that decision to save face, even if it means people will suffer. It's all about them not being seen to be weak by changing their decisions when, really by not changing their decisions in light of new evidence they show they are weak and ineffective. If only they saw it that way."
You just have to look at My Health Record and COVIDSafe to know how right that comment is.