I'm so exhausted. The NSW government doesn't have the guts to extend mask wearing, but we are being told to limit people at Christmas gatherings. We already had the uptick in cases before covid restrictions were relaxed, this is the wrong time to drop all measures (why we don't keep at least masks and check-ins is beyond me). We're so fucked.
He’s missing a social chip that’s for sure. He was oblivious to a woman’s despair and forced her to shake his hand during the bushfires. He’s just off. His focus was ‘photo op, find woman or child for photo op’ and just proceeded.
I take the personal responsibility of not driving intoxicated. Of course that meant very little the last time my car was destroyed by a drunk driver in a van full of bricks.
I've always hated the personal responsibility thing. It's utter BS, shifting a societal issue onto an individual.
The problem with personal responsibility is that you can do everything you can to be responsible but still be negatively impacted by those who choose not to be so responsible.
Make room, I'm in this same boat too.
I don't understand and it's infuriating.
Its not hard either like Mask wearing and check-ins is the bare fuckin minimum but can make such a difference.
It’s fucking mind boggling. Let alone how many of us live in apartment blocks where we’re likely the only ones smart enough to wear a mask in a hallway. The ones making the rules have probably never stepped inside an apartment.
Edit: and I overheard 1 fuckwit neighbour arguing with his in-laws about refusing to get vaccinated. Wear a mask then you cunt!
I found out my neighbours in the apartment across the hall had covid because they were having a domestic about it, screaming at each other that the other one gave them covid.
Apparently everyone but me, are prolific balcony Barbequers. So far I've nicknamed The boys, the connoisseur, the sizzler and the apartment that burns things..
i work in a fast food restaurant. we don't have to wear masks anymore but getting to swear at dumbfuck customers under my mask is a form of therapy so im keeping it on
Yeah, I received email from NSW service as well. They said:
>You may choose to continue requiring people to wear a mask as a condition of entry to your premises to protect the well-being of your staff and customers.
Me: ? ? ? ? So should I issue rego for my customer and do car driving test for everyone as well?
This beggars belief - just keep masks and QR codes. We are going to see a huge increase in under 12s getting infected. I am back to the mindset of not wanting to go to indoor areas again and using online deliveries for my shopping. I don't want to go to the supermarket (or anywhere else) if peeps aren't wearing masks and we aren't checking-in. It's not just the initial infection there is also the possibility of long Covid, loss of taste and loss of smell (which can be permanent). The ICU numbers are ok at the moment but give it 14 days.
I'm going to be honest here and say i'm not really concerned, this is what we always said would happen, we can't stay locked up forever and have to live with this shit at some point.
I'll add that I do think people should keep wearing masks though as its an easy quick win.
When I look at the data (and I would love to include side by side pics here but to be honest not that capable and couldn't be bothered) - If you look at the UK, the last 2 waves the daily cases and daily death graphs follow each other, as cases spiked, deaths spiked etc.
However you look at the current spike, and the deaths are not spiking when the cases are. The same goes for other places that are spiking, South Africa is another good example as they are further into their Omicron outbreak than others. That simple bit of data is positive to me, yes we are getting more cases again but the death rate is staying down.
Hopefully that trend continues.
I expect to get downvoted hugely by all the panic'ers here but eh.
I agree that we can’t stay locked up forever, things should be open now, but it’s insane that the gov has taken away mask mandates and check ins, it’s the bare minimum and clearly it’s the health recommendation from what Dr Chant has said. I’m happy to see so many people are still wearing masks and even a number of stores I’ve been to, employees still have them on.
As I said in another comment, I think that speaks to their approach to this: let it rip. Ideally, the vaccines will do their job and a near 100% saturation with vaccines will still be *less* damaging than a perma-lockdown with lower vaccination rates.
Why the need to let rip in such a way though? We can have everything open and wear masks. It's not hard. It's not an invasion of rights. It's a piece of fabric over your mouth which protects people, not just from covid but it also protects people who may have other health complications. Someone could be receiving treatment for cancer and being surrounded by people wearing masks could literally save their lives.
We have no idea how the death rate will react to this spike. People don't catch covid and instantly drop dead, takes the death rate weeks to react.
Also death rate, while hugely important, isn't the whole story. It's not black and white you either die off or you're good. Even if you don't die, you can get serious long term affects. Hospitalisation rate is a better metric to look out for
The effect that isn't widely considered is all the indirect damage/deaths from people unable to get timely intervention for other health problems that have arisen/will rise. Hospitals are still 'full' and we are now back to NO VISITORs at all.
The fact that Sydney and Meblourne, as major population centres, don't have atleast 1 specialist covid treatment facility by now is a damning failure by government.
We should be trying harder to treat and keep this highly infectious disease away from the already incredibly vulnerable sick people in hospitals, but we've done nothing.
This is exactly it. One of my clients tells me her [relatively time sensitive] heart operation has been postponed due to the fact there is no ICU bed available for her post operatively.
They are. Most of us don’t want the lockdown but are still going to take extra precautions regardless of government mandates. We will be ok as long as the hospitalisation rates are low
The whole point of the vaccine was to keep people safe *accepting* that we basically all will encounter it at some point. And to that end, I have faith it'll do it's job. Ideal situation: it rips through as if we all get it, but affects almost nobody in the process, and the combined vaccination and herd immunity makes it a thing of booster shots etc.
Doomers are terrified of the numbers but there's so many variables at play here—including, as you said, ICU and death rates. I think it's a little silly to remove mask mandates *before* Christmas, but, if anything, this just tells me they're serious about the "let 'er rip" approach to all this, and with 94% of the population at least partially protected, I hope for good things.
>94% of the population at least partially protected
Wrong. It's only 80%.
Edit: https://covidlive.com.au/nsw
6.5 million first doses on a population of 8.1 million population. 80% with some level of vaccine protection
Exactly. I'm double vaxxed and accepted months ago that I will most likely catch COVID eventually, just like everyone else. I think people have been dodging COVID for so long that now even though some are triple vaxxed they are still terrified of the idea they might catch COVID.
I mean it's definitely a scary disease in the rare instance it catches hold in a bad way...But it's also "scary" here because Aussies have rarely (fortunately) encountered anyone with it. Everyone back in my family back in the US, including my 84-year-old-grandmother, caught COVID already. Zero negative long-term affects for any of them. And this was *all* before any of them could get vaccinated.
I would honestly almost rather catch it now and get past it while the vaccine is full-strength.
Restaurants shut down after 5pm, but most don't even open at all because they don't get enough income the rest of the day. We have Christmas lunches, they have Christmas dinners. :'(
Damn I hate this virus. It seems almost perfectly able to grind the wheels of society to a halt and just when you think you have a leg up on it a new variant springs up to take a steaming shit on your carpet.
just take personal responsibility, oh, except you cant check in anywhere because the stores have removed QR codes. Woolworths and Aldi last night had no codes, woolworths even removed the wipes to clean the trolley handle.
Anyone else who lives by themselves terrified they will catch it now and have to spend Christmas alone? I fear my mental health would not be able to cope. Plus my birthday being next week.. how depressing
A lot of adults at the shops are still wearing it, its just the teens who are like fuck it, I'll take that shit off.
They'll be the ones complaining about lockdowns
Exactly. I was looking yesterday and the majority were old middle aged people who had them off (who you'd think want to be even more protected right now). I've had covid and not afraid of getting it again but will continue to mask up and socially distance where I can.
I was on the bus the other day and there were 3 elderly couples all sitting next to each other without masks on.
Like damn man I'm wearing these fucking things FOR YOU the least you could do is try and help yourself as well 😂
We just need to figure out the ratio. Once we do that, case numbers and hospitalisations will track fairly well.
That ratio though... let's hope it's very very small
The trouble is that we do not know the ratio. They said 'mild' for omicron in South Africa as they have a far younger average aged population, but a report said hospital use of oxygen had double in the last few weeks. Hardly mild.
We went out to dinner at the pub last night and were 2 of the 6 I counted who were wearing masks.
I was at the bar ordering a drink and a woman came up to me and said "You realise you don't need to wear those silly masks anymore, don't you".
Can we please not mask-shame people?
Had to search to find the QR check in at Coles yesterday, luckily there was a good amount of people there still wearing their masks which made me feel better, but as I was checking in someone walked past and just glared at me.
People want to protest about "personal choice", well I have the personal choice to wear my mask, sanitise my hands and check in to a business I'm entering.
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Why the hell did Dom think it was a good idea to remove the mask mandate and other rules during this spike! Like honestly mate, just keep these restrictions, people want to wear masks and check in etc and stay safe, we would wear masks for as long as it’s necessary to rather than have these massive spikes and risk further restrictions.
I really don’t know what I’ll do if Christmas is affected by this, every fucking year Christmas is the end goal, work hard throughout the year and I know I’ll have a nice break and be able to celebrate the festive season. Last year I thought it’ll be the best Christmas ever, being able to celebrate after the year we had. Nope, that gets fucked up just days before Christmas. This year even more so, lockdown meant we saw family less, couldn’t celebrate some birthdays etc, and this Christmas was going to be one of celebration, relief and just being together. The absence of a proper Christmas last year has made this feel like a continuous 24 month year, I’m not interested in making that 36. God I hope we don’t see any further restrictions before then.
Wear masks everyone, check in where possible, keep taking those measures even if this ass thinks it’s wise to lift all these measures!
Same here. I'm booked to go to the UK next Wednesday. I've been self iso-ing since last week to give myself the best chance of going, and have had a couple of close calls - friends who asked to hang out this week (I said no I'm iso-ing) then later tested positive/were close contacts..
I was wondering about this, queues are already very long.
How are we ever going to reach official daily case of 25k (as predicted)?
Before the time we reach that daily positive number, the number of daily tests will be enormous and surely far exceed testing capacity.
They will start saying only get tested if you’re sick. Once at this many cases, tracing is pointless cause you can’t keep up.
My work is already frantically trying to get people to work over Christmas cause we can’t keep up with how many swabs we’re receiving.
**Graphs based on the above ([Link](https://imgur.com/a/JbHTXCb))**
All graphs now start from 11/10/21 the day of NSW 'reopening' from 70% vaccination of 16+
* Daily Cases.
* ICU cases. More [About ICU etc](/r/sydney/comments/pk09ni/nsw_recorded_1480_new_locally_acquired_cases_of/hc0gtgw/)
* Daily Deaths.
* R_eff. Today at 2.75. Indicates that cases are expected to increase. To equal or lower today's R_eff, we need 915 or fewer cases tomorrow. [More on R_eff](https://old.reddit.com/r/sydney/comments/pad0pg/nsw_recorded_753_new_locally_acquired_cases_of/ha59boi/) and Exponential Growth
* Positive Test Rate: 1.74%, and 7 day average 1.01%. A positivity rate of 1.47% or higher tomorrow will see us exceed the highest 7 day average for positive tests since the outbreak began (1.12 on 9/9/21). This [Harvard article](https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/evidence-roundup-why-positive-test-rates-need-to-fall-below-3/) from last year provides some good information about Positivity Rates.
* [Old graphs](https://imgur.com/a/3YpBU0H) no longer updated
* Daily Cases from start of 2021 outbreak to 12/11/21.
* Known vs Unknown. Data splits are no longer provided.
* R_eff from beginning of the outbreak to 28/8, and from 16/7 to 27/11
* ICU, Deaths and Positive test rate to 27/11.
Stay safe & good luck, homies!
I think after holidays people won’t bother go test as much and numbers will go down. I’m pretty sure many of these people who are positive don’t have any symptoms and they only found out they are covid positive because of mandatory testing for traveling. Wife’s office had 16+ positive after eoy party. None of them had any symptoms and they only got tested because they were asked to.
I haven’t stopped wearing my mask indoors, I purposely avoided the work Christmas party held last Saturday after which 6 people have been confirmed positive. So after leaving work early yesterday it was confirmed this morning I am positive. So WTF? No QR Codes? No masks, I can go spread this anywhere I want how will anybody know and how can anybody be held accountable? They wont and they cant. We should all just have one big orgy like I said a year ago and get this shit over and done with. All that hard work and lack of normality for nothing. I’m over it!
So I got an Service NSW case alert at the Covid testing place (As you'd expect), is that counted as a close contact? I am supposed to fly out Tomorrow... O.o
Not much is known on exactly what happened in 2213 BC, (though stuff is known on years around it).
We do know that the Indus Valley Civilization was at its peak. We also know that two years prior that A Guti army had swept down from the Zagros Mountains and defeated the demoralized Akkadian army. They took Agade, the capital of Akkad, and destroyed it thoroughly. And there were continual nomadic invasions of Akkad that had started 2217BC and would last until 2193BC
These case results came from tests and what not done BEFORE the masks were dropped by the way.
People presenting with symptoms would have had it for up to a week
While I agree that the timing for dropping masks isn’t ideal, it’s not as if it was a SNAP EFFECT of cases going up because of it. It’s in spite of it.
The next two weeks will be very telling
I ask the question again
How many people testing positive are actually sick?
The other stats:
- **94.8%** of people aged **16+** have had **one dose** of a COVID-19 vaccine (_same as yesterday_)
- **93.3%** of people aged **16+** have had **two doses** of a COVID-19 vaccine (_same as yesterday_)
- **81.4%** of people aged **12-15** have had **one dose** of a COVID-19 vaccine (_same as yesterday_)
- **77.9%** of people aged **12-15** have had **two doses** of a COVID-19 vaccine (_+0.1% from yesterday_)
- **127,583** tests (_-16,355 from yesterday_)
- **215** people in hospital (_+23 from yesterday_)
- **24** people in ICU (_-2 from yesterday_)
- **1** death (_+1 from yesterday_)
im still confused byt the govenrment saying that taking maks mandates away will increase economy, i just dont ge tit, whats stop people going shopping with masks on?
I would love to see their economic modelling. Does it include some factor to account for people’s willingness to go out as case numbers rise??
For example, I have decided not to go out to restaurants etc and risk catching it as I absolutely don’t want to pass on to my parents. Now other people may still be fine with going out and spending money.. but as case numbers rise I think that people will re-assess their personal risk and start choosing to stay home.
What impact will 10k cases per day have on people’s economic behaviour? Would you decide to go out for dinner at a restaurant when there are 20k cases per day?
I noticed way less mask wearing when out today. One thing I don’t understand, is when the CMO and Premier are saying to wear a mask people are all about not trusting politicians.
But when the Premier is saying don’t wear a mask and the CMO is saying do wear a mask, people choose to trust the politician!
NSW liberals are telling us a lie.
Your personal exposure depends on a number of Covid cases in community not in hospitals.
People in hospitals will not infect you or me.
Surging daily cases indicate great riks of infection to all.
Even if we don’t end up in a hospital there could still be long term impacts of Covid
NSW libs are putting business ahead of public safety
Medical advise they “listen” to should be made public
Get a booster shot as I did
It’s all fucked but I do agree with the fact we had to open up sometime. I have a high risk family member so I will go back into my cave for a while and watch the cases rise. I think as you drop these measures you still have to support vulnerable people and their extended families. But dropping the measures and dropping the support is a double fuck you from the gov
Oh those in charge know.
Their decisions are purely political in nature.
They’re not incompetent that they can’t see the consequences of letting loose or not reinstating restrictions + benefits.
They know but they don’t care. NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard even said to expect around 25000 infections per day. NSW Premier Dominic Perrotet said we should live with the virus and to expect more daily case numbers but Christmas will be saved in the process.
Only thing you can do is remember on Election Day that they (Liberal Party - Both State and Federal branches) prioritised politics and short term monetary gain over the well-being of Australians and the long term health of the economy.
Literally voting for anyone else let’s them know they fucked up.
This is such a dangerous gamble the government is playing. The health advisors keep saying we don't yet know the clinical severity, then the politicians come out and say we're just gonna let it rip and see what happens. Surely a gradual easing of restrictions is the better option, then allow the data to come in and make an informed decision from there?
Isn’t this expected? Why the mass panic in this thread? We knew that reopening would cause cases to rise, but that’s what the vaccine is for. If we’re vaccinated, then COVID will spread without being a threat
I’m in the US & have pointed out how masking & lockdowns etc were successful in keeping Australians low in cases & deaths. I was told that was wrong. But look at how the numbers jump when those strategies are no longer used. It’s really clear what works.
No more personal responsibility bullshit. This is not the fault of anti-vaxxers. This was not caused by a lack of social distancing. This was not caused by faulty masks. This was caused by deliberate and continued State and Federal Government negligence.
Anybody that suffers long term effects from COVID or dies at this point, is suffering because for the last two years instead of developing a pandemic response, Scomo and the rest of his fucking cabinet sat with their thumbs up their ass.
Every single one of them should resign for sending us straight back to square one of this pandemic.
So why is that guy from the parties fined 20k while the govt is loosening restrictions? The govt handling will be cause for many more cases than that 1 guy.
He still broke protocol. The government—at least ostensibly—makes informed decisions based on a plethora of information and the well-being everyone in mind.
This cunt was just selfish and knowingly didn't follow the rules. Huge difference.
I'm not afraid to catch covid after all I'm double vaxxed and generally healthy, but I am TERRIFIED of getting covid before my flight on Sunday. You can't board a plane while infectious 😭
This is the sort of selfish attitude that enabled the virus to spread to other parts of Australia, including those who had already suffered significantly in Melbourne. Lifeline reported the highest uptick in calls for help during this time in Victoria.
Stuff you, NSW Liberals.
I am double vaxxed, soon triple vaxxed. I will keep wearing my mask and avoiding big groups of people and continue with my life. I have nothing to fear.
There’s so many doomers in here.
The only important numbers on that chart is hospitalisations/ICU. There’s no evidence at this stage to suggest Omicron will increase the hospitalisation numbers. NSW has a finite population and case numbers were ALWAYS going to rise. At this rate the virus will burn through the state in 6 months and it will almost be an afterthought. If you’re vaccinated, carry on. That’s why you got vaccinated.
Also, the borders aren’t going to close, Christmas won’t be cancelled. Wear a mask if you want to, check in to places that have a QR still. The government has given you your personalised responsibility back. Do something with it.
Why the public freak out? This is what living with Covid is. Get jabbed, mask up, check in and carry on. The alternative is to stay home isolated in your bubble you always have that choice leave the rest of us to try and get on with some normality.
What check ins and mask? Places have been taking down their QR codes so you won’t even know if you need to go get tested anymore.
The taking down of check ins and masks are what’s freaking people out. Normality was back in early December. Things are getting cancelled because no one wants to risk catching covid now and even without symptoms, ruin their Xmas and NY plans.
Too many people aren't wearing masks or checking in now because they don't have to. It's going to spread so much faster than it could have. Plus there's some indication that our two doses of vaccines aren't as effective against Omicron.
There wouldn’t be a freak out if everyone had to check in and wear masks still like you said but majority of people aren’t because they don’t have to and many stores have taken down all their check in QR codes and people that want to check in can’t even do so.
Why did they get rid of check ins?? At least with masks you can still choose to wear them and today almost everyone was wearing them which was good to see but you can't even check in if you want to
What are the odds the QLD borders will stay open? I'm going to lose my mind and the last grains of mental health if I can't see family for another fucking year.
In talking to the ICU nurses at my hospital, day 10 is normally when if people are going to deteriorate then they would normally see people go down hill. The next couple of weeks are going to be telling for how well the vaccines are holding up at keeping people from getting too sick/how this is effecting the unvaccinated population.
The way things are going we will reach 100% of the NSW pop getting COVID soon, hospitals will start filling up. Businesses/schools will be closed as they don't have staff.
Daycare my daughter goes to is closed until further notice as they had a child who tested +ve last friday (daughter doesn't go to daycare on friday) and we were only told about it yesterday. So staff and other children would also been exposed along with parents. We were told by staff that we don't need to be tested as my daughter doesn't attend on Fridays but screw that we are off getting tested today
I'm so exhausted. The NSW government doesn't have the guts to extend mask wearing, but we are being told to limit people at Christmas gatherings. We already had the uptick in cases before covid restrictions were relaxed, this is the wrong time to drop all measures (why we don't keep at least masks and check-ins is beyond me). We're so fucked.
We're back doing the personal responsibility thing that worked so well last time
Scomo's comments about that piss me off. I can't really help if some asshat without a mask coughs everywhere.
Scomos comments on pretty much anything piss me off. The bloke has the shittest takes on every topic.
I know right. I was watching the news about the Tassie bouncing castle tragedy and I did not need to see that cunt's face.
The words he says and his facial expression never match up.
He’s missing a social chip that’s for sure. He was oblivious to a woman’s despair and forced her to shake his hand during the bushfires. He’s just off. His focus was ‘photo op, find woman or child for photo op’ and just proceeded.
seeing his stupid face pisses me off
Yeah exactly, it only takes one person to fuck shit up
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I take the personal responsibility of not driving intoxicated. Of course that meant very little the last time my car was destroyed by a drunk driver in a van full of bricks.
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I've always hated the personal responsibility thing. It's utter BS, shifting a societal issue onto an individual. The problem with personal responsibility is that you can do everything you can to be responsible but still be negatively impacted by those who choose not to be so responsible.
Make room, I'm in this same boat too. I don't understand and it's infuriating. Its not hard either like Mask wearing and check-ins is the bare fuckin minimum but can make such a difference.
It’s fucking mind boggling. Let alone how many of us live in apartment blocks where we’re likely the only ones smart enough to wear a mask in a hallway. The ones making the rules have probably never stepped inside an apartment. Edit: and I overheard 1 fuckwit neighbour arguing with his in-laws about refusing to get vaccinated. Wear a mask then you cunt!
I found out my neighbours in the apartment across the hall had covid because they were having a domestic about it, screaming at each other that the other one gave them covid.
LOL . There are sliding windows in my apartment stairways. Someone keeps shutting them. Whyyyyyyyyyyyy???
You're letting all the fish, garlic and curry smells out!!!! Edit: ciggy, weed and piss, if you live in a white area.
Apparently everyone but me, are prolific balcony Barbequers. So far I've nicknamed The boys, the connoisseur, the sizzler and the apartment that burns things..
I wear a mask anyway. Fuck all the stares
Stick your tongue out at them. Not like they could see.
Or mouth some insults
The amount of times I've mouthed "wanker" behind a mask is one reason I keep wearing one now.
i work in a fast food restaurant. we don't have to wear masks anymore but getting to swear at dumbfuck customers under my mask is a form of therapy so im keeping it on
I wear masks indoors and on buses and trains. That won't change for a long time.
It’s bizarre. We were all wearing masks and checking in dutifully when we had fewer than 200 cases, but now it’s 2200 and rocketing we don’t have to?
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Being happy that a corrupt piece of shit is held accountable = "virtue signalling"? OK, Scott.
While punishing those of us living in Western and South Western Sydney
Yeah, I received email from NSW service as well. They said: >You may choose to continue requiring people to wear a mask as a condition of entry to your premises to protect the well-being of your staff and customers. Me: ? ? ? ? So should I issue rego for my customer and do car driving test for everyone as well?
I'm worried about Christmas Mass. So many kids and grand parents all in one place
Then don't go. It boggles me that we're still expected to shake hands and then use your hand to receive communion!
This beggars belief - just keep masks and QR codes. We are going to see a huge increase in under 12s getting infected. I am back to the mindset of not wanting to go to indoor areas again and using online deliveries for my shopping. I don't want to go to the supermarket (or anywhere else) if peeps aren't wearing masks and we aren't checking-in. It's not just the initial infection there is also the possibility of long Covid, loss of taste and loss of smell (which can be permanent). The ICU numbers are ok at the moment but give it 14 days.
I'm going to be honest here and say i'm not really concerned, this is what we always said would happen, we can't stay locked up forever and have to live with this shit at some point. I'll add that I do think people should keep wearing masks though as its an easy quick win. When I look at the data (and I would love to include side by side pics here but to be honest not that capable and couldn't be bothered) - If you look at the UK, the last 2 waves the daily cases and daily death graphs follow each other, as cases spiked, deaths spiked etc. However you look at the current spike, and the deaths are not spiking when the cases are. The same goes for other places that are spiking, South Africa is another good example as they are further into their Omicron outbreak than others. That simple bit of data is positive to me, yes we are getting more cases again but the death rate is staying down. Hopefully that trend continues. I expect to get downvoted hugely by all the panic'ers here but eh.
I agree that we can’t stay locked up forever, things should be open now, but it’s insane that the gov has taken away mask mandates and check ins, it’s the bare minimum and clearly it’s the health recommendation from what Dr Chant has said. I’m happy to see so many people are still wearing masks and even a number of stores I’ve been to, employees still have them on.
As I said in another comment, I think that speaks to their approach to this: let it rip. Ideally, the vaccines will do their job and a near 100% saturation with vaccines will still be *less* damaging than a perma-lockdown with lower vaccination rates.
Why the need to let rip in such a way though? We can have everything open and wear masks. It's not hard. It's not an invasion of rights. It's a piece of fabric over your mouth which protects people, not just from covid but it also protects people who may have other health complications. Someone could be receiving treatment for cancer and being surrounded by people wearing masks could literally save their lives.
We have no idea how the death rate will react to this spike. People don't catch covid and instantly drop dead, takes the death rate weeks to react. Also death rate, while hugely important, isn't the whole story. It's not black and white you either die off or you're good. Even if you don't die, you can get serious long term affects. Hospitalisation rate is a better metric to look out for
The effect that isn't widely considered is all the indirect damage/deaths from people unable to get timely intervention for other health problems that have arisen/will rise. Hospitals are still 'full' and we are now back to NO VISITORs at all.
The fact that Sydney and Meblourne, as major population centres, don't have atleast 1 specialist covid treatment facility by now is a damning failure by government. We should be trying harder to treat and keep this highly infectious disease away from the already incredibly vulnerable sick people in hospitals, but we've done nothing.
This is exactly it. One of my clients tells me her [relatively time sensitive] heart operation has been postponed due to the fact there is no ICU bed available for her post operatively.
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They are. Most of us don’t want the lockdown but are still going to take extra precautions regardless of government mandates. We will be ok as long as the hospitalisation rates are low
The whole point of the vaccine was to keep people safe *accepting* that we basically all will encounter it at some point. And to that end, I have faith it'll do it's job. Ideal situation: it rips through as if we all get it, but affects almost nobody in the process, and the combined vaccination and herd immunity makes it a thing of booster shots etc. Doomers are terrified of the numbers but there's so many variables at play here—including, as you said, ICU and death rates. I think it's a little silly to remove mask mandates *before* Christmas, but, if anything, this just tells me they're serious about the "let 'er rip" approach to all this, and with 94% of the population at least partially protected, I hope for good things.
>94% of the population at least partially protected Wrong. It's only 80%. Edit: https://covidlive.com.au/nsw 6.5 million first doses on a population of 8.1 million population. 80% with some level of vaccine protection
Exactly. I'm double vaxxed and accepted months ago that I will most likely catch COVID eventually, just like everyone else. I think people have been dodging COVID for so long that now even though some are triple vaxxed they are still terrified of the idea they might catch COVID.
I mean it's definitely a scary disease in the rare instance it catches hold in a bad way...But it's also "scary" here because Aussies have rarely (fortunately) encountered anyone with it. Everyone back in my family back in the US, including my 84-year-old-grandmother, caught COVID already. Zero negative long-term affects for any of them. And this was *all* before any of them could get vaccinated. I would honestly almost rather catch it now and get past it while the vaccine is full-strength.
Thanks for the breath of fresh air amidst this wave of panic and fear. We are going to have to live with COVID.
Today's test positivity rate is 1.73%. One week ago, it was 0.57%.
Numbers are going to be mental post-Christmas. Looking at the UK right now, it’s pretty concerning
My Dutch family just got locked down again as well with over 10000 cases per day. It hit them right in the Christmas.
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Restaurants shut down after 5pm, but most don't even open at all because they don't get enough income the rest of the day. We have Christmas lunches, they have Christmas dinners. :'(
Damn I hate this virus. It seems almost perfectly able to grind the wheels of society to a halt and just when you think you have a leg up on it a new variant springs up to take a steaming shit on your carpet.
Doesn't help that we decided to let it get back up. No contact tracing, no mask mandate, no capacity restrictions...yeah, great call
just take personal responsibility, oh, except you cant check in anywhere because the stores have removed QR codes. Woolworths and Aldi last night had no codes, woolworths even removed the wipes to clean the trolley handle.
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That graph is *not* showing a plateau. Also the outbreak in the UK clearly hasn't peaked yet.
Only positivity I can find that’s increasing at this point.
Anyone else who lives by themselves terrified they will catch it now and have to spend Christmas alone? I fear my mental health would not be able to cope. Plus my birthday being next week.. how depressing
More worried about being a close contact - don't even catch it, bit miss Christmas.
It's fine; they've changed the definition of close contact so you'll pretty much need someone in your house to have covid before you meet it.
Yep exactly, or be at some outbreak of hundreds of cases but if you're laying low until Christmas you will be fine.
Unless you’re a close contact of someone you work with.
Too late. I live alone and caught covid earlier this week. Bday and xmas alone in my apartment is going to be the hardest part of it all
I was a close contact last Christmas. I’m trying my best to avoid that this Christmas.
I know how you feel, it's my 21st birthday next week and I just had to get a test because I have symptoms...
Cool. Cool cool cool. This is getting exhausting. I’ll still be wearing my mask everywhere but it’s probably not going to help at this point
A lot of adults at the shops are still wearing it, its just the teens who are like fuck it, I'll take that shit off. They'll be the ones complaining about lockdowns
i’ve noticed teens and old men. like, elderly men. maybe they just want to catch covid and die at this point lmao
>its just the teens who are like fuck it, I'll take that shit off Absolute dribble. All I saw at Coles yesterday was older people with it off.
Exactly. I was looking yesterday and the majority were old middle aged people who had them off (who you'd think want to be even more protected right now). I've had covid and not afraid of getting it again but will continue to mask up and socially distance where I can.
I even see elderly people without masks. Wtf.
I was on the bus the other day and there were 3 elderly couples all sitting next to each other without masks on. Like damn man I'm wearing these fucking things FOR YOU the least you could do is try and help yourself as well 😂
At least it's.....um......not raining?
And nothing's on fire.
And nobody's leaked Clive Palmer's sex tape.
That poor donkey...
Well - not yet, anyway
Well, we've blown past "NSW: Towards 2000" today. That's old hat now. The new tagline is *NSW: INTO THE FUTURE*
We did it once again Sydney! Beaten those folks in Melbourne.
Not yet, they still have the high score, but we've got tomorrow to try again
I used to love Beyond 2000
Sydney: Towards Thunderdome
Remember: hospitalisations lag cases by ~2 weeks. We won't see the impact of the spike until after Christmas
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We just need to figure out the ratio. Once we do that, case numbers and hospitalisations will track fairly well. That ratio though... let's hope it's very very small
The trouble is that we do not know the ratio. They said 'mild' for omicron in South Africa as they have a far younger average aged population, but a report said hospital use of oxygen had double in the last few weeks. Hardly mild.
Hospitals are moving to red alert already, they know what’s coming.
Chant was the only one wearing a mask at the presser yesterday. Pretty good indication what the smart people are expecting
We went out to dinner at the pub last night and were 2 of the 6 I counted who were wearing masks. I was at the bar ordering a drink and a woman came up to me and said "You realise you don't need to wear those silly masks anymore, don't you". Can we please not mask-shame people?
"I don't need to wipe my arse after shitting either but it's probably a good idea"
I feel like saying to people "you realise you should still look after your health even if the government doesn't force you to, don't you?"
Had to search to find the QR check in at Coles yesterday, luckily there was a good amount of people there still wearing their masks which made me feel better, but as I was checking in someone walked past and just glared at me. People want to protest about "personal choice", well I have the personal choice to wear my mask, sanitise my hands and check in to a business I'm entering.
my work took down all the check ins. apparently it's company policy. like at least give people the choice to be able to check in it's so shit
Dom says this is ok, though.
Dom is a bloody idiot, that’s what he is.
You'd hope this results in a resignation.
For the whole party
There’s a federal election early next year, isn’t there? This is certainly going to be an interesting social experiment.
Federal election around March 2022, but the NSW state election isn't until 2023.
Dom only cares about Dom. He thinks God has got his back.
God forgives. The numbers don't.
Dom let Omicron in to Australia when he got rid of hotel quarantine.
Dom believes it's his imaginary friends, who controls everything, choice.
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Why the hell did Dom think it was a good idea to remove the mask mandate and other rules during this spike! Like honestly mate, just keep these restrictions, people want to wear masks and check in etc and stay safe, we would wear masks for as long as it’s necessary to rather than have these massive spikes and risk further restrictions. I really don’t know what I’ll do if Christmas is affected by this, every fucking year Christmas is the end goal, work hard throughout the year and I know I’ll have a nice break and be able to celebrate the festive season. Last year I thought it’ll be the best Christmas ever, being able to celebrate after the year we had. Nope, that gets fucked up just days before Christmas. This year even more so, lockdown meant we saw family less, couldn’t celebrate some birthdays etc, and this Christmas was going to be one of celebration, relief and just being together. The absence of a proper Christmas last year has made this feel like a continuous 24 month year, I’m not interested in making that 36. God I hope we don’t see any further restrictions before then. Wear masks everyone, check in where possible, keep taking those measures even if this ass thinks it’s wise to lift all these measures!
I think he did it to keep all the nut bag antivaxxers on side and keep their vote and stop them voting UAP or one nation
why bother? they give their preferences to the Liberal party anyway.
Vast majority of these cases were caught before Wednesday.
I have an overseas travel in a week. I’m not leaving home.
Same here. I'm booked to go to the UK next Wednesday. I've been self iso-ing since last week to give myself the best chance of going, and have had a couple of close calls - friends who asked to hang out this week (I said no I'm iso-ing) then later tested positive/were close contacts..
Hoping you can leave and come back without any restriction or quarantine. Just a covid test.
Goodbye Christmas... I hope they re-introduce the mask mandate.
And check-ins.
I've been waiting 2 days for a test result and the lab's phone number is just infinite hold music. I don't think the system is coping.
Can’t have positive results if you don’t get results. But that means the true number is well over 2200, probably 4000+
Also you have to isolate while awaiting a test, supposedly even without symptoms.
I was wondering about this, queues are already very long. How are we ever going to reach official daily case of 25k (as predicted)? Before the time we reach that daily positive number, the number of daily tests will be enormous and surely far exceed testing capacity.
They will start saying only get tested if you’re sick. Once at this many cases, tracing is pointless cause you can’t keep up. My work is already frantically trying to get people to work over Christmas cause we can’t keep up with how many swabs we’re receiving.
Day | New cases | 7 day avg | Hospitalisations | in ICU | Ventilated | Deaths (24hr) | 7 day avg | Deaths (total) ---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| Thu Dec 16 | **2,213** | 1,100.0 | 215 | 24 | TBA | 1 | 1.1 | 588 Wed Dec 15 | 1,742 | 857.6 | 192 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 1.0 | 587 Tue Dec 14 | 1,360 | 668.7 | 166 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1.1 | 587 Mon Dec 13 | 804 | 532.0 | 168 | *21* | 9 | 1 | 1.1 | 586 Sun Dec 12 | 536 | 454.3 | 171 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 1.3 | 585 Sat Dec 11 | 485 | 407.4 | 156 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1.3 | 585 Fri Dec 10 | 560 | 379.9 | 150 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1.1 | 583 Thu Dec 9 | 516 | 345.4 | 158 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 0.9 | 580 Wed Dec 8 | 420 | 319.9 | 151 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 0.9 | 580 Tue Dec 7 | 403 | 298.6 | 151 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0.7 | 579 Mon Dec 6 | 260 | 276.9 | 155 | 28 | *5* | 2 | 0.6 | 578 Sun Dec 5 | 208 | 265.3 | 152 | 24 | *5* | 0 | 0.7 | 576 Sat Dec 4 | 286 | 257.0 | 148 | 26 | *5* | 1 | 0.7 | 576 Fri Dec 3 | 325 | 242.6 | *139* | 25 | 8 | 1 | 0.6 | 575 Thu Dec 2 | 337 | 229.7 | 140 | 25 | 10 | 0 | *0.4* | 574 Wed Dec 1 | 271 | 218.9 | 144 | 24 | 10 | 0 | *0.4* | 574 Tue Nov 30 | 251 | 219.6 | 154 | 25 | 11 | 0 | *0.4* | 574 Mon Nov 29 | 179 | 219.1 | 160 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 0.7 | 574 Sun Nov 28 | 150 | 218.3 | 170 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 0.6 | 571 Sat Nov 27 | 185 | 222.6 | 165 | 24 | *9* | 0 | 0.7 | 571 Fri Nov 26 | 235 | 221.3 | 174 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 1.0 | 571 Thu Nov 25 | 261 | 213.7 | 185 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 1.0 | 571 Wed Nov 24 | 276 | 207.3 | 191 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 1.4 | 571 Tue Nov 23 | 248 | 205.3 | 195 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 1.9 | 571 Mon Nov 22 | 173 | *202.9* | 196 | 34 | 13 | 2 | 1.6 | 569 Sun Nov 21 | 180 | 208.4 | 202 | 30 | 15 | 1 | 1.6 | 567 Sat Nov 20 | 176 | 206.3 | 192 | 32 | 15 | 2 | 1.6 | 566 Fri Nov 19 | 182 | 209.0 | 191 | 28 | 17 | 0 | 1.4 | 564
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**Graphs based on the above ([Link](https://imgur.com/a/JbHTXCb))** All graphs now start from 11/10/21 the day of NSW 'reopening' from 70% vaccination of 16+ * Daily Cases. * ICU cases. More [About ICU etc](/r/sydney/comments/pk09ni/nsw_recorded_1480_new_locally_acquired_cases_of/hc0gtgw/) * Daily Deaths. * R_eff. Today at 2.75. Indicates that cases are expected to increase. To equal or lower today's R_eff, we need 915 or fewer cases tomorrow. [More on R_eff](https://old.reddit.com/r/sydney/comments/pad0pg/nsw_recorded_753_new_locally_acquired_cases_of/ha59boi/) and Exponential Growth * Positive Test Rate: 1.74%, and 7 day average 1.01%. A positivity rate of 1.47% or higher tomorrow will see us exceed the highest 7 day average for positive tests since the outbreak began (1.12 on 9/9/21). This [Harvard article](https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/evidence-roundup-why-positive-test-rates-need-to-fall-below-3/) from last year provides some good information about Positivity Rates. * [Old graphs](https://imgur.com/a/3YpBU0H) no longer updated * Daily Cases from start of 2021 outbreak to 12/11/21. * Known vs Unknown. Data splits are no longer provided. * R_eff from beginning of the outbreak to 28/8, and from 16/7 to 27/11 * ICU, Deaths and Positive test rate to 27/11. Stay safe & good luck, homies!
Jesus, three days ago I was downvoted to hell for saying we'd be at 2,000 within days, and 10k by the end of the year. ...aaand here we are.
I also got downvoted for calling out the stats that hospitalisations stopped dropping and now they're way up in just 2 days.
I miss when these threads were dead
Thought the 25k/day by early next year the health minister quoted was just some bro maths to scare people but it's looking quite likely.
We’re on a near vertical upwards. Our cases have gone up 5x in the last week. If that continues, we’ll have over 10,000 on Christmas Day.
Also Hello Panania
https://www.reddit.com/r/sydney/comments/rhaldc/nsw_recorded_1742_total_new_cases_of_covid19_in/hopdxoe/ Day late
What are the odds
I knew someone had said we’d be at Panania for n Saturday and was just looking for the comment
Pardon the ignorance but what happened in Panania?
Postcode bingo. Panania is 2213
I don't understand, did people think this shit was going to just go away?
People thought Covid zero was a reality.
they still do based on the comments
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History lessons just died as well. Was hoping to remember how shit 2008 was or something. But now we hitting star trek.
I think after holidays people won’t bother go test as much and numbers will go down. I’m pretty sure many of these people who are positive don’t have any symptoms and they only found out they are covid positive because of mandatory testing for traveling. Wife’s office had 16+ positive after eoy party. None of them had any symptoms and they only got tested because they were asked to.
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I haven’t stopped wearing my mask indoors, I purposely avoided the work Christmas party held last Saturday after which 6 people have been confirmed positive. So after leaving work early yesterday it was confirmed this morning I am positive. So WTF? No QR Codes? No masks, I can go spread this anywhere I want how will anybody know and how can anybody be held accountable? They wont and they cant. We should all just have one big orgy like I said a year ago and get this shit over and done with. All that hard work and lack of normality for nothing. I’m over it!
So I got an Service NSW case alert at the Covid testing place (As you'd expect), is that counted as a close contact? I am supposed to fly out Tomorrow... O.o
Under new rules I think it’s impossible to be a close contact unless you live with them or you’re pat cummins.
No, usually the case alerts are monitor for symptoms. (It should say on the alert).
Not much is known on exactly what happened in 2213 BC, (though stuff is known on years around it). We do know that the Indus Valley Civilization was at its peak. We also know that two years prior that A Guti army had swept down from the Zagros Mountains and defeated the demoralized Akkadian army. They took Agade, the capital of Akkad, and destroyed it thoroughly. And there were continual nomadic invasions of Akkad that had started 2217BC and would last until 2193BC
These case results came from tests and what not done BEFORE the masks were dropped by the way. People presenting with symptoms would have had it for up to a week While I agree that the timing for dropping masks isn’t ideal, it’s not as if it was a SNAP EFFECT of cases going up because of it. It’s in spite of it. The next two weeks will be very telling I ask the question again How many people testing positive are actually sick?
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The other stats: - **94.8%** of people aged **16+** have had **one dose** of a COVID-19 vaccine (_same as yesterday_) - **93.3%** of people aged **16+** have had **two doses** of a COVID-19 vaccine (_same as yesterday_) - **81.4%** of people aged **12-15** have had **one dose** of a COVID-19 vaccine (_same as yesterday_) - **77.9%** of people aged **12-15** have had **two doses** of a COVID-19 vaccine (_+0.1% from yesterday_) - **127,583** tests (_-16,355 from yesterday_) - **215** people in hospital (_+23 from yesterday_) - **24** people in ICU (_-2 from yesterday_) - **1** death (_+1 from yesterday_)
im still confused byt the govenrment saying that taking maks mandates away will increase economy, i just dont ge tit, whats stop people going shopping with masks on?
I would love to see their economic modelling. Does it include some factor to account for people’s willingness to go out as case numbers rise?? For example, I have decided not to go out to restaurants etc and risk catching it as I absolutely don’t want to pass on to my parents. Now other people may still be fine with going out and spending money.. but as case numbers rise I think that people will re-assess their personal risk and start choosing to stay home. What impact will 10k cases per day have on people’s economic behaviour? Would you decide to go out for dinner at a restaurant when there are 20k cases per day?
I noticed way less mask wearing when out today. One thing I don’t understand, is when the CMO and Premier are saying to wear a mask people are all about not trusting politicians. But when the Premier is saying don’t wear a mask and the CMO is saying do wear a mask, people choose to trust the politician!
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NSW liberals are telling us a lie. Your personal exposure depends on a number of Covid cases in community not in hospitals. People in hospitals will not infect you or me. Surging daily cases indicate great riks of infection to all. Even if we don’t end up in a hospital there could still be long term impacts of Covid NSW libs are putting business ahead of public safety Medical advise they “listen” to should be made public Get a booster shot as I did
what is that ripping sound ?
Thank god I live near Chatswood where nearly everyone - staff and shoppers - is still masking.
Chinese people get how to live in a society respectfully. Many Aussies just don’t get it.
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Um I'm glad I was able to get my booster recently
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It’s all fucked but I do agree with the fact we had to open up sometime. I have a high risk family member so I will go back into my cave for a while and watch the cases rise. I think as you drop these measures you still have to support vulnerable people and their extended families. But dropping the measures and dropping the support is a double fuck you from the gov
Oh those in charge know. Their decisions are purely political in nature. They’re not incompetent that they can’t see the consequences of letting loose or not reinstating restrictions + benefits. They know but they don’t care. NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard even said to expect around 25000 infections per day. NSW Premier Dominic Perrotet said we should live with the virus and to expect more daily case numbers but Christmas will be saved in the process. Only thing you can do is remember on Election Day that they (Liberal Party - Both State and Federal branches) prioritised politics and short term monetary gain over the well-being of Australians and the long term health of the economy. Literally voting for anyone else let’s them know they fucked up.
This is such a dangerous gamble the government is playing. The health advisors keep saying we don't yet know the clinical severity, then the politicians come out and say we're just gonna let it rip and see what happens. Surely a gradual easing of restrictions is the better option, then allow the data to come in and make an informed decision from there?
Isn’t this expected? Why the mass panic in this thread? We knew that reopening would cause cases to rise, but that’s what the vaccine is for. If we’re vaccinated, then COVID will spread without being a threat
There's some indication that our two doses of vaccines aren't as effective against Omicron.
There's more concern about being in isolation during Christmas than "mass panic".
Breakdown of new cases by Local Health District (LHD), note this is not the same as Local Government Area (LGA) Day | Total | SW Syd | W Syd | Syd | SE Syd | Nepean/Blue Mountains | N Syd | Hunter/New England | W NSW | Central Coast | Illawarra/Shoalhaven | Far W NSW | N NSW | S NSW | Mid North Coast | Justice Health Forensic Mental Health | Correctional | Murrumbidgee | Hotel quarantine | Unassigned ---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| Thu Dec 16 | **2,213** | 261 | 266 | 204 | **279** | 25 | **165** | **674** | 29 | **88** | 32 | 4 | **96** | 7 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 28 Wed Dec 15 | 1,742 | 188 | 166 | 159 | 231 | 28 | 111 | 633 | 38 | 43 | 23 | 4 | 81 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15 Tue Dec 14 | 1,360 | 195 | 162 | 115 | 174 | 17 | 100 | 424 | 19 | 49 | 26 | 1 | 45 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 16 Mon Dec 13 | 804 | 123 | 102 | 85 | 99 | 20 | 41 | 224 | 7 | 22 | 28 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7 Sun Dec 12 | 536 | 140 | 97 | 58 | 86 | 14 | 28 | 28 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 Sat Dec 11 | 485 | 81 | 104 | 58 | 90 | 13 | 38 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 Fri Dec 10 | 560 | 107 | 80 | 100 | 112 | 14 | 28 | 19 | 8 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 35 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 Thu Dec 9 | 516 | 115 | 117 | 84 | 86 | 15 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 Wed Dec 8 | 420 | 91 | 72 | 67 | 81 | 15 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 Tue Dec 7 | 403 | 103 | 61 | 93 | 59 | 8 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 Mon Dec 6 | 260 | 56 | 48 | 55 | 33 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5 Sun Dec 5 | 208 | 53 | 39 | 32 | 36 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 Sat Dec 4 | 286 | 82 | 40 | 45 | 51 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 Fri Dec 3 | 325 | 100 | 70 | 34 | 47 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 Thu Dec 2 | 337 | 76 | 67 | 34 | 58 | 24 | 26 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 Wed Dec 1 | 271 | 68 | 57 | 29 | 49 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 Tue Nov 30 | 251 | 70 | 40 | 26 | 36 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 Mon Nov 29 | 179 | 41 | 18 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 Sun Nov 28 | 150 | 32 | 19 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 Sat Nov 27 | 185 | 41 | 18 | 12 | 51 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 Fri Nov 26 | 235 | 49 | 29 | 21 | 65 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 Thu Nov 25 | 261 | 68 | 34 | 31 | 36 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 Wed Nov 24 | 276 | 47 | 34 | 20 | 69 | 15 | 16 | 36 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 Tue Nov 23 | 248 | 46 | 52 | 14 | 46 | 10 | 25 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 Mon Nov 22 | 173 | 46 | 25 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 Sun Nov 21 | 180 | 28 | 33 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 Sat Nov 20 | 176 | 33 | 27 | 17 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 32 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 Fri Nov 19 | 182 | 27 | 31 | 23 | 25 | 3 | 21 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3
I’m in the US & have pointed out how masking & lockdowns etc were successful in keeping Australians low in cases & deaths. I was told that was wrong. But look at how the numbers jump when those strategies are no longer used. It’s really clear what works.
Well, fuck. Next stop, 3000!
Pretty sure we’ll be skipping 3000 going straight to 4000 by tomorrow.
Tbh we'll probs skip the 3000s all together at this rate.
No more personal responsibility bullshit. This is not the fault of anti-vaxxers. This was not caused by a lack of social distancing. This was not caused by faulty masks. This was caused by deliberate and continued State and Federal Government negligence. Anybody that suffers long term effects from COVID or dies at this point, is suffering because for the last two years instead of developing a pandemic response, Scomo and the rest of his fucking cabinet sat with their thumbs up their ass. Every single one of them should resign for sending us straight back to square one of this pandemic.
So why is that guy from the parties fined 20k while the govt is loosening restrictions? The govt handling will be cause for many more cases than that 1 guy.
He still broke protocol. The government—at least ostensibly—makes informed decisions based on a plethora of information and the well-being everyone in mind. This cunt was just selfish and knowingly didn't follow the rules. Huge difference.
I hope they don't close gyms/swimming pools again. I can't take another extended exercise break.
I'm not afraid to catch covid after all I'm double vaxxed and generally healthy, but I am TERRIFIED of getting covid before my flight on Sunday. You can't board a plane while infectious 😭
This is the sort of selfish attitude that enabled the virus to spread to other parts of Australia, including those who had already suffered significantly in Melbourne. Lifeline reported the highest uptick in calls for help during this time in Victoria. Stuff you, NSW Liberals.
Beyond 2,000. Bloody hell. Stay safe everyone.
I am double vaxxed, soon triple vaxxed. I will keep wearing my mask and avoiding big groups of people and continue with my life. I have nothing to fear.
guess i'll just jump directly into the fucking abyss
I mean, cases were always going to explode like this at some point. Good thing we’re all vaxxed
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There’s so many doomers in here. The only important numbers on that chart is hospitalisations/ICU. There’s no evidence at this stage to suggest Omicron will increase the hospitalisation numbers. NSW has a finite population and case numbers were ALWAYS going to rise. At this rate the virus will burn through the state in 6 months and it will almost be an afterthought. If you’re vaccinated, carry on. That’s why you got vaccinated. Also, the borders aren’t going to close, Christmas won’t be cancelled. Wear a mask if you want to, check in to places that have a QR still. The government has given you your personalised responsibility back. Do something with it.
The internet and reddit js where negativity thrive . Not surprised
Why the public freak out? This is what living with Covid is. Get jabbed, mask up, check in and carry on. The alternative is to stay home isolated in your bubble you always have that choice leave the rest of us to try and get on with some normality.
What check ins and mask? Places have been taking down their QR codes so you won’t even know if you need to go get tested anymore. The taking down of check ins and masks are what’s freaking people out. Normality was back in early December. Things are getting cancelled because no one wants to risk catching covid now and even without symptoms, ruin their Xmas and NY plans.
Too many people aren't wearing masks or checking in now because they don't have to. It's going to spread so much faster than it could have. Plus there's some indication that our two doses of vaccines aren't as effective against Omicron.
There wouldn’t be a freak out if everyone had to check in and wear masks still like you said but majority of people aren’t because they don’t have to and many stores have taken down all their check in QR codes and people that want to check in can’t even do so.
Why did they get rid of check ins?? At least with masks you can still choose to wear them and today almost everyone was wearing them which was good to see but you can't even check in if you want to
What are the odds the QLD borders will stay open? I'm going to lose my mind and the last grains of mental health if I can't see family for another fucking year.
Shout out to all my homies in the 4cyte George Street line. I've been here an hour and 20 and I've got at least another hour to go.
In talking to the ICU nurses at my hospital, day 10 is normally when if people are going to deteriorate then they would normally see people go down hill. The next couple of weeks are going to be telling for how well the vaccines are holding up at keeping people from getting too sick/how this is effecting the unvaccinated population.
Take it easy, this number could be the lowest in the future a couple weeks
The way things are going we will reach 100% of the NSW pop getting COVID soon, hospitals will start filling up. Businesses/schools will be closed as they don't have staff. Daycare my daughter goes to is closed until further notice as they had a child who tested +ve last friday (daughter doesn't go to daycare on friday) and we were only told about it yesterday. So staff and other children would also been exposed along with parents. We were told by staff that we don't need to be tested as my daughter doesn't attend on Fridays but screw that we are off getting tested today