Afro Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 That Janey Godley video isn't real, surely. Surely? If that isn't part of the Black Mirror-esque alternative reality we're now in then f**k me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawson Park Boy Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 Please someone correct me if I’m wrong but I read somewhere that in Australia, whilst driving alone, it is mandatory to wear a mask!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arabdownunder Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 4 minutes ago, Dawson Park Boy said: Please someone correct me if I’m wrong but I read somewhere that in Australia, whilst driving alone, it is mandatory to wear a mask!! You're wrong. Consider yourself corrected. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspect Device Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 There are some mad c***s in Scotland driving about on their own but wearing masks. Beggars belief. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty dingus Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 22 minutes ago, Suspect Device said: There are some mad c***s in Scotland driving about on their own but wearing masks. Beggars belief. Maybe they don't like the smell of there own farts........weirdos. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 If we weren't testing 1 fucking per cent of our population daily, instead applying a rational approach of only testing those who are severely ill, how many cases, hospitalisations and deaths would we have? Would we even know there was a pandemic? The word "casedemic" has never been more fitting than it is right now.Wouldn't the test positivity rate be roughly the same though whether we test 5k or 50k ? That figure needs to be below 5% before the WHO would even consider declaring the pandemic phase over and ultimately it looks like they are the body that will make that decision. We are a long way from that figure unfortunately. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipperyP Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Dawson Park Boy said: Please someone correct me if I’m wrong but I read somewhere that in Australia, whilst driving alone, it is mandatory to wear a mask!! 1 hour ago, Arabdownunder said: You're wrong. Consider yourself corrected. Philippines @hk blues can confirm. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 3 minutes ago, SlipperyP said: Philippines @hk blues can confirm. You're correct - required at all times in a car even if alone. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawson Park Boy Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 41 minutes ago, hk blues said: You're correct - required at all times in a car even if alone. 42 minutes ago, hk blues said: You're correct - required at all times in a car even if alone. Thank you. The same article also said that they have ‘facial recognition tracking’, curfews and suspension of Parliament. Scary stuff!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspect Device Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 26 minutes ago, hk blues said: You're correct - required at all times in a car even if alone. For what reason? Or just because 'we say so' from the governement. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 28 minutes ago, Dawson Park Boy said: Thank you. The same article also said that they have ‘facial recognition tracking’, curfews and suspension of Parliament. Scary stuff!! Here, the argument was that masks should be worn even when alone in a car so that if and when the driver had to stop at a checkpoint (we have a few of them here) they wouldn't forget to put the mask on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Billy Jean King said: 15 hours ago, Todd_is_God said: If we weren't testing 1 fucking per cent of our population daily, instead applying a rational approach of only testing those who are severely ill, how many cases, hospitalisations and deaths would we have? Would we even know there was a pandemic? The word "casedemic" has never been more fitting than it is right now. Wouldn't the test positivity rate be roughly the same though whether we test 5k or 50k ? That figure needs to be below 5% before the WHO would even consider declaring the pandemic phase over and ultimately it looks like they are the body that will make that decision. We are a long way from that figure unfortunately. If we only tested seriously ill people i'd expect the test positivity rate to go up. That 5% figure is an arbitrary relic from the pre-vaccine days. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Aldo Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 If Covid had a face. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 If we only tested seriously ill people i'd expect the test positivity rate to go up. That 5% figure is an arbitrary relic from the pre-vaccine days.That's as maybe but it's still the benchmark that will be used to declare the pandemic stage over unfortunately. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 2 hours ago, Billy Jean King said: 16 hours ago, Todd_is_God said: If we weren't testing 1 fucking per cent of our population daily, instead applying a rational approach of only testing those who are severely ill, how many cases, hospitalisations and deaths would we have? Would we even know there was a pandemic? The word "casedemic" has never been more fitting than it is right now. Wouldn't the test positivity rate be roughly the same though whether we test 5k or 50k ? That figure needs to be below 5% before the WHO would even consider declaring the pandemic phase over and ultimately it looks like they are the body that will make that decision. We are a long way from that figure unfortunately. The positivity figure (and case numbers) doesn’t actually matter if hospitalisation and death numbers are low. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Suspect Device said: For what reason? Or just because 'we say so' from the governement. The argument was that masks should be worn even when alone in a car so that if and when the driver had to stop at a checkpoint (we have a few of them here) they wouldn't forget to put the mask on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspect Device Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 2 minutes ago, hk blues said: The argument was that masks should be worn even when alone in a car so that if and when the driver had to stop at a checkpoint (we have a few of them here) they wouldn't forget to put the mask on. Cheers. At least that's some sort of logic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karpaty Lviv Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 Anyone came back from abroad recently and had to do the day two PCR test? I did it and sent it away yesterday and just wanting to know how long it takes to get the result back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 2 minutes ago, Karpaty Lviv said: Anyone came back from abroad recently and had to do the day two PCR test? I did it and sent it away yesterday and just wanting to know how long it takes to get the result back. Got mine back the following morning from the Scotgov one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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