Melbourne gets on top of Covid

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1. tc 1

   27 October 2020 at 8:55 am

   Still no significant tracking via the use of a tracer app required as we have even though we've been slack with it of late.

   Feel they've missed a trick not getting that rolled out and bedded in whilst locked down.
   • RedLogix 1.1

     27 October 2020 at 9:21 am

     Yes. I use the Australian one every time I go to a public, indoors location. After a number of version updates and big fixes I find it very simple and reliable.

     Why we had to reinvent the wheel beats me. It's just one of those public health tools I've been banging on about elsewhere that is available to us, we just have to get around to using it effectively.

     And yes there will be a minority of people who can't or won't use the app, but like everything it's a numbers game. All it needs is something like 80% or more of people to take it up. That's very doable if we took it seriously.
     • tc 1.1.1

       27 October 2020 at 1:20 pm

       I heard on an Ozzy tech blog it was a classic example of the federal tender process !

       They’d been waiting for it to be called off and brought back to run on more well known API’s etc

       Victoria’s tracing is based on salesforce apparently. Too many cooks IMO.
2. JanM 2

   27 October 2020 at 9:15 am

   "And prey" He he – on whom?
3. Koff 3

   27 October 2020 at 9:39 am

   Victoria had got down to zero community trasmission before, as had NSW, but then the slack Melbourne hotel quarantine system allowed the virus to slip out into a low socio-economic community, so hope this is seriously addressed before Melbourne airport opens up to Aussies flying back from virus dense parts of the world. All other states and territories except NSW have been community virus free for weeks. Life very normal here in Queensland, but never see anyone wearing a mask or using the Covid app. Complacency will be the worst enemy if state borders open up more here.
   • RedLogix 3.1

     27 October 2020 at 9:58 am

     In many ways the advantage of lockdowns is that govts can impose them relatively easily with a high degree of compliance. Other less costly public health measures tend to rely more on a responsible population voluntarily engaging with them.

     Like you I really appreciate that life in Queensland has been relatively normal since May, but I'm still dismayed at seeing how many people still have to go to crowded pubs and other indoor spaces, that just beg for a superspreader event.

     Maybe we just get what we deserve.
     • Craig H 3.1.1

       28 October 2020 at 9:39 am

       Agree, a set of nuanced restrictions make a lot of sense on paper but are difficult for people to actually implement perfectly. A lockdown, for all its economic issues, leaves very little room for interpretation so it's much easier to comply with. And, because it’s usually a bit more restrictive than actually required, it has some room for error, so a few mistakes don’t derail the whole thing.
     • Drowsy M. Kram 3.1.2

       28 October 2020 at 2:46 pm

       "Maybe we just get what we deserve."

       You can't always get what you want...
4. Anker 4

   27 October 2020 at 9:45 am

   • People need to use the app we have. It’s simple and works well.

   a tale of two supermarkets over the weekend….. one where people were using the app, the other no one seemed to be using the app and i had to ask the check out person where it was
5. Andre 5

   27 October 2020 at 11:11 am

   Meanwhile in Salt Lake City, my cousin (doctor in respiratory intensive care) and her husband (emergency room doctor) and all their colleagues are riding the ragged edge of putting in all the hours they possibly can, and that's nowhere near enough to meet the need. Their little one at home is about to have his first birthday having barely seen his parents for a couple of months.

   Stamp it out and keep it out. We and the very few other places that have succeeded in that are truly envied by the rest of the world right now.
   • Patricia Bremner 5.1

     27 October 2020 at 2:05 pm

     Good wishes to your family Andre, that is frightening, and remarks made about just waiting for a vaccine show abdication of responsibility by authorities. Your relatives must be exhausted.
6. barry 6

   27 October 2020 at 2:03 pm

   elimination is suppression done right.
7. McFlock 7

   27 October 2020 at 2:28 pm

   That chart is a major worry.
8. Treetop 8

   28 October 2020 at 1:32 pm

   The Melbourne Cup is the first Tuesday in November. I think it is the Caufield Cup which is the winner of the trophy.

   Not sure what the crowd restriction on the day is.
   • Treetop 8.1

     28 October 2020 at 2:23 pm

     Caulfield is correct.

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