Victorians. Today you are the world’s first people who have faced and defeated a Covid-19 Wave 2 with statistical validation.
On August 10, I wrote about a potential health disaster looming for Victoria, Australia, following a statement made by its premier Daniel Andrews about mandatory self-isolation. You can find that article here:
Tagged: Covid-19, Detention, Quarantine, Victoria, Wave 2
As Melbourne, the capital of Victoria enters its second week of an unprecedented Stage 4 Covid-19 lockdown and night-time curfew, a problem keeps appearing.
Tagged: Covid-19, Detention, Quarantine, Victoria, Wave 2
There’s a scene in the epic movie “Patton”, where the namesake’s character walks along the plains of the ancient battlefields of Carthage in Africa and says, “I was here”, believing himself reincarnated as a great leader.
The phrase “Covid-19 Wave 2” is now official in Australia. It began in the south-eastern State of Victoria three weeks ago as a result of allegedly negligent community transmission of the virus through security breaches in the hotel quarantining of returned overseas travellers. Victoria is reaping the impact of Covid-19’s Reproduction Number—its R0—a figure I wrote about in March.
Tagged: Covid-19, Eradication, Scott Morrison, Wave 2, Wave 3
A unique press conference took place in Melbourne the capital of Victoria, Australia, today. One worth noting not just because Covid-19 questions relating to masks, testing, intensive care units, hoaxing and controlling the virus came up but its participants—a state premier and his chief heath officer—allowed themselves to go off the cuff and show some emotion.
Tagged: Brett Sutton, Covid-19, Daniel Andrews, Journalism, Leadership, Scott Morrison, Wave 2
He didn’t take it seriously at first, nor did his chief medical officer but thankfully six weeks after instigating the lockdown and isolation of Australia, Prime Minister Scott Morrison had slowed the rate of his nation’s Covid-19 infection.
Tagged: Australia, Covid-19, COVIDapp, Donald Trump, Lockdown, Scott Morrison, Wave 2
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