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Post by joono on Nov 4, 2021 2:47:11 GMT
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Post by kayoneuu1 on Nov 7, 2021 21:22:20 GMT
I just read that one of our grandchildren’s school is listed as an exposure site in the ACT
Waiting for news 😢
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Post by kayoneuu1 on Nov 8, 2021 7:22:05 GMT
Sorry, I forgot to come back.
It is a child in year 6, so no exposure to the kindy class. Year 6 is now in iso but the others are ok
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Post by figlet on Nov 8, 2021 7:48:09 GMT
That's good the younger ones haven't been exposed. Stressful times for parents of school children.,
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Post by kayoneuu1 on Nov 12, 2021 23:06:32 GMT
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Post by deb on Nov 14, 2021 4:06:38 GMT
Disturbing scenes from the protest in Melb yesterday, protestors wuth their Trump flags and carrying gallows with nooses. The rally was addressed by Craig Kelly (who must be double vaxxed to cross the border into Vic) despite him telling his dumb anti vax followers not to get vaxxed
I did ask him about it on twitter, so he blocked me, so I take it that he is double vaxxed
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Post by deb on Nov 26, 2021 22:06:12 GMT
just what we need while Morrison opens up international borders... the "omicron" mutation.. said to be more infectious and more deadly than delta
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Post by joono on Nov 27, 2021 1:05:34 GMT
He's not worried Deb. Yet. I read that they will make a decision on Monday about our border control. At the moment it's still open to South Africa  |
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Post by kayoneuu1 on Dec 14, 2021 1:42:18 GMT
I just made an appointment for tomorrow morning for my booster. I had an appointment at my usual GP for early January (6 months) but when I checked on the covid-vaccine.healthdirect.gov.au/booking/ site I found one at another clinic here in town. I’m happy 😃 |
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Post by deb on Dec 15, 2021 23:19:14 GMT
well. it looks like the 3rd wave is well and truly here now
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Post by kayoneuu1 on Dec 16, 2021 11:41:44 GMT
Well, we made it into Qld.
At Brisbane airport all the people off the flight were waiting around the luggage carousel with maybe 4-6 police officers strolling among us randomly selecting people to show their border pass and 2x vaxx certificate.
It was all pretty casual and not at all what I was expecting.
Our son, who owns a bar in Brisbane and whom we are visiting, is expecting the shit to hit the fan tomorrow when they have to start checking customers vaxx status
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Post by deb on Dec 17, 2021 8:12:34 GMT
hope you have a good break up there Kay....we've had to show our vax status every where we go here... though no longer mandatory,some places are still doing it..at a pub we went to for dinner, and at restaurants.. the waiting staff check , oher venues have "covid monitors" on the door
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Post by deb on Dec 17, 2021 8:14:16 GMT
I can't get my booster shot until Jan 10th... all booked out here
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Post by figlet on Dec 17, 2021 8:30:43 GMT
I'm due mine in Jan. Eligible 5 months after last jab here. I did get a text from my medical centre about bookings for the booster. I better make a booking.
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Post by joono on Dec 17, 2021 9:06:58 GMT
Mid April for me. Not happy Jan.
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Post by pennybanger on Dec 17, 2021 11:50:00 GMT
We get ours next Thursday.
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Post by deb on Dec 21, 2021 5:42:32 GMT
the NSW figures were a bit of a shock today.. WA you're the envy of the country
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Post by figlet on Dec 21, 2021 6:00:39 GMT
Mandatory masks here from midnight tonight. Fine with me, I wear one when out anyway.
The masks also helps with the high pollen count in the air here, which makes me cough. No one wants to be around coughing people these days.
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Post by flashie on Dec 21, 2021 6:35:34 GMT
We have to wear masks inside now too................(I hate wearing them) I know the rest of Australia has been doing for ages............but it is the first time here. Well except for the 3 day lock down and crowds of over 1000. Did I say I HATE wearing them..........  |
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Post by kayoneuu1 on Dec 21, 2021 6:48:37 GMT
I don’t actually mind them all that much now that I’ve worked out how to wear one so my glasses don’t fog up. The only really annnoying thing is I’ve lost a couple of earrings because they have got hooked up in ear strings and fallen out 😪
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Post by joono on Dec 21, 2021 7:03:58 GMT
I sometimes wear one when I'm cleaning the shower! Especially that CLR cleaner (great for the glass shower screen) because it plays havoc with my lungs.
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Post by figlet on Dec 21, 2021 10:41:53 GMT
I have started doing that as well, joono. The spray fumes get a bit much. Even though the bathroom cleaners I use are not really heavy duty ones.
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Post by Clarabelle on Dec 21, 2021 11:30:45 GMT
Wearing a mask is almost second nature now.
I would love to know how to stop the glasses fogging up issue.
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Post by joono on Dec 21, 2021 12:35:06 GMT
I've found the N95 (papery) ones should be best because they have wire in the top that you can mold around your nose. I also think they are the safest but a lot of people would rather do the vain thing and get a fashionable one.
Still okay, but N95 ones I think are the most comfortable and 'breathable', they're just not pretty. I must get a new supply because a Queensland couple have tested positive to the omicron strain. They landed on Sunday night and self quarantined at family home. Other people in the house have tested negative so far.
It's big news in WA because so far we are doing okay. It's going to come to us too.
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Post by kayoneuu1 on Dec 21, 2021 20:11:20 GMT
Clarabelle, make sure the little metal strip is tightly shaped over your nose and high enough so the bottom edge of your glasses sit on top of the top edge of the mask.
Himself also found if he washes his glasses in dishwasher detergent it helps
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Post by pennybanger on Dec 22, 2021 1:02:40 GMT
Thanks for the tips - about the N95 and moulding the top round your nose so your glasses don't fog up. We are going to have to stock up because once our borders come down it will probably only be days before we start getting community transmission here. I'd be quite happy to keep the borders closed. While I do have grandkids over East, I can live without seeing them for bit longer. I left all my family behind when I came to Australia and didn't get to see them again for eight years - there was no zoom or facetime in those day either and phone calls to the UK were hideously expensive.
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Post by Clarabelle on Dec 22, 2021 3:13:42 GMT
I have some n95 masks, but I only use them when I know I’m going in to a high risk area. Usually I just have the surgical type ones or a cloth one my sister made me. They all have the mouldable metal piece (looks a like like a wire twist tie in most of them) but I still seem to fog up my glasses.
With this new variant and less restrictions I would advocate the p2/n95 rated masks. We have 7 new cases including a hospital worker today. That’s a worry.
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Post by kayoneuu1 on Dec 22, 2021 6:31:07 GMT
A friend told me today their extended family Christmas has been cancelled because the hostess has covid.
She (the hostess) is the principal at a massive secondary school in Sydney. Their school formal turned into a super spreader event. The principal wasn’t at the formal, but caught it from a colleague she spent the next day with - preparing Christmas gifts for her staff, would you believe it!
What my friend, and her family member, is most infuriated about is that she (the principal) is receiving abuse from the school community because she isn’t communicating what is happening. She, and all schools apparently, have been directed by the Education Dept that they are not allowed to tell anyone anything. All information MUST come from the Minister only.
It is a diabolical situation. Apparently covid is rampant in Sydney schools and no one is being told
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Post by deb on Dec 22, 2021 22:50:02 GMT
the case numbers today are  5715 in NSW..... 2005 in Vic it's been rampant in Vic schools too Kay.. now that they're on holidays , I hope it starts dropping off.. I try to avoid being near any kids when I go out keep wearing your masks everyone! |
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Post by lyn on Dec 24, 2021 5:31:48 GMT
Mr had his roosters mask on when we had an appt at the Hospital. They made him take it
off and put one of their disposable face masks on. He wasn't impressed.
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5715 in NSW..... 2005 in Vic
