@normanswan Oh but it should be ok because we’re not supposed to get tested unless we’ve been with a confirmed case for 4+ hours 🤦🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️ Couple this with the new RAT suggested approach with RATs you can buy and it is a recipe for disaster
@chelsea_hetho@abcnews Have you seen the studies regarding all the false negatives? Circa 1 in 5! Please be careful in your reporting.... You are encouraging all those not social distancing to keep it up. Let’s see where that puts us when people start presenting at hospitals
@GladysB@abcnews When will random testing begin so we know if transmission is actually low currently? How many schools need to close first? How many people get sick or worse?? Such a rushed decision sending schools back. Talk about a backflip!
(16/17) It would therefore seem sensible to first ascertain that the risk of community transmission is low (for example, by random testing of the population), before considering reopening schools.
(1/17) Updated thread on #children and #COVID19, summarising recent studies.
Summary: there is mounting evidence that children are as likely to be infected as adults; some children can experience severe illness.
#auspol#edutwitter#Kinder#kinderen
(15/17) In regions where there is ongoing community transmission of the novel coronavirus, the evidence suggests that reopening schools could increase the spread of the virus, both in the school and the wider community.
@QandA Time to bring back likes Bill Bowtell and Norman Swan to discuss such challenges &continue to raise awareness?! Almost zero social distancing happening all over Sydney, people are relaxing way too much, too early! Community transmission evident.
"Herd immunity" is a concept derived from dealing with influenza. Pandemic planners, including in Australia, applied the assumptions for influenza when, in fact, COVID-19 was something else entirely. As is well-outlined in this article from the New York Times @abcnews#COVID19
Josh Frydenberg’s shrewd accounting has saved Australian taxpayers $60b by reducing the cost of the Jobkeeper program from $130b to $70b.
No Labor govt has ever saved that much money so quickly!
Thank God the adults are in charge!
@GladysB The masses are not abiding by the 1.5m requirement, I see it multiple times a day, every day, on Facebook!!!! Everyone heard “you can now catch up in groups of 10” but they are not hearing “keep your distance.” Hello lockdown, more job losses, lives lost...
Well, that’s terrifying. Quick visit to my local supermarket in a large mall and I’d say >75% of ppl are completely ignoring spatial distancing. Hope you’ve got your boards waxed for that second wave 🌊 🦠
@abcnews@normanswan When will you start push for answers on this, now being referred to as PIMS? News coverage now concerned with economics & mental health, both of which will be far worse if we can’t trust gov’t current advice! https://t.co/hGzVwM4M7p
Disturbing reports of Kawasaki disease among young children are becoming more frequent. They should be treated with utmost seriousness by Australian authorities as children return to school. @ABC @smh #covid19australia @normanswan https://t.co/FbLSY87MUL
It’s been 5 weeks since I fell ill with coronavirus, almost 4 since it hit my lungs & stomach. After 23 days isolation I twice tested negative but recovery is slow: lungs feel weak & landed me in hospital last week, immune system low. Anyone can get it, please stay safe #stayhome