Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[ForeverBlue92]

Todays a victory for freedom

Rejoice!

 

[Bruce Wayne]

T cells from common colds cross-protect against infection with SARS-CoV-2 | Imperial News | Imperial College London

People with higher levels of T cells from common cold coronaviruses are less likely to become infected with SARS-CoV-2.

www.imperial.ac.uk

 

[cronullasharks]

I've worked with a lot of Australians and I'm able to confirm they're typically very odd folk.



*waits.

You're quite happy to trouser my forum subscription fee though you horror lol

 

[Martin Alvito]

sounds like sour grapes,
if this was happening in china the WTA be threatening to pull the plug on the whole thing.

I don't particularly care one way or the other what the Australian government decides to do. Establishing a court with no real authority is decidedly weird, though. The usual reason to establish a court in a statute is because the legislature doesn't fully trust the executive branch on the issue in question, for some reason. If the legislature trusted the executive, they'd just let them run things as an executive agency and have done with it.

So if you were concerned that successors from an opposition party might interpret the law in ways you don't like, you might write a court into the statute, but then giving the minister nearly absolute authority to interpret the law defeats the entire purpose.

 

[Wat Tyler]

Why is this spoilt brat’s paperwork the main headlines? The most important thing going on in the world today is it

 

[woomy]

INTERVIEWER: Thank you. Now question regarding your vaccination, are you vaccinated - - -
DJOKOVIC: I am not vaccinated.
INTERVIEWER: - - - for COVID-19? Not vaccinated?
DJOKOVIC: I am not vaccinated.
INTERVIEWER: Thank you. Have you ever had COVID?
DJOKOVIC: Yes.
INTERVIEWER: So when did you?
DJOKOVIC: I had COVID twice, I had COVID in June 2020 and I had COVID recently in – I was tested positive – PCR –16th of December 2021.
INTERVIEWER: Thank you. Sorry what was the date? 16th of December?
DJOKOVIC: 16th of December 2021, I have the documents as well to confirm that if you want I can provide – just as a –
INTERVIEWER: Thank you. I’ll just make a photocopy of those documents -
DJOKOVIC: Yes. These are the PCR tests – this is – yes, so this is the positive one on 16 December PCR - - -
INTERVIEWER: Yes
DJOKOVIC: Let me see, 16 December and this is in English it’s right on there.
INTERVIEWER: Positive.
DJOKOVIC: Yes. And this one is 22nd - - -
INTERVIEWER: Yep.
DJOKOVIC: - - - and negative.

So. He confirms the date, confirms he had a PCR, then went out and about and mingled.
The guy really is a tool.
I would say he is thick. But it is more likely he just doesn't give a damn.
Right or wrongs of the Aussie way of dealing with him, I hope he gets booted from the country. As he clearly !earned nothing from his tournament he had. The guy clearly doesn't care about other people's well being.

 

[Prevenger17]

Todays a victory for freedom

Rejoice!

Would you say the hand has ticked back a few minutes on Australia's Nazi Doomsday clock?

 

[woomy]

hope in the future we dont look back on this like jesse owens at the berlin olympics!

Bit much that innit?
I think we can rest assured nobody is going to give a stuff about this in a few weeks, nevermind in a few decades.
One was a major moment in time, and one was a tool trying to circumnavigate a country's rules of entry.

 

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[Cool_Blue]

Djokovic was 'tortured' and had 'human rights taken away' - parents
lollollol

Can we expect a rush of unvaccinated Brits attempting to get into Australia for holidays? Good luck with that.

 

[efcfanwirral]

Djokovic was 'tortured' and had 'human rights taken away' - parents
lollollol

Can we expect a rush of unvaccinated Brits attempting to get into Australia for holidays? Good luck with that.

Are even vaccinated brits allowed there for holidays? I thought the borders were closed to the general public just with some exemptions for certain sport etc events?

 

[spectateur]

Todays a victory for freedom

Rejoice!

Bo!! Ocks.
OK let's just do away with all rules and regulations.
let everybody do just what they want regardless of consequences.

 

[Deleted member 48881]

So. He confirms the date, confirms he had a PCR, then went out and about and mingled.
The guy really is a tool.
I would say he is thick. But it is more likely he just doesn't give a damn.
Right or wrongs of the Aussie way of dealing with him, I hope he gets booted from the country. As he clearly !earned nothing from his tournament he had. The guy clearly doesn't care about other people's well being.

 

[Martin Alvito]

Why is this spoilt brat’s paperwork the main headlines? The most important thing going on in the world today is it

It's because it's interesting. It encapsulates a major internal conflict that's taking place across countries worldwide in a very neat package. A majority of people in most countries believe in vaccination. The question on the table is where a country's interest in protecting public health stops and tyranny of the majority begins. The answer to that question is rooted in risk preferences and beliefs, which is why there's an intractable conflict rather than a consensus. Since the stakes are high (risk of death/disability against personal freedoms), the conflict is intense.

Australia has taken a very hard line due to their geopolitical situation. If you're surrounded by water, you can keep a virus out by aggressively controlling entry and exit. If you have land borders, that's a lot less feasible because physical barriers are expensive and time-consuming to build. A large number of people in a lot of countries would be in favor of a more hard line stance than their countries are taking (though relatively few would likely favor something as extreme as Australia's position). Those who are opposed are pretty vehement.

 

[wainy]

It's because it's interesting. It encapsulates a major internal conflict that's taking place across countries worldwide in a very neat package. A majority of people in most countries believe in vaccination. The question on the table is where a country's interest in protecting public health stops and tyranny of the majority begins. The answer to that question is rooted in risk preferences and beliefs, which is why there's an intractable conflict rather than a consensus. Since the stakes are high (risk of death/disability against personal freedoms), the conflict is intense.

Australia has taken a very hard line due to their geopolitical situation. If you're surrounded by water, you can keep a virus out by aggressively controlling entry and exit. If you have land borders, that's a lot less feasible because physical barriers are expensive and time-consuming to build. A large number of people in a lot of countries would be in favor of a more hard line stance than their countries are taking (though relatively few would likely favor Australia's position). Those who are opposed are pretty vehement.

Just on your last paragraph, I hear what you are saying, but, are they just gonna forbid travel forever? Covid is going nowhere, it seems crazy to have such draconian measures in place.