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AUSTRALIA FLATTENS THE CURVE
In late April, New Zealand (more than) flattened the curve too, with
comparable results
but harsher
measures.
Australia's states with NZ size populations have also
more than flattened
the curve. In fact Aussie
deaths per capita
are superior to NZ. Australia succeeded because
ideology was abandoned
for the common good. The path was not smooth however...
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January 25th Saturday
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PANDEMIC FLAGGED
- First Australian case reported in Victoria
- Citizens advised not to fly to Wuhan or Hubei Province
- "CoronaVirus with Pandemic potential" listed as Human Disease under Biosecurity Act
- The Act enables the use of enhanced border measures
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February 1st Saturday
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CHINA TRAVEL BAN
- Following moves by
NZ 
US 
PH 
TW 
VN SG
- Aussies returning need to self-quarantine for a fortnight
- And Qantas to stop travel to China from February 9th
- China calls it xenophobic
and demands compensation for students.
- China has 14,380 cases and 304 deaths
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February 1st Saturday
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IRAN TRAVEL BAN
- And Aussies returning need to self-quarantine for a fortnight.
- Woman on Gold Coast tests positive after recent return from Iran
- Iran has 388 official cases and 34 deaths - highest mortality rate outside China
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March 5th Thursday
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SOUTH KOREA TRAVEL BAN
- And Aussies returning need to self-quarantine for a fortnight
- South Korea has 6,284 Cases and 42 deaths
PM INSISTS SHAKING HANDS IS OK
- "I know more about viruses than I care to know and I'm shaking hands with everyone"
- Awkward handshake attempt with NSW Premier
- Reminiscent of his bushfire handshakes
"STOP F1" SKYWRITING
- By an anonymous pilot over Sydney
- Referring to upcoming Formula 1 Grand Prix in Melbourne
ITALY TRAVEL BAN
- And Aussies returning need to self-quarantine for a fortnight
- Italy has 12,462 cases and 827 deaths
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March 12th Thursday
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"WASH HANDS" SKYWRITING
- By an anonymous pilot over Sydney
- On Gold-Coast Tom Hanks tests positive
FORMULA 1 CANCELLED
- McLaren team member tested positive
- Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel flew home before cancellation
- Alfa Romeo's Kimi Raikkonen flew home before cancellation
- Victoria's chief health officer advised cancellation
- Last minute cancellation supposedly based on that advice
FIRST MEETING - COAG - CROWD LIMIT SET TO 500
- COAG is the Australian Council of Governments
- Regular meeting of PM, heads of states and territories
- Suddenly becomes the National Emergency Government
- Victorian Premier Andrews pushes for tough measures
- Despite the PM being of the opposition party there is concensus
- Crowd limit of 500 set to start on
Monday.
- PM says he will see his favorite football team one more time tomorrow
- Opposition leader pulls out of going to the football
- PM Morrison in the evening announces he won't go to the football either
- Ex-PM Kevin Rudd
criticises Morrison
for delaying the crowd limit until Monday
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March 14th Saturday
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FOOTBALL MATCHES
- Three games in Sydney attract about 27,000 people
HILLSONG CHURCH GATHERING
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March 19th Thursday
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CRUISE SHIP ALLOWED TO INFECT SYDNEY
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Disembarked without testing or even quarantining.
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Many kept travelling interstate.
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Soon accounts for 10% of national infections.
ALL FOREIGN AIR ARRIVALS BANNED
- And Aussies returning need to self-quarantine for a fortnight
PM LIES TO PRETEND CLOSING BORDERS IS ENOUGH
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Wrongly claims most infections are imported from USA.
SYDNEYSIDERS IGNORE SOCIAL DISTANCING
SECOND MEETING - LOCKDOWN ANNOUNCED
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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews pushes for tougher measures
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From 12pm Monday, all "non-essential services" will be
shut.
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Schools & liquor stores are essential it seems
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Andrews insists on a national school shutdown too
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Andrews vows to shut Victorian schools down regardless on Tuesday
SCHOOL CLOSURE CONFUSION
- Cases rose to 533 over the weekend
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PM Morisson still insists all children should go to school
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At 8am the NSW Premier asked parents to
keep children home
from school if they
could.
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Lockdown starts
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Some sydney people ignored
the "closed" signs at beaches but generally compliant.
TRAVELLERS FORMALLY QUARANTINED
- Some ships not allowed to disembark
- Returned travellers quarantined in hotels
- Curve begins to flatten because most cases were from (NSW) travellers
- Local infections continue to rise
linearly.
HEALTH MINISTER SAYS CURVE FLATTENING
AUSTRALIA FLATTENS THE CURVE?
- Overseas sourced infections(which are mainly NSW)
reduced drastically
due to previous week's measures.
- All states apart from NSW begin to see flattening of total infections curve
- NSW rate of infections is definitely slowing though
- NSW still
the worst
per capita.
- A couple of days later the flattening is noted by ABC
and
The Conversation
- Local/community infection wave yet to manifest?
DEFINITELY FLAT (BUT TASMANIA!?)
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Tasmania become the worst per capita and continues to rise
- Tasmania is the least populated state though
THIRTY CASES IN ONE NURSING HOME
- "Newmarch" Anglicare home in Western Sydney
- Via an employee who worked six consecutive shifts with symptoms
- One dead (then eleven more eleven days later)
PM IGNORES SOCIAL DISTANCING FOR SCHOOLS
- Chief medical officer Brendan Murphy cites
evidence
of low transmission amongst children in schools
- Morrison extrapolates that social distancing rules need not apply to school
classrooms.
- Therefore wants students to return to school
- Qld & Vic premiers disagree
- NSW plans a staggered return starting in two weeks
- Tasmania returns on Tuesday
- South Australia & Northern Territory encouraging a return
- WA plans a return in one week but
teacher unions rebel
12 DEATHS IN ONE NURSING HOME
- "NewMarch" home in Western Sydney is Australia's second biggest infection cluster
- 56 infected (22 staff, 34 residents).
- The Anglicare home has become a defacto hospital
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Masks still not mandatory in nursing homes despite abundancy
A.C.T. DECLARED CLEAR
- Zero active cases in Australian Capital Territory.
- 106 cases, 3 dead
SOUTH AUSTRALIA REOPENING PLAYGROUNDS
- Eleventh day without new cases.
VICTORIAN ABATTOIR CLUSTER
- Victorian spike of 22 cases in one day
- 19 of them at Cedar Meatworks
- Total of 34 cases at Cedar
- 2 were from overseas, remaining one under investigation
NSW LOCKDOWN LIFTED
