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    Oooops, my bad....
    The fact that there's a highway to hell and a stairway to heaven says a lot about the anticipated traffic flow.



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    Quote Originally Posted by enf View Post
    Oooops, my bad....
    LOL, no
    I was just expressing my sarcasm about the flood of information we still get about Omicron, despite all the countries(including us) relaxing restrictions, essentially deeming it harmless.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Uncle Fester View Post
    LOL, no
    I was just expressing my sarcasm about the flood of information we still get about Omicron, despite all the countries(including us) relaxing restrictions, essentially deeming it harmless.
    Hmmmm...I think most have come to the conclusion that wrecking countries and economies for something that is essentially unstoppable is useless. Best startegy is mitigation.

    AND, with the thugs on the march, it will make it impossible to stand up.
    The fact that there's a highway to hell and a stairway to heaven says a lot about the anticipated traffic flow.

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    Quote Originally Posted by enf View Post
    Oooops, my bad....
    Nah, not really.... ->

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    Looks like an interesting study Wotnot. I did a quick scan of it but am too lazy to read it all, Thanks anyway. At least, that is full of facts rather than the crap we are fed with on a daily basis.
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    Seriously thought about propping this in the jokes thread....

    ...go to the chemist this morning to get my monthly meds, and see RAT tests on offer, free to concession card holders -- bewdy, freebies!....I'll take one please...

    Get back here, open the test kit up........and what do I find inside?....a dead rat! Nah, joking....what I found was.....



    LoL....

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    Sigh!...F*ck we're dumb.
    The fact that there's a highway to hell and a stairway to heaven says a lot about the anticipated traffic flow.

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    Quote Originally Posted by enf View Post
    Sigh!...F*ck we're dumb.
    Oh, it's better than that...or dumber than that...have a read of the the leaflet inside the box...

    ...read it all if you want, but the standouts for me were points 4 & 8.....particularly 8, where it states what strains it can detect...

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    I'm having a beer on hay Street Perth, at an outdoor table.

    There's an iga with a small bottle shop in it 2 doors down, next to the criterion hotel. The criterion is a cheap flop house full of backpackers and the lower classes....

    It quite fun watching the vermin going off after being refused entry to the bottleo for having no Vax certificate.......

    I'm over this mask bullshit though, as was everyone I spoke too in perth.....

    In a bar, 20 odd people sitting round drinking with no masks.

    Stand up for any reason, mask on.

    Bar staff working, masks on....

    usages.kangaroos.sound
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    An interesting read -->

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    So does that mean that, what was once a dose of the flu is now being diagnosed as COVID? Cynic? Moi?
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    Quote Originally Posted by lsemmens View Post
    So does that mean that, what was once a dose of the flu is now being diagnosed as COVID? Cynic? Moi?
    What is flu?

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    Quote Originally Posted by wotnot View Post
    Oh, it's better than that...or dumber than that...have a read of the the leaflet inside the box...

    ...read it all if you want, but the standouts for me were points 4 & 8.....particularly 8, where it states what strains it can detect...
    Just investigated this. The reason it says that it "can detect Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta mutants based on the studies conducted so far." is because when these were made & the info brochure was printed, that's all they had proof of.
    Omicron is a new variant & so will the next one be, however they can't just recall all the tests to reprint the information sheet.
    So it does not say that it can't detect Omicron, it just states what is known at the time of print.

    It's the same test (RightSign) issued here in Tasmania. Many people are using & testing positive or negative with reasonable accuracy, no matter what variant they have.
    Is it 100% accurate? No, absolutely not, however it is still a reasonably better indicator than nothing at all & if you really are not sure of your result you have the ability to get a PCR test if you really have symptoms.

    EDIT: to back that up,


    Post-market review of antigen and rapid antigen tests >
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    The best of both versions:
    Deltacron
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    And the wheels of the bus go round and round....

    The fact that there's a highway to hell and a stairway to heaven says a lot about the anticipated traffic flow.

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    Quote Originally Posted by enf View Post
    And the wheels of the bus go round and round....

    So now it can recombine with the flu, sounds great, clever virus.

    It appears that at any given time 1 million Australians are infected with some variant.
    Daily average 25,000 and 15 deaths alone in NSW, nobody cares OK but what is with all the truckies, food suppliers and other services failing because so many keep coughing a sickie.
    Aldi shelves and freezers are empty for months, can't even get baked beans.
    TP is available but at those prices you might want to think about using each sheet from both sides

    I don't buy it that it is just the war alone why our food staples are getting rare and expensive.

    Herd immunity is now proven BS and the flu season is around the corner.
    Some have been infected twice, even three times.

    Strange that numbers were so much lower when we all wore masks.
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    why our food staples are getting rare and expensive.
    I've not been home for a month or more, but I know there's 20 head of beef cattle on the property for agistment ; they're yearlings ; owner paid roughly $2K a head ; pretty glad red meat is off my menu - pub lunches and the old BBQ are about to become expensive =)

    I know why...has nothing to do with covid or the war 8)

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    XE, XF, XD............should be called the Ford virus....
    The fact that there's a highway to hell and a stairway to heaven says a lot about the anticipated traffic flow.

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    ...Ford already IS a virus.... =)

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    ....just an update... "Albanese government kills COVIDSafe app, calling it a 'colossal waste' of money" ...




    Some catharsis for ppl like myself that said from the get go 'it will not, cannot work'....cost the taxpayer enough to arrive at the same result... =)

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