Covid 19 -

[PHANTMXR6]

I'm in Darwin and received a note in my mailbox yesterday from Auspost stating they are reducing their deliveries to every 2nd day instead of daily now, citing Covid reasons.

Can't work out why as our state has been Covid free for weeks.

[prydey]

Originally Posted by PHANTMXR6

I'm in Darwin and received a note in my mailbox yesterday from Auspost stating they are reducing their deliveries to every 2nd day instead of daily now, citing Covid reasons.

Can't work out why as our state has been Covid free for weeks.

We received the same flyer except it wasn't deliveries, it was letters. Letters will be every second day until June 2021 so they can focus more on quicker parcel delivery. That's what our flyer said anyway.

[Tassie f100]

Originally Posted by prydey

We received the same flyer except it wasn't deliveries, it was letters. Letters will be every second day until June 2021 so they can focus more on quicker parcel delivery. That's what our flyer said anyway.

Pretty sure Austpost floated the idea a couple of years ago where mail deliveries would be cut back,but if you wanted to,pay they would deliver every day.Really with the amount of mail that gets delivered rather than electronically it wouldn’t matter to most of us if there were only 2 deliveries per week

[xxx000]

Originally Posted by Crazy Dazz

I am really getting sick of everyone blaming everything on Covid
especially in Perth.
Order some food, and first thing you get is some big son & dance about how delivery may be delayed due to covid?
How?
Is the food cooking slower? Are their drivers having to go into quarantine?

And WTF is Australia Post's excuse? 8 months in and they are still blaming everything on covid.
I'm not talking about Melbourne, where people may be legitimately sick or unable to work due to lockdown.
Sure a lot more people are buying stuff online, but they've had over half a year to adapt.

I buy most of my automotive requirements from my local Autopro. I walk in, they serve me, I leave.
No BS about covid causing delays.

Originally Posted by Venomous1

tell me about it 6 months later and most of its done will upload more as I go.

I'd hazard a guess that delivery orders numbers are through the roof but everyone still expects theirs quickly.
Kitchens are the same size and staff are working hard including the huge number of delivery riders but it still results in longer wait times.

[Sprintey]

Add an extra week from the city to here in the regions of the State of Disaster.
It is what it is.
Silliest one was ordering in Geelong, it went up to Melbourne first, then back down to Geelong area. The parcel must have thrived on danger.

[Crazy Dazz]

Originally Posted by xxx000

Kitchens are the same size and staff are working hard including the huge number of delivery riders but it still results in longer wait times.

My complaint is organisations unjustifiably blaming everything on covid.

We have had an ongoing issue with Ubereats, to the point that we nolonger use it. When you order something, they then offer free delivery to anyone in your area for certain period of time. That's bad enough, but we live in Wanneroo near the lake. As the crow-flies, we're very close to Joondalup which apparently is all their system works on. Unfortunately there is a ****ing great swamp in the way. So I get a message saying "Sandeep is making a delivery on the way" then sit and watch as he drives my food to Joondalup, and then takes another half an hour to drive back around the lake.
But when I try and complain about this flaw, they blame the delay on Covid

I wanted to get a cheap battery from Repco whilst they still had them on special. So even though my local Repco was closed I was able to place the order online and opt for the $5 delivery charge. Every freakin time I contacted Repco, they told me that delays were due to Covid!?! Why? How?
Finally, on about the 3rd call, they figured out that because my local had been closed, the system had diverted my order to another store
So I got put through to them, and they said they were waiting for me to come and collect the order (even though I paid for delivery.)

Finally got it delivered, and they sent me the wrong ****ing battery.
Apparently Covid is to blame for stupidity too!

[Rallye Sport]

Originally Posted by Crazy Dazz

My complaint is organisations unjustifiably blaming everything on covid.

We have had an ongoing issue with Ubereats, to the point that we nolonger use it. When you order something, they then offer free delivery to anyone in your area for certain period of time. That's bad enough, but we live in Wanneroo near the lake. As the crow-flies, we're very close to Joondalup which apparently is all their system works on. Unfortunately there is a ****ing great swamp in the way. So I get a message saying "Sandeep is making a delivery on the way" then sit and watch as he drives my food to Joondalup, and then takes another half an hour to drive back around the lake.
But when I try and complain about this flaw, they blame the delay on Covid

I wanted to get a cheap battery from Repco whilst they still had them on special. So even though my local Repco was closed I was able to place the order online and opt for the $5 delivery charge. Every freakin time I contacted Repco, they told me that delays were due to Covid!?! Why? How?
Finally, on about the 3rd call, they figured out that because my local had been closed, the system had diverted my order to another store
So I got put through to them, and they said they were waiting for me to come and collect the order (even though I paid for delivery.)

Finally got it delivered, and they sent me the wrong ****ing battery.
Apparently Covid is to blame for stupidity too!

They've been talking about building a bridge over the lake for years

I lived there for many years, plenty of places to get parts and food, hop on your bike and support local maybe? we're not under lockdown. Or head over the lake and join us on the beach side?

[Crazy Dazz]

Originally Posted by Rallye Sport

They've been talking about building a bridge over the lake for years:

CoW will happily build the bridge...
Right after you thieving bastards give us back our Library, Council Building, Train Station, Football Stadium, Basketball Arena and the WANNEROO Wolves.
(Plus the millions in rates you made off with)

Originally Posted by Rallye Sport

plenty of places to get parts

I grab most of my parts from the local Autopro. Or my local Repco in Wangara.

And yes, for most intents and purposes, there is no covid in WA. Sometimes its good to separated from the rest of the world by thousands of miles of ocean and desert.
I'm just waiting for Magoo to announce that he's building a wall.

[marty351]

Originally Posted by Crazy Dazz

My complaint is organisations unjustifiably blaming everything on covid.

We have had an ongoing issue with Ubereats, to the point that we nolonger use it. When you order something, they then offer free delivery to anyone in your area for certain period of time. That's bad enough, but we live in Wanneroo near the lake. As the crow-flies, we're very close to Joondalup which apparently is all their system works on. Unfortunately there is a ****ing great swamp in the way. So I get a message saying "Sandeep is making a delivery on the way" then sit and watch as he drives my food to Joondalup, and then takes another half an hour to drive back around the lake.
But when I try and complain about this flaw, they blame the delay on Covid

I wanted to get a cheap battery from Repco whilst they still had them on special. So even though my local Repco was closed I was able to place the order online and opt for the $5 delivery charge. Every freakin time I contacted Repco, they told me that delays were due to Covid!?! Why? How?
Finally, on about the 3rd call, they figured out that because my local had been closed, the system had diverted my order to another store
So I got put through to them, and they said they were waiting for me to come and collect the order (even though I paid for delivery.)

Finally got it delivered, and they sent me the wrong ****ing battery.
Apparently Covid is to blame for stupidity too!

With regards to food delivery services, don't ever use them. Got to product review and look at the ratings these services get, then read some of tbe reviews.
As far as I'm concerned, there is a racket going on between the deliverers stealing food and then either eating it themselves (I've seen this happen in front of where I live), on-selling or giving it to family or friends, and the companies themselves, holding customers to account for their mistakes, structuring payment, refund and enquiries/complaints to nowhere.
DO NOT USE THEM.

If the restaurant doesn't have an in-house delivery service, get the food yourself.

[russellw]

47 new cases for Australia and for the first time since July 14th (65 days), zero deaths so the CMR drops to 3.052% and active cases drop to 2,271. NSW recorded 7 cases, Queensland 1 and the balance were in Victoria. The Victorian State 14 day moving average is now 60.29 with metro at 49.6 (81 unknown) and regional at 3.5 with only 1 unknown and we know that regional areas have moved to Step 3 effective tonight.

3 new cases and zero deaths for NZ so CMR is 1.333% and active cases fall to 87.

The UK had 3,103 new cases yesterday. We know they are now not counting their mortalities by the WHO guidelines so we are going to ignore those figures.

Just over 38k new cases in the USA yesterday and 480 deaths sees CMR fall to 2.948% and active cases drop to 37.4% with the raw numbers dropping again. While there has been some improvement this last week, the USA will likely pass 200k deaths sometime today. Note that the USA is actually minus one day due to time differences.

Other notable points:
India completes 58M, Russia 41M, UK 20M and Poland 3M tests;
India passes 5M cases;

Angola (130), Palestine (888) and Nepal (1,459) all recorded new daily highs; those in blue for the second consecutive day and those in red for a third or more consecutive day.

[burnz]

Originally Posted by russellw

47 new cases for Australia and for the first time since July 14th (65 days), zero deaths so the CMR drops to 3.052% and active cases drop to 2,271. NSW recorded 7 cases, Queensland 1 and the balance were in Victoria. The Victorian State 14 day moving average is now 60.29 with metro at 49.6 (81 unknown) and regional at 3.5 with only 1 unknown and we know that regional areas have moved to Step 3 effective tonight.

3 new cases and zero deaths for NZ so CMR is 1.333% and active cases fall to 87.

The UK had 3,103 new cases yesterday. We know they are now not counting their mortalities by the WHO guidelines so we are going to ignore those figures.

Just over 38k new cases in the USA yesterday and 480 deaths sees CMR fall to 2.948% and active cases drop to 37.4% with the raw numbers dropping again. While there has been some improvement this last week, the USA will likely pass 200k deaths sometime today. Note that the USA is actually minus one day due to time differences.

Other notable points:
India completes 58M, Russia 41M, UK 20M and Poland 3M tests;
India passes 5M cases;

Angola (130), Palestine (888) and Nepal (1,459) all recorded new daily highs; those in blue for the second consecutive day and those in red for a third or more consecutive day.

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[falcon_bandit]

Originally Posted by Crazy Dazz

I am really getting sick of everyone blaming everything on Covid
especially in Perth... .

Any parcel from China seems to sit in quarantine for 3 weeks before it moves on. Had some exhaust work done recently, and found multiple shops had barely any stock, and a 1 month estimate to get more in. Ended up ordering online and even they only sent me half my order

[tweeked]

The "reduce staff to 1/3" in Victoria is causing a flow on throughout the country. 1/3 of the sorting staff in Sunshine means unsorted parcel fro Melbourne are diverted, sending even Melbourne local parcels to go often by Chullora in Sydney. Chullora sortation centre is therefore running behind. And it spreads from there.

[Tickford.]

Not so good result overnight for VIC compared to yesterday's.

As of 11am today, 42 new cases and 8 additional lives lost in the 24 hours to.

[cs123]

Originally Posted by Tickford.

Not so good result overnight for VIC compared to yesterday's.

As of 11am today, 42 new cases and 8 additional lives lost in the 24 hours to.

I think you need to look at the testing rate too

[FairmontGS]

I see that a study out today reckons that 60k Australians have had the plague without ever reporting based on anti-body results from testing. The wife and I had the worst case of flu ever back in January which I reckon I got on the train to work. We were bed-ridden for a week, vomiting, snot, the whole lot.

I might go get tested and see if that was Wu-flu.

[Tickford.]

Originally Posted by FairmontGS

I see that a study out today reckons that 60k Australians have had the plague without ever reporting based on anti-body results from testing.

Yes, that was an ANU report released this morning. The study was conducted just before Australia's second wave of outbreaks.

"We screened 3,000 blood samples provided by healthy people around Australia for antibodies to the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.

"Our best estimate is that around 0.28 per cent of Australians - one in 350 - had been infected with SARS-CoV-2 by that time. This suggests that instead of 11,000 cases we know about from nasal swab testing, about 70,000 people had been exposed overall," said Associate Professor Cockburn.

https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news...covid-19-cases

[Bossxr8]

Originally Posted by FairmontGS

I see that a study out today reckons that 60k Australians have had the plague without ever reporting based on anti-body results from testing. The wife and I had the worst case of flu ever back in January which I reckon I got on the train to work. We were bed-ridden for a week, vomiting, snot, the whole lot.

I might go get tested and see if that was Wu-flu.

If that is true, then it just proves that it really is no more deadly than the normal flu. Just a lot more contagious.

[Polyal]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

If that is true, then it just proves that it really is no more deadly than the normal flu. Just a lot more contagious.

From Russ, "The USA passes 200k deaths".

Would be interesting to know in a previous year, in the same time frame, how many people died from the "normal" flu.

If its anywhere near that I would be amazed.

[Bossxr8]

Originally Posted by Polyal

From Russ, "The USA passes 200k deaths".

Would be interesting to know in a previous year, in the same time frame, how many people died from the "normal" flu.

If its anywhere near that I would be amazed.

In terms of the death rate per 1000 cases.

It's much more infectious and spreads easier. So of course the numbers of deaths will be higher. The flu doesn't spread around like Covid does.

[Polyal]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

In terms of the death rate per 1000 cases.

It's much more infectious and spreads easier. So of course the numbers of deaths will be higher. The flu doesn't spread around like Covid does.

I guess we can cut the stats anyway we like, but, at the end of the day its about the end result.

To me if the total death count is 20, 30, 40..<+% higher than the flu then Id call that "more deadly" than the flu. The fact that it is more contagious is interesting but just a cause/reason. It could be even more contagious but if the death count is low then what does it matter.

[Work Horse]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

If that is true, then it just proves that it really is no more deadly than the normal flu. Just a lot more contagious.

Rubbish

[Bossxr8]

Originally Posted by Work Horse

Rubbish

It's so deadly that 60,000 people didn't even know they had it, according to that report.

[Mulva]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

It's so deadly that 60,000 people didn't even know they had it, according to that report.

I think the real measurement for how deadly something is is usually how many deaths it causes, no?

[FairmontGS]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

If that is true, then it just proves that it really is no more deadly than the normal flu. Just a lot more contagious.

Quite the opposite actually - I don't remember ever been so ill in my life - days shivering and sweating under a pile of blankets (in summer), hacking cough to the point I coughed blood at one stage, hard to get a decent breath in and heart palpitations. And I have above average fitness.

If it was CV19, I can see how it would easily carry off 60+ YOs and people with an underlying illness.

[Polyal]

Originally Posted by FairmontGS

Quite the opposite actually - I don't remember ever been so ill in my life - days shivering and sweating under a pile of blankets (in summer), hacking cough to the point I coughed blood at one stage, hard to get a decent breath in and heart palpitations. And I have above average fitness.

If it was CV19, I can see how it would easily carry off 60+ YOs and people with an underlying illness.

I got the "flu", ended up being influenza B (I think..or A..cant quite remember). I was out for 2 days and average for a couple more. I am the same, 38 and in good shape.

[Trevor 57]

This is my post first in this thread, I just wanted to tell you that I LIVE IN REGIONAL VICTORIA

[buggerlugs]

Originally Posted by Trevor 57

This is my post first in this thread, I just wanted to tell you that I LIVE IN REGIONAL VICTORIA

Yeah, but your still in Victoria, ya poor bugger........

[russellw]

Originally Posted by buggerlugs

Yeah, but your still in Victoria, ya poor bugger........

Originally Posted by marty351

Now you can come visit us in Melbourne! We've missed you!

NO he can't. At the current restriction levels travel into Zone 4 is not allowed except for the same reasons that were allowed last week. In fact, for us, the reduction in restrictions and the subsequent clampdown on the exits from Melbourne actually make the limited (legitimate) travel into that area harder as we will now end up queueing on the way back for inspection.

[Trevor 57]

Originally Posted by buggerlugs

Yeah, but your still in Victoria, ya poor bugger........

Plenty to see in Victoria, went to the Big Dessert earlier this year (june'ish - just before the BIG lock down). I had been there before but my wife hadn't, spent a week there.

Got lots of favourites places to visit, 2 are in the diary, and I might throw in a weekender nice and close (Murray River only an hour away)