greggerypeccary wrote on Nov 15^th, 2022 at 5:02pm:


I can't believe how we've gone from the best place in the world to be during this pandemic to one of the worst (if not THE worst) in such a short space of time.

There's too much of this "oh, it isn't mandated anymore so we don't have to do it now" BS going on. I'm still a bit stunned about when I took my aunt to see her GP last week and the first thing the receptionist told us was "you don't need to wear the masks anymore if you don't want to".

I also have to take my aunt to the Belmont Seniors Centre tomorrow morning to have her hair done and help out a bit with making coffees, etc. like she does every Wednesday. If she's still the only one there wearing a mask like she has been for the past few months I'm going to stop taking her there which will no doubt cause a row between us but I don't care.

I really hope your mother gets through this, Greg.

Belgarion wrote on Nov 15^th, 2022 at 5:02pm:


He's aleady given it up on November 4th.

WA’s State of Emergency to end 12.01am November 4, 2022

And, unfortunately, the vaccines (while saving many, many lives) are now hardly effective against the latest variants.

Our governments went for the "vaccines only then let it rip" approach which has proved to be a disaster but they won't admit they've made a big mistake and at least make some sort of effort to stop the uncontrolled spread of this rapidly mutating, vaccine and now antiviral evading virus like mandating masks.

Plus they're obviously afraid of the backlash from their corporate masters and a large part of the population who consider it a major inconvenience to wear a mask to protect the elderly and vulnerable.

Hmm...

COVID in WA: Chief Health Officer Andy Robertson tips new virus wave to peak in early December

Paywalled as usual but you get the idea.

A few days ago we were being told it was going to be late November.

What's the bet it won't now be updated to mid or late December? Can't interfere with that all important Christmas shopping and spending spree, can we? Not to mention people booking flights for holidays, etc.

And, I'm betting after the "peak" the numbers won't start to come down too quickly... the only reason why they do come down between "waves" is because people become complacent and don't bother getting tested.

I've seen a few comments from people the past week where they're saying things like "Oh, it looks like Covid has returned". NEWS FLASH - it never went away (except in the media, of course).

Jovial Monk wrote on Nov 16^th, 2022 at 9:57am:


Yeah, but she's just fed up with being in and out of hospital all the time (16 admissions in the last 12 months).

She's giving up and is reluctant to take her medication, including the anti-virals.

Took me two hours yesterday to slowly feed her all the meds crushed up in yoghurt.

If I'm not there the staff don't have the time to do that, so she goes without sometimes.

When I got into the hospital at 10am yesterday she just wanted to die.

By the time I left at around 1pm she had perked up, and agreed to continue treatment (she has a wonderful doctor).

But it just drains me so much - every minute of the day I'm thinking about her laying there in the bed wasting away.

I have to get one of my kids to the airport and back over to the eastern states today, and want to have lunch with them before they go, so I won't get to see mum until later in the afternoon.

I'm dreading what she'll be like by then.

I need to call some people this morning to get some help - I'm just worn out after two years of looking after my parents and losing Dad earlier this year (I have no other family here to help me).

Anyway, COVID is alive and well in Perth - apart from my mother there are at least half a dozen other patients (that I've seen) in RPH with the virus.

I'm very disappointed in McGowan - he's going down the 'economy over lives' path now, and many people are going to die or get very sick around Christmas because of it.

At the very least he should be mandating masks in all shopping areas and public transport, but he doesn't even want to do that.

Hang in there Greg and don't hesitate to get extra help for your mother if you need to.

I was asked by my aunt's GP earlier this year (in private) if I needed any help with looking after my aunt but I said I'm OK for the moment. Like you, I don't have anyone else to help me.

If I didn't have a car I would definitely have to get help because I would never have my aunt taking public transport or even taxis these days. Actually, if it wasn't for my aunt I probably would have got rid of the car by now to save myself a lot of money (she does give me quite a bit towards it and I appreciate that of course) and the less money I have to pay to governments the happier I will be.

We do have relatives (my cousin and his wife) living in Secret Harbour who I'm sure would help us out if needed, they were meant to come and visit us last week but he's sick and his wife is worried about getting whatever he's got and then one or both of them passing it on to us.

He believes it isn't Covid because he's done 2 RAT's and they're both negative. I advised him to also get a PCR test (if he can get one) but I haven't heard anything more from them so far.

Carl D wrote on Nov 16^th, 2022 at 4:33pm:


I just got back from the airport.

Nobody inside was wearing a mask, and lots of people were coughing without even covering their mouths.

Christmas is gonna be a disaster this year.

Yes.

"Lost" somewhere by the WA government so it would seem.

No doubt in much the same way as this appears to have been "lost" by the Federal government.

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Article 12, Section (c)

Quote:


Mind you, that was adopted on 16 December 1966 by General Assembly resolution 2200A (XXI) so it's quite possible our current Federal government may need to be reminded of their obligations with them being the bunch of "forgetful" old fogeys they appear to be.

Which is what I'm hoping some human rights lawyers are doing right now.