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96

deaths reported for Australia this week.

https://covidlive.com.au/

Actually, it's 98 deaths because South Australia reported 12 deaths not 10.

Approximately 3,000 more cases than last week. 120 more in hospital and 8 more in ICU.

"Sneakers" McGowan has almost 1,000 West Australian Covid deaths to his name - 999 as of this week. 990 of them in the past 12 months since the WA border finally opened. Shame, Mark, Shame.

And 19,856 (19,858) deaths for the whole country since the start of the pandemic. Shame, Australia, Shame.

Carl D wrote on Apr 7^th, 2023 at 1:11pm:


I don't know about you, but if you are dying from a disease that has mild symptoms, you probably would not have been enjoying last Christmas, let alone be worried about Easter festivities. One Australian dies every 3 minutes, from all manner of death.

Let us break down the health of these 77 people that died with covid. They would be elderly or those with compromised immune systems. Are you seriously trying to say that these 77 dead people would have been very healthy if they did not have covid?

Carl D wrote on Apr 7^th, 2023 at 1:57pm:


Leaving so soon? You have invested a lot of time on this topic. It might do you some good to learn a thing or two before you post next.

We are all going to die. The only question is "when?". Someone who is elderly has a strong chance that they are not going to get up in the morning. Their heart may give out. They might succumb to some medical condition. Or their organs shut down one by one until they go from being mobile to bedridden or in a wheelchair until they die some time later. Someone elderly getting covid would deteriorate their condition. But the covid did not give them their condition in the first place. And whilst they are likely to die from their disease and their medical condition sooner because of their virus, they were likely to die within that year.

I have worked with people who have compromised immunity. One girl's mother had a condition that made her susceptible to being sick. Having caught covid last year, this girl had to be very cautious about getting her mother sick. But, her mother was the one that caught covid and passed the disease on to her. Both patients made a satisfactory recovery, despite their compromised immunity.

You can make all the emotional arguments you want. But the reality of life is that it ends. 99.8% of covid patients do not die. And if you research those that do die with covid, they are mostly elderly and/or immune-compromised people. If they don't die of covid, they are more likely to die from the common cold or influenza. I mean, my father is a diabetic. His type 2 condition is worse than mine. But, he could undo his health problems if he only listened to the health advice of his retired nurse wife. I come around to his place some time to see him looking all the more frail some days because he let himself get to that stage of health. If he died of covid, it won't be the disease that I would be blaming for his death.

I get the feeling that there are a lot of people out there that would not mind seeing an increase in deaths in nursing homes, just to cut down on the age pension expenses.

My mother was in RPH for an operation this week.

She's still very sick, and in a lot of pain.

However, the doctors called me yesterday and told me to come pick her up asap.

"This hospital is full of COVID, and your mother stands a much better chance of survival at home than she does here - she's waiting on the street in her wheelchair, with the discharge papers on her lap along with a box of antibiotics.  Good luck".

And you know what, they still don't make you wear a mask in the hospital and you can squeeze as many people into a lift as you can fit.

Absolute insanity.