Yes, Covid still hasn't gone away and Australians are still dying every week.
https://covidlive.com.au/44
deaths reported again last week... and that's without death numbers from several States.
Cases and hospitalisations are on the way up again even if deaths are gradually being "hidden".
Expect case numbers to take a dramatic drop next week after NSW and WA close their RAT portals on Monday so positive RATs can no longer be reported and recorded.
As Covid Live is starting to become a little unreliable these days here's the "real" numbers as far as can be ascertained:
https://nitter.net/BigBadDenis/status/1707676061352481187#m50
deaths not 44 as reported by Covid Live.
And, if this isn't enough to wake people up (it won't, of course) then I don't know what will.
https://nitter.net/DrMLivingston/status/1707771402898780352#mMichael is in WA so I'm sure BA.2.86 (Pirola) has already spread to the rest of Australia by now.
Quote:Well that rounds out another exciting week of 🦠 dodging.
Where are we up to now? RSV, HPIV-3, hMPV and what else to knock them out the park?
COVID is back.
Of course it is.
I know for runs and giggles it has to be BA.2.86 (Pirola) due to the way the patient contracted the virus.
Masks? Of course not.
Vaccinated? Of course not.
Needing my help, as shock horror, natural immunity isn’t doing a single thing to help them.
So eye protection, mask, HEPA, VirX/Envoid, Glen20, Surface Wipes, Ventilation and now the dreaded wait begins…like the times before, again and again and again for the eventual positive RATs and community spread, if, indeed people even bother testing anymore?
No, of course they don't bother testing because they believe that all they have is a "cold" (or hay fever).
In addition, the national disgrace that is Covid aged care deaths continues unabated:
https://nitter.net/BigBadDenis/status/1707658700654350828#m Quote:COVID-19 outbreaks in Australian residential aged care facilities: 28 September 2023
🔹Active cases: 927 (+101)
🔹Active outbreaks: 142 (+29)
🔹Residents: 695 (+89)
🔹Staff: 232 (+12)
🔹Reported deaths in 2023: 1,113 (+9)
Quote:🔸5,880 aged care COVID deaths since beginning of pandemic
🔸686 reported deaths in 2020
🔸226 reported deaths in 2021
🔸3,855 reported deaths in 2022
🔸1,113 reported deaths in 2023
And this will no doubt continue while we have a Federal Aged Care Minister (Anika Wells) who spends more time promoting sport (her other portfolio) than she does dealing with Aged Care and doing something about the Covid deaths.