Barnaby Joyce condemns the protestors at the Shrine of Remembrance and supports the mandatory vaccines for workers, but not for his lot, the politicians.
Having a bob each way. Astounding hypocrisy.
He and his wife are social climbers, clinging to the Deputy PM and deputy PMs wife roles. Say anything, support any policy that will enhance their positions and keep their high positions in Australian life. I think one needs to be circumspect with anything they may endorse or support.
Breaking point for big four hospitals
The four largest hospitals in northern Queensland issued ‘code yellow’ alarms on Tuesday, asking ambulances to divert as their beds neared capacity.
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The Qld government says there is no covid, so what is filling up the hospitals?
Jim Molan states the obvious: that the chunks will soon own Taiwan, then the Pacific and little ole Australia within 5-10 years. Australia will only be able to sell iron ore and coal to the slanty bastards for about 2 more years before the russian supplies take over.
‘Hair and makeup artist Marc Pilcher died of COVID-19 on Sunday at the age of 53. He was double vaccinated and had no underlying health conditions, according to his agency Curtis Brown.
“It is with the deepest of hearts we confirm that Marc Elliot Pilcher, Academy Award Nominee and Emmy Award winning hair and makeup designer/stylist, passed away after a battle with Covid-19 on Sunday 3rd October 2021,” his family told Variety in a statement via Curtis Brown.
Pilcher recently scored the Creative Emmy for Outstanding Period And/Or Character Hairstyling on Sept. 11 for his work on Netflix’s “Bridgerton.”
The designer had tested negative on several COVID-19 tests in order to make the trip to the ceremony; however, shortly after his return home, he fell sick…’
Ah – those were the days. Harvesting Australia’s best from the drain in the park at Wallsend – and using it to catch big niggers (luderick, if you prefer) off the rocks at Newcastle.
“Boss, all the North Queensland hospitals are at full capacity and cannot take any more patients. They are turning people away. I want to investigate, just so that we can rule out any possible links to the covid vaccines.”
Editor:
“Turn around, walk out and shut the door behind you, and I will pretend I never heard that.”
Orlando Magic’s Jonathan Isaac pushes back on NBA vaccine policy
Oct. 05, 2021 – 6:47 – Professional basketball player joins ‘Fox News @ Night’ to discuss the increased pressure for NBA players to get vaccinated
That Prague Transmission 2021 gig is off the charts! Time for another glass of wine. I haven’t spotted a mask yet. Good to see a minimal amount of people watching it on their phones. Some of the imagery used is a bit disconcerting, but hey, so be it. The Egyptian imagery looks fantastic. A few people in the older demographic are in the crowd, too. Good to see.
Ashes is ‘doomed’ due to Australia’s ‘authoritarian’ behaviour: Farage
Brexit leader Nigel Farage says the Ashes cricket series is “doomed” because of how “authoritarian” Australia has become amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Mr Farage said although there are “major sporting events taking place” around the world, the English cricket team has expressed concerns about the harsh requirements in place for Australian sporting events. “Teams are flying around the world; some normality has returned to the world – apart from Australia,” he told Sky News host Rita Panahi. “If I was a professional cricketer, I wouldn’t go near Australia right now. “I think what you’ll see is most of our senior players will say to hell with it, we’re just not gonna go.”
I see a Big Pharma apologist and defender at Dover’s. Disgusting. Bill gates would be proud. The head is so buried up his a*se, I wonder how he takes a piss at night without bouncing into walls and tripping up over himself with the inevitable call to wifey to come pick him up off the floor before he even comes close to making it to the dunny. A bit hard to see where you going when faced with the innards of the colon.
Good stuff THG. I remember this bloke at around 12k subs from memory?
All the best to him. Was not impressed when sussietube caused him grief pertaining to the Cowra break out clip he did. Some dropkick complained. He was genuinely perplexed at the time, as was many. Congrats to his wife, too. She is a fine researcher.
History is not always pleasant, but Susan still found cause to screw him over because…feelings. No cash generated from that clip and it signified the rot that started to set in what we know as sussietube today.
Unfortunately, I was bombarded with it on the repetitive FM stations for years. A lot of good songs I have avoided because of that. Happy to say it was good listening to it again.
‘Just 15,000 people attended the running of Europe’s richest horse race in Paris, 27,000 fewer than in 2019. It’s all the proof needed that if vaccine passports and travel restrictions are the new normal, big events are doomed.
It may be Europe’s richest flat race, but in 2021 you needed to clear quite a few hurdles to get into ParisLongchamp Racecourse to watch the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.’
Queensland hospitals are ramping and diverting because the relentless expansion of QH over the last five years has been focussed on corporate reporting and public health policies, not on actual service delivery or hospital services. Clipboards not bedpans.
And before then there was the Bligh Government decision to scale back plans for more hospitals and centralise in inner Brisbane, as hey, in our Glorious Peoples’ Utopian future people will be able to be treated from home and we won’t need those stinking expensive hospitals, so we can spend money on other stuff.
There are not enough people in Qld being vaccinated anyway for the barely measurable and minuscule number of complications to make a measurable dint in QH’s myriad problems.
“There are not enough people in Qld being vaccinated anyway for the barely measurable and minuscule number of complications to make a measurable dint in QH’s myriad problems.”
Been in gaol Entrop, haven’t heard from you for a long time. Didn’t Newman dump a whole lot of pen pushers from health? Only to be replaced with more union fee paying parasites by aenasthesia pony.
Vermont, the state with the highest vaccination ratein the United States, is experiencing a virus surge at levels not seen since the pandemic’s peak last winter.
The number of cases in Vermont is at a record level, hospitalizations are close to the records made last winter, and the state recorded the deadliest day and the second deadliest month of the pandemic in September.
“I think it’s clearly frustrating for all of us,” said Michael Pieciak, commissioner of the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation who monitors virus statistics for the state.
More than 69 percent of Vermont’s population has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Sept. 24, according to the CDC, far above the national rate of 56 percent.
The state recorded the highest rate of hospitalizations per 100,000 residents on Sept. 30, breaching a record set on Jan. 31, 2020. Eight people reportedly died of the virus in Vermont on Sept. 13, the highest total recorded in the state so far.
In late August, four of ten cases of COVID-19 in Vermont were among vaccinated people, according to a letter signed by 90 employees of the Vermont Health Department, including state Epidemiologist Patsy Kelso.
Gov. Phil Scott, a Republican, lifted the state of emergency in Vermont in June when 80 percent of the population had received at least one shot of the vaccine. He has since indicated he’s wary of reimposing the state of emergency.
“We can’t be in a perpetual state of emergency,” Scott said this week.
The four states that follow Vermont in terms of the highest vaccination rates in the nation are also experiencing alarming signs.
The head of UMass Memorial Health, the largest health system in central Massachusetts, said recently that regional hospitals were seeing nearly 20 times more COVID-19 patients than in June, and there isn’t an ICU bed to spare. Massachusetts has the fifth-highest vaccination rate in the nation.
In Connecticut, the second-most-vaccinated state, the legislature recently extended the governor’s emergency powers to make it easier to cope with the latest wave of the pandemic.
On Sept. 22, Maine, the third-most-vaccinated U.S. state, had nearly 90 people in intensive care units, a pandemic peak for the state…
Hendra in the home made rum? People of FNQ, please dab some Milton on your frogs before licking them….
By LYDIA LYNCH9:10AM OCTOBER 6, 2021
The four largest hospitals in northern Queensland issued “code yellow’’ alarms on Tuesday, asking ambulances to divert as their beds neared capacity – a situation described by emergency doctors as “unprecedented’’.
Amid a funding row between Annastacia Palaszczuk and Scott Morrison on Tuesday, hospitals in Townsville, Cairns, Mackay and Mount Isa sounded separate “code yellow” capacity alarms.
Australian College for Emergency Medicine president John Bonning said the declaration of four code yellows in one day was “unprecedented”. The Queensland Premier last week warned she may not open her state’s borders even when vaccination coverage reached 80 per cent, demanding more federal money for the health system.
But the Prime Minister has described the demand as “shakedown politics” and said the commonwealth had given states and territories significant funding.
“NSW is getting on with it, Victoria is getting on with it, so Queensland needs to get on with it,” Mr Morrison said.
According to data obtained by The Australian, however, major Queensland hospitals are already at capacity despite the low number of Covid-19 cases.
Cairns Hospital, which has 668 beds, including 16 in its intensive care unit, was at 94 per cent capacity when it declared a code yellow on Tuesday
In Townsville, chief medical officer Niall Small does not expect to lift the emergency declaration at the city’s 742-bed hospital until Wednesday night.
Every one of Mount Isa’s 64 beds was being used on Tuesday night, including five in the ICU. Capacity also hit 100 per cent at Mackay Base Hospital, which has 243 beds, nine of which are in intensive care or high-dependency units.
Dr Bonning said hospitals in Queensland were in “crisis’’.
Annastacia Palaszczuk’s healthcare demand a ‘desperate attempt’
“EDs are full, wards are full, ambulances are ramped and there are not enough staff,” he told The Australian. “Our members have told us there have been deaths in waiting rooms in Queensland. Patients have died as a result of delay in care.
“Imagine if this was NSW or Victoria and you had Covid in the community, well, it is not too far away, given (the virus) is quite endemic in NSW and Victoria it is coming to Queensland soon.”
Kim Hansen, an emergency physician who chairs the Australian Medical Association’s ramping roundtable, said code yellows across north Queensland would cause a “gridlock” because patients were routinely transferred across the four hospitals.
“I would feel worried if there was a Covid outbreak tomorrow and what that would mean for Queensland’s emergency departments,” she said.
The Australian in early October revealed a discussion paper drawn up by top health officials from four states warned the hospital system was buckling under the strain – not only of Covid-19 but also routine care. The officials said the government should consider deploying GPs to hospital emergency departments to tackle workforce shortages.
National cabinet has discussed plans to surge ICU capacity as the hospital system comes under attack from rising case numbers as NSW and Victoria lift restrictions and state borders are reopened.
In NSW, there are 978 patients in hospital with Covid-19, down from a peak of almost 1300 in mid-September. There are 190 patients in ICU wards, with 94 requiring ventilation.
In Victoria, there are 517 people in hospital with Covid-19, with 101 of those in ICU. Just 6 per cent were fully vaccinated, with 66 per cent not having had a single dose of any Covid-19 vaccine.
отлично! Time to make a coffee and watch the show. 38:18.
Bald and Bankrupt:
🇷🇺The Trans-Siberian train, who hasn’t dreamt of taking it across this leviathan of a country? Well not me to be honest but somehow I decided to override my dread of endless train rides to show you what nobody has shown you before. The real Trans-Siberian. This isn’t a package tour, nothing is booked in advance. It’s just me on my own hopping from town to town on whichever train is leaving next, meeting locals, drinking vodka, avoiding snorers, exploring Russia. Join me!
Mates old man travelled on the Trans-Siberian. Supposedly saw something at night and was taken off, held for three days then let go. He wasn’t even a pretend spook. Wanting to buy heavy machine tools. This was in the early 70’s. Seem to recall he imported a helical gear cutter.
‘As you may have heard, we have had distressing reports from members at Caboolture Hospital in relation to patient safety concerns and unsafe work practices. The shocking allegations made by our Caboolture Hospital members include “hacked” and preventable deaths, a staff member assaulting a patient and bullying of those who speak out in the interests of patient safety.
Our nurses are crying out for a solution to this issue and fear that their registrations may be at risk.
The NPAQ is calling for all non-urgent surgeries at Caboolture hospital to be suspended after claims of unsafe practices are investigated.
We have written numerous letters urging the Executives to protect Queensland Health employees and patients at Caboolture Hospital by launching an official investigation into the matter.’
I’ve worked as a clinician in those 4 hospitals. They’ve always been stretched and they’re designed to run at close to capacity so docs and nurses aren’t sitting around doing nothing. Day to day flow is fairly predictable so you can roster for that but it doesn’t take much to overwhelm the staff on the ground – significant accident, couple of heart attacks and yes, “bonus payments” spent in the bottle shop with the resulting fight injuries. But there’s a massive spend on bureaucracy and health promotion and awareness and that’s a lot of people in offices doing, um, well, there’s lots of computers and paper. Behind the scenes “cases” (people) are referred to these services in order to future-change their drinking, smoking, eating so it won’t happen again.
There has been a massive shift from department to agency employment which is very expensive. Other than security there’s nothing to be gained from working for QHealth. I’ve no idea if vax injuries are contributing but dept seems to be saying not. I had a few years off and when I went back I couldn’t believe how much more bureaucratic and unrealistic it had become. More hoops for clinicians to jump through before they can send someone home. “Support services have to be in place before discharge”. Does Joe Drinker or Joe Smoker want these support services? No. But “best practice”.
The Southwestern Airlines shot reminded me of wide aisles, large seats, proper cutlery, beautiful young hostesses saying to Dad “Coffee, tea, or me?”, and trips up to the flight deck.
This will strike a chord with some or be flicked away like dandruff on the shoulders with others. Each to their own.
Cool clip in my book. 👌
So In Love With You. Duke
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I don’t miss anything from the old Cat.
Only Cohenite reminds me of the old Cat due to his effeminate gravatar reminding me of Lizzie’s old gravatar.
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Barnaby Joyce condemns the protestors at the Shrine of Remembrance and supports the mandatory vaccines for workers, but not for his lot, the politicians.
Having a bob each way. Astounding hypocrisy.
He and his wife are social climbers, clinging to the Deputy PM and deputy PMs wife roles. Say anything, support any policy that will enhance their positions and keep their high positions in Australian life. I think one needs to be circumspect with anything they may endorse or support.
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Breaking point for big four hospitals
The four largest hospitals in northern Queensland issued ‘code yellow’ alarms on Tuesday, asking ambulances to divert as their beds neared capacity.
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The Qld government says there is no covid, so what is filling up the hospitals?
Vaccine injuries?
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Taking a break from the gloom.
Posted on the retired CAT a while ago. Good fun.
Enjoy the show. 😎
Yello – The Race (Live In Berlin / 2016)
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Jim Molan states the obvious: that the chunks will soon own Taiwan, then the Pacific and little ole Australia within 5-10 years. Australia will only be able to sell iron ore and coal to the slanty bastards for about 2 more years before the russian supplies take over.
No worries, sleepy joe has their measure.
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Good vaccine you have there…
‘Hair and makeup artist Marc Pilcher died of COVID-19 on Sunday at the age of 53. He was double vaccinated and had no underlying health conditions, according to his agency Curtis Brown.
“It is with the deepest of hearts we confirm that Marc Elliot Pilcher, Academy Award Nominee and Emmy Award winning hair and makeup designer/stylist, passed away after a battle with Covid-19 on Sunday 3rd October 2021,” his family told Variety in a statement via Curtis Brown.
Pilcher recently scored the Creative Emmy for Outstanding Period And/Or Character Hairstyling on Sept. 11 for his work on Netflix’s “Bridgerton.”
The designer had tested negative on several COVID-19 tests in order to make the trip to the ceremony; however, shortly after his return home, he fell sick…’
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weedy
= = = =
Ah – those were the days. Harvesting Australia’s best from the drain in the park at Wallsend – and using it to catch big niggers (luderick, if you prefer) off the rocks at Newcastle.
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I see the blog is yet to realise the benefits of Daylight Saving.
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“The Qld government says there is no covid, so what is filling up the hospitals?
Vaccine injuries?”
Quiet likely.
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Mh
《The Qld government says there is no covid, so what is filling up the hospitals?
Vaccine injuries?》
No doubt, at all.
In some respects, I’m over this covid mania. On the other it’s like a slow motion train wreck.
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‘Hair and makeup artist Marc Pilcher died of COVID-19 on Sunday at the age of 53.’
Of AIDS.
‘He was double vaccinated and had no underlying health conditions’
Except for AIDS.
‘however, shortly after his return home, he fell sick…’
With AIDS.
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KD, check out VicPol:
Grocery shoppers under attack in suburban Melbourne, Australia
https://rumble.com/vna7jj-grocery-shoppers-under-attack-in-suburban-melbourne-australia.html
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[ Scroll alert] It is trance music.
That stage lighting is mintox. Great memories associated with this tune. Mid nineties, though this has been remixed. What date, I am not sure.
Paul van Dyk – Nothing But You vs For An Angel LIVE at Transmission
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Ross River virus?
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Courier Mail journalist knocks on Editor’s door:
“Boss, all the North Queensland hospitals are at full capacity and cannot take any more patients. They are turning people away. I want to investigate, just so that we can rule out any possible links to the covid vaccines.”
Editor:
“Turn around, walk out and shut the door behind you, and I will pretend I never heard that.”
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Good luck hosting an event such as this in OZ today. No f*cking chance!
“Don’t hide your inner feelings behind a mask”…cheeky 😊
PAUL VAN DYK ▼ TRANSMISSION PRAGUE 2021: Behind The Mask [FULL 4K SET]
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Tina Toon
Tyranny Down Under
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Sensible young man
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Orlando Magic’s Jonathan Isaac pushes back on NBA vaccine policy
Oct. 05, 2021 – 6:47 – Professional basketball player joins ‘Fox News @ Night’ to discuss the increased pressure for NBA players to get vaccinated
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Bloomin heck!
That Prague Transmission 2021 gig is off the charts! Time for another glass of wine. I haven’t spotted a mask yet. Good to see a minimal amount of people watching it on their phones. Some of the imagery used is a bit disconcerting, but hey, so be it. The Egyptian imagery looks fantastic. A few people in the older demographic are in the crowd, too. Good to see.
Wish I was there to see and hear it live.
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Ashes is ‘doomed’ due to Australia’s ‘authoritarian’ behaviour: Farage
Brexit leader Nigel Farage says the Ashes cricket series is “doomed” because of how “authoritarian” Australia has become amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Mr Farage said although there are “major sporting events taking place” around the world, the English cricket team has expressed concerns about the harsh requirements in place for Australian sporting events. “Teams are flying around the world; some normality has returned to the world – apart from Australia,” he told Sky News host Rita Panahi. “If I was a professional cricketer, I wouldn’t go near Australia right now. “I think what you’ll see is most of our senior players will say to hell with it, we’re just not gonna go.”
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I see a Big Pharma apologist and defender at Dover’s. Disgusting. Bill gates would be proud. The head is so buried up his a*se, I wonder how he takes a piss at night without bouncing into walls and tripping up over himself with the inevitable call to wifey to come pick him up off the floor before he even comes close to making it to the dunny. A bit hard to see where you going when faced with the innards of the colon.
Geez. Perhaps an imposter?
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@Steve tickler
check this
DIVINYLS – Pleasure & Pain (1985) HD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5boYiMktOvs
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Good stuff THG. I remember this bloke at around 12k subs from memory?
All the best to him. Was not impressed when sussietube caused him grief pertaining to the Cowra break out clip he did. Some dropkick complained. He was genuinely perplexed at the time, as was many. Congrats to his wife, too. She is a fine researcher.
History is not always pleasant, but Susan still found cause to screw him over because…feelings. No cash generated from that clip and it signified the rot that started to set in what we know as sussietube today.
Thanks a Million!
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Lame pics.
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A classic, FP.
Unfortunately, I was bombarded with it on the repetitive FM stations for years. A lot of good songs I have avoided because of that. Happy to say it was good listening to it again.
Cheers.
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‘Meanwhile JC was also drilling cohenite’
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Those two boys!
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You are welcome, Srr.
It is good to see separate blogs existing. Not happy with the put downs though coming from some. I’ll leave it at that.
Bigger things to worry about.
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I love her ( musically speaking ) to bits. Tough gig to perform without making a mistake. The entire crew are on the ball.😊
Sleep well, all.
Music once posted on the retired CAT. Have a look.
Ennio Morricone – Gabriel’s Oboe from The Mission Maja Łagowska – oboe conducted by Andrzej Kucybała
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‘Just 15,000 people attended the running of Europe’s richest horse race in Paris, 27,000 fewer than in 2019. It’s all the proof needed that if vaccine passports and travel restrictions are the new normal, big events are doomed.
It may be Europe’s richest flat race, but in 2021 you needed to clear quite a few hurdles to get into ParisLongchamp Racecourse to watch the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.’
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Fittingly, a German horse won the Arc.
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Queensland hospitals are ramping and diverting because the relentless expansion of QH over the last five years has been focussed on corporate reporting and public health policies, not on actual service delivery or hospital services. Clipboards not bedpans.
And before then there was the Bligh Government decision to scale back plans for more hospitals and centralise in inner Brisbane, as hey, in our Glorious Peoples’ Utopian future people will be able to be treated from home and we won’t need those stinking expensive hospitals, so we can spend money on other stuff.
There are not enough people in Qld being vaccinated anyway for the barely measurable and minuscule number of complications to make a measurable dint in QH’s myriad problems.
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“There are not enough people in Qld being vaccinated anyway for the barely measurable and minuscule number of complications to make a measurable dint in QH’s myriad problems.”
You know this, how?
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Been in gaol Entrop, haven’t heard from you for a long time. Didn’t Newman dump a whole lot of pen pushers from health? Only to be replaced with more union fee paying parasites by aenasthesia pony.
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Epoch Times
Vermont, the state with the highest vaccination ratein the United States, is experiencing a virus surge at levels not seen since the pandemic’s peak last winter.
The number of cases in Vermont is at a record level, hospitalizations are close to the records made last winter, and the state recorded the deadliest day and the second deadliest month of the pandemic in September.
“I think it’s clearly frustrating for all of us,” said Michael Pieciak, commissioner of the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation who monitors virus statistics for the state.
More than 69 percent of Vermont’s population has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Sept. 24, according to the CDC, far above the national rate of 56 percent.
The state recorded the highest rate of hospitalizations per 100,000 residents on Sept. 30, breaching a record set on Jan. 31, 2020. Eight people reportedly died of the virus in Vermont on Sept. 13, the highest total recorded in the state so far.
In late August, four of ten cases of COVID-19 in Vermont were among vaccinated people, according to a letter signed by 90 employees of the Vermont Health Department, including state Epidemiologist Patsy Kelso.
Gov. Phil Scott, a Republican, lifted the state of emergency in Vermont in June when 80 percent of the population had received at least one shot of the vaccine. He has since indicated he’s wary of reimposing the state of emergency.
“We can’t be in a perpetual state of emergency,” Scott said this week.
The four states that follow Vermont in terms of the highest vaccination rates in the nation are also experiencing alarming signs.
The head of UMass Memorial Health, the largest health system in central Massachusetts, said recently that regional hospitals were seeing nearly 20 times more COVID-19 patients than in June, and there isn’t an ICU bed to spare. Massachusetts has the fifth-highest vaccination rate in the nation.
In Connecticut, the second-most-vaccinated state, the legislature recently extended the governor’s emergency powers to make it easier to cope with the latest wave of the pandemic.
On Sept. 22, Maine, the third-most-vaccinated U.S. state, had nearly 90 people in intensive care units, a pandemic peak for the state…
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It’s not only kaysee who can post cute things. She’ll never beat this
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Anyway, back to my normal offensive self. https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WOrOpJQLuLs/YVwBwurOBJI/AAAAAAAAXOg/Lzty01YKWjMOgbH45GPOuLMgA6GsxurkACLcBGAsYHQ/s526/265C21E3-F764-4C6C-BB09-062421B0390B.jpegBelieve all women.
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And reality
Least that’s how I remember it.
This is the best Cat.
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Fortune cookie
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No Covid but we’re full: Qld hospitals can take no more
Four largest hospitals in north Queensland issue ‘code yellow’ alarms, asking ambulances to divert as beds near capacity.
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Just happens to occur immediately after an unprecedented government and media campaign to get everyone to take an experimental vaccine. Funny that.
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Smirking Skaf: Gang rapist released from Sydney jail
Designer clothed clad smirking rapist Mohammed Skaf has been released to restrictive freedom from Sydney’s Long Bay jail after 21 years behind bars.
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Hendra in the home made rum? People of FNQ, please dab some Milton on your frogs before licking them….
By LYDIA LYNCH9:10AM OCTOBER 6, 2021
The four largest hospitals in northern Queensland issued “code yellow’’ alarms on Tuesday, asking ambulances to divert as their beds neared capacity – a situation described by emergency doctors as “unprecedented’’.
Amid a funding row between Annastacia Palaszczuk and Scott Morrison on Tuesday, hospitals in Townsville, Cairns, Mackay and Mount Isa sounded separate “code yellow” capacity alarms.
Australian College for Emergency Medicine president John Bonning said the declaration of four code yellows in one day was “unprecedented”. The Queensland Premier last week warned she may not open her state’s borders even when vaccination coverage reached 80 per cent, demanding more federal money for the health system.
But the Prime Minister has described the demand as “shakedown politics” and said the commonwealth had given states and territories significant funding.
“NSW is getting on with it, Victoria is getting on with it, so Queensland needs to get on with it,” Mr Morrison said.
According to data obtained by The Australian, however, major Queensland hospitals are already at capacity despite the low number of Covid-19 cases.
Cairns Hospital, which has 668 beds, including 16 in its intensive care unit, was at 94 per cent capacity when it declared a code yellow on Tuesday
In Townsville, chief medical officer Niall Small does not expect to lift the emergency declaration at the city’s 742-bed hospital until Wednesday night.
Every one of Mount Isa’s 64 beds was being used on Tuesday night, including five in the ICU. Capacity also hit 100 per cent at Mackay Base Hospital, which has 243 beds, nine of which are in intensive care or high-dependency units.
Dr Bonning said hospitals in Queensland were in “crisis’’.
Annastacia Palaszczuk’s healthcare demand a ‘desperate attempt’
“EDs are full, wards are full, ambulances are ramped and there are not enough staff,” he told The Australian. “Our members have told us there have been deaths in waiting rooms in Queensland. Patients have died as a result of delay in care.
“Imagine if this was NSW or Victoria and you had Covid in the community, well, it is not too far away, given (the virus) is quite endemic in NSW and Victoria it is coming to Queensland soon.”
Kim Hansen, an emergency physician who chairs the Australian Medical Association’s ramping roundtable, said code yellows across north Queensland would cause a “gridlock” because patients were routinely transferred across the four hospitals.
“I would feel worried if there was a Covid outbreak tomorrow and what that would mean for Queensland’s emergency departments,” she said.
The Australian in early October revealed a discussion paper drawn up by top health officials from four states warned the hospital system was buckling under the strain – not only of Covid-19 but also routine care. The officials said the government should consider deploying GPs to hospital emergency departments to tackle workforce shortages.
National cabinet has discussed plans to surge ICU capacity as the hospital system comes under attack from rising case numbers as NSW and Victoria lift restrictions and state borders are reopened.
In NSW, there are 978 patients in hospital with Covid-19, down from a peak of almost 1300 in mid-September. There are 190 patients in ICU wards, with 94 requiring ventilation.
In Victoria, there are 517 people in hospital with Covid-19, with 101 of those in ICU. Just 6 per cent were fully vaccinated, with 66 per cent not having had a single dose of any Covid-19 vaccine.
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Bald and Bankrupt:
🇷🇺The Trans-Siberian train, who hasn’t dreamt of taking it across this leviathan of a country? Well not me to be honest but somehow I decided to override my dread of endless train rides to show you what nobody has shown you before. The real Trans-Siberian. This isn’t a package tour, nothing is booked in advance. It’s just me on my own hopping from town to town on whichever train is leaving next, meeting locals, drinking vodka, avoiding snorers, exploring Russia. Join me!
Solo On The World’s Longest Train Journey 🇷🇺
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Mates old man travelled on the Trans-Siberian. Supposedly saw something at night and was taken off, held for three days then let go. He wasn’t even a pretend spook. Wanting to buy heavy machine tools. This was in the early 70’s. Seem to recall he imported a helical gear cutter.
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‘As you may have heard, we have had distressing reports from members at Caboolture Hospital in relation to patient safety concerns and unsafe work practices. The shocking allegations made by our Caboolture Hospital members include “hacked” and preventable deaths, a staff member assaulting a patient and bullying of those who speak out in the interests of patient safety.
Our nurses are crying out for a solution to this issue and fear that their registrations may be at risk.
The NPAQ is calling for all non-urgent surgeries at Caboolture hospital to be suspended after claims of unsafe practices are investigated.
We have written numerous letters urging the Executives to protect Queensland Health employees and patients at Caboolture Hospital by launching an official investigation into the matter.’
https://npaq.redunion.com.au/caboolture-hospital
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I’ve worked as a clinician in those 4 hospitals. They’ve always been stretched and they’re designed to run at close to capacity so docs and nurses aren’t sitting around doing nothing. Day to day flow is fairly predictable so you can roster for that but it doesn’t take much to overwhelm the staff on the ground – significant accident, couple of heart attacks and yes, “bonus payments” spent in the bottle shop with the resulting fight injuries. But there’s a massive spend on bureaucracy and health promotion and awareness and that’s a lot of people in offices doing, um, well, there’s lots of computers and paper. Behind the scenes “cases” (people) are referred to these services in order to future-change their drinking, smoking, eating so it won’t happen again.
There has been a massive shift from department to agency employment which is very expensive. Other than security there’s nothing to be gained from working for QHealth. I’ve no idea if vax injuries are contributing but dept seems to be saying not. I had a few years off and when I went back I couldn’t believe how much more bureaucratic and unrealistic it had become. More hoops for clinicians to jump through before they can send someone home. “Support services have to be in place before discharge”. Does Joe Drinker or Joe Smoker want these support services? No. But “best practice”.
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Just read the Caboolture health article. I’m inclined to think tip of the iceberg based on QHealth experiences elsewhere.
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Another donut day in QLD. Excellent work by Annastacia and her government.
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“Smirking Skaf: Gang rapist released from Sydney jail
Designer clothed clad smirking rapist Mohammed Skaf has been released to restrictive freedom from Sydney’s Long Bay jail after 21 years behind bars.”
Disgusting.
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“Another donut day in QLD. Excellent work by Annastacia and her government.”
Delaying the inevitable you idiot. And weren’t you praising the hunchback the other day.
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Thanks MarkA.
The Southwestern Airlines shot reminded me of wide aisles, large seats, proper cutlery, beautiful young hostesses saying to Dad “Coffee, tea, or me?”, and trips up to the flight deck.
Ah well back to reality.
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