Victoria’s expanding COVID-19 outbreak will soon dwarf the state’s second wave if more residents don’t get vaccinated and follow coronavirus restrictions.
Epidemiologist Professor Adrian Esterman said his modelling showed that, in a week, daily cases could climb to close to 450.By September 23 – when 70 per cent of the eligible population are vaccinated with one dose and– the chair of biostatistics at the University of South Australia said he was estimating 1834 daily cases, higher than the record 1533 cases reported in NSW on Saturday.
The professor said the margins of his modelling were wide, for Victoria ranging from around 600 to 3000 cases in the September 23 scenario, and assumed there weren’t major changes to restrictions or vaccination uptake. Professor Baxter said it was especially crucial that Melburnians not travel to regional Victoria, as hospitals there didn’t have capacity to deal with major outbreaks.
In Melbourne, the northern and western suburbs continue to report the highest number of cases. There were 96 reported in the northern suburbs on Saturday and 55 in the west, compared to 25 in the south-east and inner-south. Professor Sutton said there was a huge amount of outreach work being done – from religious to sporting organisations – to reach groups in these communities. Friday was the second-largest day for vaccines on record, with 35,464 administered and an additional 47,000 bookings made.
NSS! But you guys inmedia keep underplaying and questioning the health measures! Keep calling for freedoms! Getting the public fed up and annoyed, making them chuck it all in! That will surely help speed up the growing outbreak and hasten the disaster waiting !
What a complete bell end. Keep pedalling the government fear strategy about case numbers. I thought the vaccine worked, so who cares how many cases there are after we reach vaccine thresholds?
Shame Thursday's editors didn't read this before publishing the editorial undermining the public health messages
It looks like it’s here to stay guys. Vaccinated or not. Let’s start talking about that.
What a load of bullshit .
Latest study from Israel.
I think too many are I’ll informed- there needs to be a better way of educating people as to the true facts about the delta strain- how it spreads, how deadly it is etc. so many vic chins are protected but that’s hardly helpful!
People ignore the real solution.
This is what happens when you undermine public health directions every day. Congratulations.
Maybe compliance would be better if the media didn't undermine the health orders.
The Age of Alarmism has arrived…
Well, the only slight joy is that those that get Covid will be those that are asking for trouble.
Yawn. Can we just get rid of andrews and get on with our lives PLEASE
Get vaccinated
So now SluggerSutton doesn't want us to shop for groceries. Coles and Woolies to be shut next? Anything is possible with the devious duo sluggatesutton and DementedDan
Australians - the only people on Earth so spoiled they’re picky about a life saving vaccine.
I'm now BEGGING for concrete evidence that being vaccinated reduces the risk of getting COVID however mild. BEGGING- if it's true then that's the biggest incentive to take the needle.
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