Two months into the outbreak, only around ten per cent of the state's population — about 280,000 people — have tested positive to the virus.
The peak also failed to deliver the predicted hospitalisation rates above 400 beds a day as per the limited Omicron modelling the WA Government made available to the public. In that scenario, bed numbers were expected to pass 200 around 45 days into the outbreak and soar to above 400 during the peak.Instead, WA has seen hospital beds remain below 260 beds per day through the apparent peak.
He said even though the numbers had fallen short of the government's conservative modelling, doctors and nurses were still doing it tough with the current hospitalisation rate.Dr Duncan-Smith said despite a push from the business lobby to relax mask mandates, they remained an important public health measure as case numbers plateaued.Masks remain relevant even past the peak of the outbreak, the AMA says.
nah but like what I heard from the news was that there was a new sub-variant of the omichron variant, found in Melbourne sewer waters and omichron can spread rlly fast—
Hey ABC, maybe give props to McGowan for his excellent leadership during the entire pandemic? After all, your darling Morrison tried to drag WA down with the rest of Australia and infect us all. BTW why haven't you let Australians know about the dangers of long Covid?
Great Work, Mark
Health First and Staying Safe.
Nevermind, maybe they can get infected when they fly into Bali.
Vaccines do nothing for Omicron. My kids had no vaccine and were far less sick than me and partner. We both skipped the booster. Ask around most people get the same illness of feeling extremely unwell for 3 or 4 days boostered or unvaccinated. Refering only to Omicron.
Totally agree with the mask mandate being removed will not change a thing in the numbers working in CBD. Covid19 has changed the way people work. Most people now have agreements to work flexibly from home part of the week now.
He's right, not wearing masks isn't going to bring people to the CBD. It'll have the opposite effect. People have learnt they can work from home, they don't have to commute, pay for parking, and they can still do their job. The CBD was dying years ago, WFH is just evolution.
What was not mentioned that the strain on hospitals due to c19 is due to voluntarily unvaxxed. Remove and refuse them from public hospitals and they would manage nicely
Lol 2 weeks to flatten the curve. Then 80% of the population to have the vaccine. Now 90% of the population needed to be infected with covid 😷 😂. Hope you are paying attention!
So in other words the result of the lockdowns is that 90% of a population have not contracted COVID19, so keep doing what you are doing rather than remove the measures that stopped the shit-shows of the other states.
Well that’s good news given the latest from Covid research is that you’re looking at lung cancer 5-10 years down the track
What's wrong with those sandgropers, why haven't they all got covid yet?