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Gamestop skyrockets again!

eXTaTine — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 08:59:02 +0800

Gamestop rally is reborn, like a Phoenix.

Any diamond hands here actually held through the entire month? Share went up almost 300% in a day, 100% in market hours, and almost doubled in after hours...

Disney+ > Netflix

eXTaTine — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 22:20:48 +0800

So, Disney+ landed in SG today. I compared it with Netflix and I think Disney+ is better.

Was on Netflix but lately very disappointed in it. Content is seriously getting bad and price is getting expensive as well. Disney+ has pretty good content, all the Marvel movies, some good movies like Ford vs Ferrari, New series like Mandalorian and Wandavision, Simpsons, Futurama, Star Wars and others.

Looks like I will stay subscribed to Disney Plus for a while and unsubsidized from Netflix for a while.

World champ trans powerlifter,such an inspiration!

eXTaTine — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 15:51:35 +0800

She is such an inspiration to us all...all women should feel proud...

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Mainstream media finally see what i saw in India!

eXTaTine — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 23:38:39 +0800

I was months ahead of the mainstream media. They are still in denial though...give them some time, they will go through their 5 stages of grief and come round to acceptance eventually.

Lockdown was a huge mistake. The costs far outweigh the benefits. There are 1001 things that can result in death and we don't lockdown or turn over society for them. Because, we need to allow people to live their lives normally. Covid should not be the exception.

https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=5081746&hl=

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-56037565

Coronavirus: Is the epidemic finally coming to an end in India?

Is the sharp drop in India's coronavirus cases as dramatic and curious as some believe?

Is the epidemic firmly in retreat in a country where many early modellers had predicted millions of deaths due to Covid-19?

In October, I had written extensively on why the epidemic appeared to be slowing down in India . Cases had hit a record peak in the middle of September - there were more than a million active cases. After that daily deaths and caseloads began declining despite consistent testing and some short and fierce spikes of infections in cities like Delhi.

The situation has markedly improved since.

By the middle of last week, India was barely counting an average of 10,000 Covid cases every day. The seven-day rolling average of daily deaths from the disease slid to below 100. More than half of India's states were not reporting any Covid deaths. On Tuesday, Delhi, once an infection hotspot, did not record a single Covid death , for the first time in 10 months.

So far, India has recorded more than 10 million infections - the second-highest in the world after the US. There have been over 150,000 reported deaths from the disease. The number of deaths per million people stands at 112, much lower than what has been reported in Europe or North America. It is also clear that the decline in cases is not because of lower testing .

Most pandemics typically rise and fall in a bell-shaped curve. India has been no exception. Also, it has seen a high proportion of cases and deaths of people above the age of 65 living in densely packed cities, hewing to infection trends around the world.

"There's nothing unusual about infections dropping in India. There's no miracle here," says Dr Shahid Jameel, a leading virologist.

Experts say there's no dearth of possible causes - explained below - for the relatively low severity of the disease and its toll.

Covid chart of daily cases and deaths dropping
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"We still don't have causal explanations. But we do know India as a nation is far from herd immunity," says Bhramar Mukherjee, a professor of biostatistics and epidemiology at the University of Michigan who has been closely tracking the pandemic. Herd immunity happens when a large portion of a community becomes immune to a disease through vaccination or through the mass spread of the disease.

Why is India far from reaching herd immunity?
The latest sero survey - studies that pick up antibodies - suggests 21% of adults and 25% of children have been already infected with the virus.

It also found that 31% of people living in slums, 26% of non-slum urban populations and 19% living in rural areas have been exposed to the virus. That's far below 50% - a figure reported by some of the bigger cities, such as Pune and Delhi. Here, there is evidence of much higher levels of exposure to the virus, hinting that these places are likely closer to herd immunity.

But experts say the numbers are still too low.

"There is no region in the country which can be deemed to have attained herd immunity, though small pockets may exist," Dr K Srinath Reddy, president of the Public Health Foundation of India, a Delhi-based think tank, told me.

So people who have still not been exposed to the virus in places with high prevalence of infection may remain protected in their communities but would become vulnerable if they travelled to areas where transmission levels are lower.

So why are cases dropping?
Experts say there could be a couple of different reasons.

For one, India has seen a "patchwork" pandemic with cases waxing and waning at different times in different parts of the country.

More people have been infected in cities - especially in packed slums - and in developed, urbanised districts than in smaller towns or villages. In all of these places, their exposure to the virus has varied significantly. Cases have now slowed down in most urban areas, but rural India still remains a bit of a mystery.

Covid chart of daily cases in selected Indian states
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"My hunch is exposure to the infection is much higher than what the surveys indicate. Also we should not be taking India as one. In some cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, and Bangalore, up to 60% of people have been found with antibodies to the virus. So it's all very uneven," says Dr Shahid Jameel, a leading virologist.

The other explanation is that India has and continues to miss lots of cases, mainly because a large number of infected people have no symptoms at all or have a very mild infection.

"If we have had a massive number of very mild or asymptomatic cases, we might have reached a threshold of herd immunity already. If that is the case we still have to explain, why so many Indian cases have been so mild?" asks Partha Mukhopadhyay, a senior fellow at Delhi's Centre for Policy Research, who has been studying the pandemic.

Is the low death rate a mystery?
Most scientists believe that many more Indians died of the infection than what the official figures reveal. India has a poor record of certifying deaths and a large number of people die at home.

But even such a scale of under-reporting has not caused public panic or overwhelmed hospitals. Consider this. India has some 600,000 villages. Even one undiagnosed and unreported death from Covid in each village every day would not overwhelm the public health system.

India imposed a sweeping, early shutdown in late March to halt the spread of the virus. Scientists believe that the shutdown, which stretched to nearly 70 days, did prevent a lot of infections and deaths.

Transmission slowed in the badly-hit cities because of the expanded use of face masks, physical distancing, school and office closures and people working from home.

Scientists have also attributed lower fatalities to a young population, protective immunity, a vast rural populace with negligible links with cities, genetics, poor hygiene , and ample lung protecting protein .

Image copyrightREUTERSHindu devotees take a holy dip in the waters of Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati rivers to mark Mauni Amavasya, the most auspicious day during the annual religious festival of Magh Mela, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Prayagraj, India, February 11, 2021.
Image captionHindu devotees have gathered for the Kumbh Mela as Covid cases drop
A number of studies have said the infection is largely spread by the virus floating indoors, tiny droplets hanging in stagnant air in poorly ventilated rooms.

But more than 65% of Indians live and work in the countryside. Brazil, for example, is nearly three-times more urbanised than India, and that could partly explain the high number of cases and fatalities there, say scientists.

In cities, the overwhelming majority of India's workforce is engaged in the informal economy. This means many of them, such as construction workers or street vendors, do not work in closed spaces. "The transmission risks are lower for persons working in open or semi-closed ventilated spaces," Dr Reddy says.

Has India avoided a second wave?
It's too early to say.

Some experts fear that India could see a spurt in infections with the onset of the monsoons, which also marks the beginning of the country's influenza season. It lasts from June to September and wreaks flood havoc across South Asia every year.

"The beginning of the upcoming monsoon season is going to be critical. We can only make an informed assessment on whether the pandemic has truly run its course in India after the season is over, " says an epidemiologist who preferred to be unnamed.

The real elephants in the room, say scientists, are the new variants of the virus identified in South Africa, Brazil and the UK.

Since a large number of Indians have still not been exposed to Covid-19, a dominant strain could easily travel to relatively uninfected areas and trigger fresh outbreaks.

India had reported more than 160 cases of the UK variant until the end of January. It's not clear whether the other variants are already circulating in the country. India could also easily have home-grown variants.

Image copyrightREUTERSPeople wearing protective face masks wait in queues to buy train tickets at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) railway station after authorities resumed suburban train services for all commuters after it was shut down to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Mumbai, India, February 1, 2021.
Image captionIndia has recorded more than 10 million infections so far
The UK variant was detected in Kent in September, but became the reason for a full-blown second wave only two months later. Since then it has been found in more than 50 countries, and is now set to become the world's dominant strain .

India has enough scientific labs, but genome sequencing is still spotty, scientists say.

"The variant story is the big one. It could upset all our calculations. We need to be very vigilant, and our labs should scale up genome sequencing to look out for variants," Dr Jameel says.

Clearly, India needs to speed up its vaccination drive - some six million jabs have been given in just under a month. The government aims to inoculate 300 million people by August to make sure a second wave does not result in widespread infections.

And there's no room for complacency yet - doctors and scientists urge people to avoid mass gatherings and crowded areas, and continue to use face mask and practise hand hygiene.

Vaccine rejected in South Africa, not effective!

eXTaTine — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 20:08:50 +0800

Like what I've been saying all the while, don't need to rush to take the vaccine. Don't be guinea pig. If one vaccine fail I think other vaccines are also suspect. Let them fix all the bugs first, then we can reconsider. You currently have no benefits of taking vaccine also, cannot travel, still have to do everything like current. So why risk it?

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asi...9-vaccine-doses

BENGALURU (REUTERS) - South Africa has asked the Serum Institute of India to take back the one million Covid-19 vaccine doses the company had sent in early February, The Economic Times reported on Tuesday (Feb 16), a week after the country said it will put on hold use of AstraZeneca's shot in its vaccination programme.

Serum Institute of India, which is producing AstraZeneca's shot, has emerged as a key vaccine supplier. One million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine landed in South Africa last week and another 500,000 were due to arrive in the next few weeks.

The company did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

South Africa's health minister has said the government may sell doses of AstraZeneca's vaccine, after the country paused its roll-out following a small clinical trial that showed it offered minimal protection against mild to moderate illness from the 501Y.V2 coronavirus variant dominant in the country.

AstraZeneca has said its vaccine appeared to offer only limited protection against mild disease caused by the South African variant, based on data from a study by South Africa's University of the Witwatersrand and Oxford University.

The African country, which is yet to launch its Covid-19 vaccination programme, has decided to start vaccinating health workers with Johnson & Johnson's vaccine in the form of an "implementation study" with researchers.

The Economic Times report also comes as the World Health Organisation on Monday listed the AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use.

Parler is back online!

eXTaTine — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 17:37:39 +0800

https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/15/22284036...nch-new-hosting

The alternative social network Parler has reopened after a month offline. The company announced in a press release that the site is now accessible for users with existing accounts and will accept new signups starting next week. It’s also announced a new interim CEO: Mark Meckler, who previously cofounded the right-wing group Tea Party Patriots. The relaunch comes after Apple, Google, and Amazon suspended service in the wake of January’s attack on the US Capitol, citing violent threats on the platform.

Old Parler user accounts have been restored, but old “parleys” — the site’s term for posts — don’t appear to have carried over. Some high-profile users, like Fox News host Sean Hannity, have begun posting on the new site already. The timelines for other major accounts, like fellow host Tucker Carlson or Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA), remain empty. Many posts were previously archived by an outside researcher who scraped them before its takedown.

PARLER’S LAWSUIT AGAINST AMAZON REMAINS ONGOING
Parler describes itself as politically unaffiliated, but the loosely moderated site became popular with conservative users who were either banned from larger sites or disagreed with the fact-checking and moderation policies of platforms like Twitter and Facebook. After the election, it became a hub for the pro-Trump “Stop the Steal” campaign, which escalated into a deadly attempt to overturn the US election on January 6th. The site went offline on January 10th, when its old host Amazon Web Services suspended its account.

The platform has now relaunched with what a press release calls “robust, sustainable, independent technology.” Parler transferred its domain registration in January to Epik, a registrar known for providing a haven to “deplatformed” far-right-friendly sites.

However, Parler remains in an uncertain position. Apple and Google haven’t restored its app to their stores, and it’s still fighting an ongoing lawsuit against Amazon, where a judge appeared unsympathetic to its claims. Its previous CEO John Matze said he was fired in early February, and the company is now “conducting a thorough search for a permanent CEO” who will replace Meckler. It’s also under scrutiny in Congress — where House Oversight Committee chair Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) has requested documents on Parler’s financing and operations.

One good thing about the Myanmar crisis...

eXTaTine — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 15:46:52 +0800

Malaysia won't be the sick man of SEA anymore. Vietnam, Indo, Thailand, Cambodia and maybe even Philippines may overshoot us for FDI...but Malaysia can always rest in comfort that we will not be the worst place for FDI in SEA. Myanmar is going to take that crown soon. We should be a more attractive place for FDI compared to Myanmar now...Hurray!

George Orwell letter in 1944..

eXTaTine — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 14:53:43 +0800

Yes...the whole world is going towards totalitarianism...people believe what they are told to believe. The real truth is just cast aside, only the sciences are still have some objective truths for practical reason and even that is increasingly being cast aside as clearly shown in the past year.

Letter below.

To Noel Willmett

18 May 1944
10a Mortimer Crescent NW 6

Dear Mr Willmett,

Many thanks for your letter. You ask whether totalitarianism, leader-worship etc. are really on the up-grade and instance the fact that they are not apparently growing in this country and the USA.

I must say I believe, or fear, that taking the world as a whole these things are on the increase. Hitler, no doubt, will soon disappear, but only at the expense of strengthening (a) Stalin, (b) the Anglo-American millionaires and © all sorts of petty fuhrers° of the type of de Gaulle. All the national movements everywhere, even those that originate in resistance to German domination, seem to take non-democratic forms, to group themselves round some superhuman fuhrer (Hitler, Stalin, Salazar, Franco, Gandhi, De Valera are all varying examples) and to adopt the theory that the end justifies the means. Everywhere the world movement seems to be in the direction of centralised economies which can be made to ‘work’ in an economic sense but which are not democratically organised and which tend to establish a caste system. With this go the horrors of emotional nationalism and a tendency to disbelieve in the existence of objective truth because all the facts have to fit in with the words and prophecies of some infallible fuhrer. Already history has in a sense ceased to exist, ie. there is no such thing as a history of our own times which could be universally accepted, and the exact sciences are endangered as soon as military necessity ceases to keep people up to the mark. Hitler can say that the Jews started the war, and if he survives that will become official history. He can’t say that two and two are five, because for the purposes of, say, ballistics they have to make four. But if the sort of world that I am afraid of arrives, a world of two or three great superstates which are unable to conquer one another, two and two could become five if the fuhrer wished it. That, so far as I can see, is the direction in which we are actually moving, though, of course, the process is reversible.

As to the comparative immunity of Britain and the USA. Whatever the pacifists etc. may say, we have not gone totalitarian yet and this is a very hopeful symptom. I believe very deeply, as I explained in my book The Lion and the Unicorn, in the English people and in their capacity to centralise their economy without destroying freedom in doing so. But one must remember that Britain and the USA haven’t been really tried, they haven’t known defeat or severe suffering, and there are some bad symptoms to balance the good ones. To begin with there is the general indifference to the decay of democracy. Do you realise, for instance, that no one in England under 26 now has a vote and that so far as one can see the great mass of people of that age don’t give a damn for this? Secondly there is the fact that the intellectuals are more totalitarian in outlook than the common people. On the whole the English intelligentsia have opposed Hitler, but only at the price of accepting Stalin. Most of them are perfectly ready for dictatorial methods, secret police, systematic falsification of history etc. so long as they feel that it is on ‘our’ side. Indeed the statement that we haven’t a Fascist movement in England largely means that the young, at this moment, look for their fuhrer elsewhere. One can’t be sure that that won’t change, nor can one be sure that the common people won’t think ten years hence as the intellectuals do now. I hope they won’t, I even trust they won’t, but if so it will be at the cost of a struggle. If one simply proclaims that all is for the best and doesn’t point to the sinister symptoms, one is merely helping to bring totalitarianism nearer.

You also ask, if I think the world tendency is towards Fascism, why do I support the war. It is a choice of evils—I fancy nearly every war is that. I know enough of British imperialism not to like it, but I would support it against Nazism or Japanese imperialism, as the lesser evil. Similarly I would support the USSR against Germany because I think the USSR cannot altogether escape its past and retains enough of the original ideas of the Revolution to make it a more hopeful phenomenon than Nazi Germany. I think, and have thought ever since the war began, in 1936 or thereabouts, that our cause is the better, but we have to keep on making it the better, which involves constant criticism.

Yours sincerely,
Geo. Orwell

Can dine in, can shop can meet family.

eXTaTine — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 19:26:13 +0800

MCO for what? Emergency for what?

To keep helang in power? Kek.

SGD140k+COE for Tesla Model 3, cheap or ex?

eXTaTine — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 12:39:51 +0800

Cheapest is 112k but that doesn't include the full autonomous driving and you know you want it.

COE another 40k+. Total around SGD180k+. Probably can't drive to Malaysia, run out of electric.

Cheap or expensive?

Whats the hype with Doge?

eXTaTine — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 10:02:07 +0800

Why did it shoot up so much. Is it because of Elon? Or any other reason.

Malaysian stuck in SG can't see baby for CNY!

eXTaTine — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 11:20:02 +0800

This is one big reason why I support bukkake. Let people make their own choices. Would you rather take less than 0.1% chance of death by covid , or would you rather see your family.

But since there is lockdown...what would I have done if I were in their situation?

If I was the mother, I wouldn't go back for the SGD. Its not worth it. But who knows, maybe they really need the money to survive.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singap...ovid19-14087582

SINGAPORE: Chinese New Year is usually a time for Ms Chai Siow Yun to enjoy a good week with her children and take them for a short vacation in Genting Highlands.

But there’s no chance of doing that this year.

The 32-year-old Malaysian who works in Singapore as a hairdresser is stuck here amid COVID-19 travel restrictions. The last time she went back to Johor Bahru was in August last year to give birth. She returned to Singapore in November, leaving her newborn in her mother's care.

Her husband Eric Yong, also a hairdresser in Singapore, has not seen his baby girl. He has not gone home since border restrictions were tightened on Mar 18 last year.

“We are hoping it will open soon so we can see the baby, otherwise she won’t recognise her dad and mum,” Ms Chai said in Mandarin. Before the pandemic, she and Mr Yong would go home every weekend.

Their two older children in Malaysia - aged one-and-a-half and nine - are always asking them over WhatsApp calls whether they can return home soon, and when that will be.

“Very sian," Ms Chai said of this lacklustre festive period, using a Hokkien term which means feeling weary.

"It’s just one bridge but it’s so hard to get home.”

Usually, she and her husband would look forward to spending quality time with their family, playing mahjong and visiting close friends.

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This year, it will just be the two of them and their Malaysian housemate Guo Xue Mei, 32, who works with them at SES Studio, a hair salon in Bedok. They said they will probably go out to have dinner together with some friends.

Ms Guo is in Singapore alone while her son and husband are in Johor Bahru.

“My child will ask me when I can go back, and I tell him only when the virus disappears,” she said in Mandarin.

The trio are among the nearly one million Malaysians living and working in Singapore, according to 2019 data from the United Nations. Chinese New Year is usually a time when many of them would return to their home country, where more than a fifth of the population are ethnic Chinese.

This year, many of them would have to miss out on festivities back home.

MY govt to lift quarantine for vaccinated SG?

eXTaTine — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 11:02:40 +0800

Should we bukkake after vaccine? If yes, at least is a incentive for me to get cucuk. Whether is a plandemic or not, I just want to go back to my normal life. I don't mind taking the risk whatever it is.

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/m...ed-singaporeans

JOHOR BARU (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Tourism and trade groups in Malaysia hope that the Malaysian government will start discussions with Singapore to allow those who have been vaccinated in the island republic to enter the country without the need for quarantine.

Malaysia Tourist Guides Council president Jimmy Leong said it is important for the government to kick-start this discussion as this is critical for the recovery of the local economy.

"The state government needs to push the federal government to start discussing with Singapore.

"This is important for both countries as we are highly dependent on each other and starting such discussions early would be helpful in the speedy recovery of the economy after the pandemic," he said.

He added that the government should also start discussing with Singapore on ways to monitor the movement of vaccinated people between the two countries.

"The decision may not have to be made immediately, but there should at least be some form of preliminary discussion.

"The initial stages should focus on those who have family members in Johor or need to attend to urgent matters here, as well as for Malaysians in Singapore," said Mr Leong.

Malaysian Association of Hotels Johor state chapter chairman Ivan Teo said the discussion would give hope to tourism industry players who are on the verge of giving up after suffering through the pandemic for almost a year.

"Tourism industry players are losing hope after braving through the pandemic for so long and some have also decided to shut down as they see no way out.

"Starting this discussion will not only give us a better chance of recovering after the pandemic, but will also give industry players a glimpse of hope to continue moving forward," he said.

Mr Teo added that at least 14 hotels in Johor have shut down since the beginning of the pandemic last year.

"The hotel industry has already been struggling even before the pandemic, as they faced competition from online home-sharing businesses and illegal hotel operators.

"Instead of giving incentives and cash handouts, which would not last long, we prefer the government provide us with effective long-term recovery plans and solutions.

"Allowing vaccinated travellers from Singapore to enter the country without having to go through quarantine is one of the key ways, and discussions should start immediately," he said.

Johor Baru Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Low Kueck Shin said the federal government should start planning ways to allow cross-border travel to take place after the pandemic, especially with Singapore.

"It will take time for the vaccine to reach the whole population and there are bound to be possible delays along the way. We will also need time to see the effectiveness of the vaccines.

"But despite the uncertainties, planning ahead could give businesses time to make the necessary measures in adapting to the changes that will come along once cross-border travel restrictions are lifted," he said.

Singapore received its first shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine on Dec 21 last year.

The island republic expects to have enough Covid-19 vaccines for its citizens and long-term residents by the third quarter of 2021 if all goes according to plan.

According to Singapore's Health Ministry, as at Jan 22, more than 60,000 people have received their first dose of the vaccine.

Malaysia current strategy - Slow herd immunity?

eXTaTine — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 20:43:37 +0800

Whether you think is right or not, I think this is the path they are taking. Current measures can't stop or eliminate covid at all. Is very obvious. Most things still open. So they just want to flatten the curve? And keep things open so economy can run. In other words, is just slowing down the inevitable which is herd immunity. Correct?

Let's debate.

Lunch in SG part 3...eat to live.

eXTaTine — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 13:53:11 +0800

Eat to live not live to eat.

Mix rice - 4.8
Kopi - 1.7
Discount 10% using /k card

Total = 5.85SGD

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Perth lockdown for 1 case, is it full retard?

eXTaTine — Sun, 31 Jan 2021 20:30:01 +0800

I'm sure some of you already read this, but here you go...

Is it good to have such extreme measures? I'm sure you know my stance, so I won't repeat. Tell me yours.

Covid: Australian city of Perth goes into snap lockdown after guard tests positive

The Australian city of Perth has begun a snap five-day lockdown after a security guard working at a quarantine hotel tested positive for coronavirus.

Western Australia - the state of which Perth is the capital - had not had a case of locally acquired coronavirus for 10 months.

The lockdown began at 18:00 (10:00 GMT) and runs until Friday night.

Schools, restaurants, bars, cinemas and gyms have been ordered to close.

Only essential travel is allowed and masks must be worn.

People in the city of two million - along with people living in the nearby Peel and South West regions - must stay at home, except for essential work, healthcare, food shopping or exercise, said Western Australia state Premier Mark McGowan.

A scheduled return of schools on Monday has also been delayed by a week.

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"I know for many Western Australians this is going to come as a shock," Mr McGowan said at a news conference. "We cannot forget how quickly this virus can spread, nor the devastation it can cause.

"Our model is to deal with it very, very quickly and harshly... so that we can bring it under control and not have community spread of the virus as you have seen in other countries around the world," he added.

Mr McGowan said the guard may have the UK variant of the virus: "We are told the guard was working on the same floor as a positive UK variant case." The guard and his family have been placed into quarantine at a state-run facility, he added.

Leaders of other states and territories have also been contacted and advised not to allow people to travel into the state.

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Australia has recorded nearly 29,000 cases and 909 deaths since the pandemic began, for a populations of about 25 million - far fewer than many other countries.

In recent months in particular, the nation has taken swift and aggressive actions to contain outbreaks at their source, and it currently has a travel ban in place preventing residents from overseas travel.

Earlier this month, Queensland's capital, Brisbane, completed a three-day lockdown over the detection of a single case.

Earlier this week, Australia also suspended a travel bubble with New Zealand after its first Covid case in months was confirmed to be a more contagious variant.

It has now reopened the travel bubble with New Zealand. Travellers to Australia will be screened before and after flights for the next 10 days, but will no longer be required to enter quarantine.

Until the Perth case, Australia had not had any locally acquired infection for the past 14 days. Its only infections had been in returned overseas travellers in hotel quarantine.

On Thursday, Australia was ranked eighth in a list of nations which had responded best to the virus. New Zealand and Vietnam topped the list from the Lowy Institute think tank.

Anyone looking at AMC?

eXTaTine — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 22:26:08 +0800

That shit's insane....right after GME...

Lunch tered 2 SG edisyun. Yay or Nay?

eXTaTine — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 13:28:00 +0800

2nd day in a row eating food like this. A craving perhaps? A bit expensive for air cond food court again. Chinese food tends to be relatively cheaper in SG, I suppose because its more common.

Damage
Briyani set : 6.5
Vege add on : 0.5
Kopi ais : 1.4
Total DMG : 8.4

Upah:

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Saw the latest One Punch Man manga?

eXTaTine — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 11:41:34 +0800

Blast appears...

Go read it if you haven't.

My opinions about covid are shared by Elon Musk!

eXTaTine — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 15:53:24 +0800

So many of you say I'm an idiot and tinfoil hat for believing a scam going on with covid. What about Elon Musk? Is he an idiot and tinfoil hat nutter too?

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He support bukkake also...

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So you can call me an idiot for believing covid is overblown and a scam if you want, but then you have to call Elon Musk an idiot as well.

Or perhaps......it is time to reconsider your opinions and look into the data yourself?

So conclusion,

Elon bodoh also? Come discuss.