Blog Day 182 - 23 September 2020

 A dog walked into a bar and the barmaid said "how's your day been"?, and the dog said "ruff".

I have discovered a council equally as stupid as any that we have here in Victoria.  The picturesque Tasmanian city of Burnie has just announced the appointment of their new council executive officer.  They have named Simon Overland who was probably one of the two worst police commissioners that Victoria has had since Sir Thomas Blamey wore the badge.

Overland's most recent job was as CEO of the Whittlesea Shire here in Victoria.  Said shire is now being run by a state government appointed administrator after the council became dysfunctional and collapsed.

If I was a ratepayer in Burnie and many of my readers are, I would be asking some questions as to the recruitment and appointment of Mr Overland.

The Hotel Quarantine enquiry rolls along with senior public servants providing totally incomprehensible non answers to questions.  The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Kym Peake, gave a long and rambling response to a question and at the end of her response the counsel assisting the enquiry said with some exasperation in his voice something along the lines off "Ms Peake you have not answered my question but I give up".

A letter writer in today's Age reminded us of the John Clarke character in the TV show The Games where he was receiving his training prior to attending a government enquiry in which he was to use responses such as "not in my presence", "not to my knowledge" and "could I have a glass of water".  Sound familiar anyone??

The good news continues with the daily infection figures.  Victoria recorded 15 virus related deaths yesterday down from 28 the day before and the rolling 14 day average for metropolitan Melbourne is now just under 30.  We recorded 5 more deaths for a total number of virus deaths in Victoria of 771.  There are 75 Victorians in hospital due to the virus and 8 in ICU with 6 on ventilators.

The rolling 14 day average is as below;

22/09: Metro 32.8, Regional 1.6, Total 34.4

23/09: Metro 29.4, Regional 1.1, Total 30.5

The worldwide figures are following the usual pattern of creeping higher as the week continues usually from a weekend low.  Worldwide infections for the last 24 hours were 292,000 up from 251,000 the day before.  Worldwide deaths for the last 24 hours were a tad over 6,000 up from 4,000 the day before.

Corona Virus Daily Stats – Stage 4 Lockdown – 2 Week Extension – Day 10

Date	Aus Infected	Aus Increase	Vic Infected	Vic Increase	Aus Death	Vic Death	Aus Hospl	Vic Hospital	Aus ICU	Vic ICU
13/09	26,648	41	19,841	41	810	723	221	116	26	11
14/09	26,686	35	19,870	35	817	729	137	122	17	12
15/09	26,739	50	19,911	42	816	729	141	118	18	11
16/09	26,772	52	19,943	42	824	737	139	117	17	11
17/09	26,807	35	19,971	28	832	745	127	107	16	11
18/09	26,864	51	20,015	45	837	750	127	90	16	11
19/09	26,885	21	20,036	21	844	757	108	89	15	8
20/09				14			106	94	12	8
21/09	26,909	11	20,063	11	851	763	109	92	10	6
22/09	26,942	33	20,076	28	854	766	107	83	8	8
23/09	26,972	21	21,100	15	859	771	100	75	11	8

Date	World Infection	Daily Increase	World Deaths	Daily Increase
14/09	29,181,882	243,787	928,267	3,709
15/09	29,433,477	251,595	932,390	4,123
16/09	29,727,389	293,912	939,186	6,796
17/09	30,025,096	297,707	944,680	5,494
18/09	30,340,279	315,183	950,429	5,749
19/09	30,691,801	351,522	956,421	5,992
20/09	30,986,826	295,025	961,400	4,979
21/09	31,228,511	241,685	965,037	3,637
22/09	31,479,718	251,207	969,230	4,193
23/09	31,771,441	291,723	975,315	6,085

And now the stage 4 lockdown 2 week extension remembers.

Remember: to follow the legal instructions of a police officer, not to get carried away with false optimism (again), if you are going to run a road block do it when it is raining, tell the truth, don't go to any protests, avoid the City of Casey, ring before you dig, especially if it is a $7 billion project.