Blog Day 201 - 12 October 2020

A lady walked into a bar and saw that it was full of crows, it was then that she realised that she had walked into a crowbar.  (The idea for this very funny joke provided by my sister).

Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive.  The head of the department of premier and cabinet, Chris Eccles, has just resigned from his $600,000 a year public service job.  Eccles in his evidence to the hotel quarantine enquiry stated, under oath, that he could not recall speaking to the police commissioner on the phone in the crucial six minute period.  Eccles's phone records that he has now provided to the enquiry show that he did speak to the police commissioner in that 6 minute period.

Although he now has to acknowledge that he spoke to the police commissioner he now claims he can't remember what they spoke about.  He claims they didn't speak about security at the hotels. (What else would they have spoken about at that time)?

To give you an idea what is in Eccles' resignation letter the following is copied verbatim;

    "Under cross examination I provided an answer to a related question that was inconsistent with the totality of my evidence and the meaning I was intending to convey". 

Taken from the script of yes minister maybe.

That's one minister and the most senior public servant in the state gone as a result of the hotel quarantine enquiry.  How many more to go?  Maybe the others will wait for the Royal Commission.

Another round of school students returning to school today.  I think that only leaves years 8, 9, & 10 to return in 2 weeks time.  One high school has not reopened today due to an infected child sitting the year 12 GAT test there last week.

Our new infection figures are slowly creeping up again with 15 new infections recorded in Victoria in the last 24 hours.  This is the highest figure since we last recorded 15 new infection on 6 October.  The good news is that we had zero deaths in the last 24 hours leaving our total number of deaths at 810.  We currently have 21 Victorians in hospital due to the virus with no patients currently in ICU.

Rolling 14 day figures;

11/10: Metro 9.3, Regional .4, Total 9.7

12/10: Metro 9.9, Regional .4, Total 10.3

Apparently mathematically we cannot reach the 14 day rolling target of 5 new cases by next Sunday.

The worldwide figures are a bit lower than the last few days but this is most likely as a result of the traditional misreporting of numbers over the weekend.

Corona Virus Daily Stats – Stage 4 Lockdown – 2^nd Step Restrictions – Day 15

27/09	27,033	17	20,145	16	872	784	68	51	12	9
28/09	27,045	5	20,150	5	875	787	65	49	12	8
29/09	27,056	12	20,159	10	882	794	63	46	11	5
30/09	27,076	20	20,171	13	886	798	60	44	8	6
01/10	27,096	18	20,183	15	888	800	55	38	9	6
02/10	27,110	13	20,190	7	890	802	50	38	9	4
03/10	27,122	9	20,199	8	893	805	50	34	9	4
04/10	27,133	11	20209	12	894	806	49	34	9	4
05/10	27,144	10	20,206	9	894	806	49	30	9	3
06/10	27,163	15	20,234	15	895	807	46	21	6	1
07/10	27,183	9	20,239	6	924	809	37	16	5	2
08/10	27,204	23	20,247	11	897	809	32	17	6	1
09/10	27,227	21	20,258	11	897	809	31	17	3	1
10/10	27,244	17	20,271	14	897	809	31	21	3	1
11/10	27,261	17	20,281	12	898	810	31	21	3	0
12/10	27,279	18	20,296	15	898	810	31	21	1	0

Date	World Infection	Daily Increase	World Deaths	Daily Increase
27/09	33,053,144	294,804	998,716	5,303
28/09	33,303,226	250,082	1,002,385	3,669
29/09	33,541,701	238,475	1,006,072	3,687
30/09	33,843,973	302,272	1,012,657	6,585
01/10	34,147,215	303,242	1,018,209	5,552
02/10	34,471,182	323,967	1,027,525	9,316
03/10	34,824,101	352,919	1,033,195	5,670
04/10	35,122,298	298,197	1,037,524	4,329
05/10	35,388,157	265,859	1,041,537	4,013
06/10	35,695,406	307,249	1,045,892	4,355
07/10	36,037,992	342,596	1,054,514	8,622
08/10	36,380,841	342,849	1,059,972	5,458
09/10	36,738,690	357,849	1,066,412	6,440
10/10	37,099,134	360,444	1,072,605	6,193
11/10	37,451,466	352,332	1,077,226	4,621
12/10	37,736,119	284,653	1,081,246	4,020

And now the stage 4 lockdown 2nd step restrictions remembers.

Remember: if you are doing anything wrong don't get caught, it could cost you $5,000!; you gotta wear a face mask no more face shields - thems the rules; somebody somewhere is testing your poo!; do not under any circumstances annoy a Cassowary; if you need a boost to your morale watch Zulu; keep to your 5km zone and if that doesn't include a beach don't go to the beach; try not to commit perjury (allegedly); to vote if you don't want a fine, show true grit.