Blog Day 202 - 13 October 2020

A bear walked into a bar and asked for a......................beer, and the barman said 'why the big pause'?

Can politics in this country get any better.  A candidate in my ward in my local council election is now accused of being "a Chinese agent of influence".  The candidate is president of the Chinese Community Council of Australia's Victorian (CCCAV) branch which some claim is associated with the United Front Work Department which is claimed to be associated with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).  The candidate has withdrawn from the council election although she is still directing votes to her running mates, good luck to them.

The newspaper article reporting this also stated that this candidate is a current member of the ALP and formerly advisor to a state Labor MP.  I don't think that any of this was mentioned in her publicity blurbs.

Who would have thought that sleepy old Bentleigh East would be a hot bed of communist activity (allegedly).  Although the Petrovs did live in the area after their defection from the USSR during the height of the cold war.

And still politics is the gift that keeps on giving.  How about the NSW premier, Gladys Berejiklian, giving evidence to the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) that she was in a "close personal relationship", until recently, with a disgraced MP accused of corruption and being investigated by the ICAC.  Apparently she had been in a relationship with the MP, Daryl Maguire for five years and only recently ended the relationship.  Phone taps have revealed that she was aware that Maguire was receiving commissions for brokering property deals as far back as 2014.  Maguire is to start being examined today, should be interesting.

Will Gladys do an Andrews and dig in or will she resign?

And while we are talking fun and games in state politics.  You may or may not know that Queensland it about to head to the polls in a state election.  Yesterday, the state premier, Annastacia Palaszcuk had the temerity to suggest who might or might not be in her cabinet after the election.  She was very promptly put in her place by an unelected union official and factional labor left heavyweight who made it clear that the makeup of her cabinet was not her decision.

And poor old ScoMo got paint and tomatoes thrown at him at a university yesterday.

Now for some good news, a White House doctor has told us that President Donald Trump has tested negative to the virus and is not infectious to others.

As another Chinese agent of influence once said "we live in interesting times".

Now onto today's figures.  Victoria reported 12 new infections for the last 24 hours which is down on 15 the day before.  The premier is now accepting that we won't make the trigger points for the next step by 19/10 and has suggested that there maybe a recalibration wherein 10 becomes the new 5 and 5 becomes the new zero.  By way of comparison NSW reported 13 new infections in the last 24 hours, 7 of those were from local sources and 6 from overseas travellers.

We reported one more death in the last 24 hours bringing the state total to 811 and the national total to 899.  Victoria has 22 people in hospital due to the virus and none in ICU.  

We are really experiencing difficulty in clearing up this troublesome tail, with the rolling 14 day average back up into double figures, just.  Whilst these figure hold up there will be doubt in the government of just how much the restrictions can be relaxed.

Rolling 14 day average;

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

13/10: Metro 10.0, Regional .4, Total 10.4

Worldwide, 293,000 new infections and 3,900 new deaths reported in the last 24 hours.  

Corona Virus Daily Stats – Stage 4 Lockdown – 2^nd Step Restrictions – Day 16

Date	Aus Infected	Aus Increase	Vic Infected	Vic Increase	Aus Death	Vic Death	Aus Hospl	Vic Hospital	Aus ICU	Vic ICU
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
13/10	27,298	19	20,307	12	899	811	32	22	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
13/10	38,028,926	292,807	1,085,091	3,845

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, tell your children not to get involved in politics.