Blog Day 543 - Sunday 26 Sept 2021 - Day 52 of Covid Lockdown V6.0 Extended

As a disinterested spectator I watched bits and pieces of the AFL grand final last night on the telly.  I don't understand why when the two best teams in the competition play in the grand final it often turns into a one sided route.   If it was Melbourne losing by that much one might have thought that they were tanking again, but Footscray doesn't have a reputation for that sort of thing, unlike the Demons.

I thought that the pre game and half time entertainments were quite good.  Having the entertainment performed in the evening certainly adds to it with the use of special effects, light shows and fireworks.  Even Meatloaf would have looked and sounded good with all that going on around him.

The lady who sang the national anthem was marvellous and she had great ti..... ti......ti......timbre.

What are the odds on the next grand final at the MCG, whenever that will be, being held at dusk or night time??

I have been doing gardening this morning if pulling up twenty years growth of ivy and other parasitic plants hits the definition of gardening.  My neighbour and I have decided to get a smallish section of side fence replaced and the whole area was heavily overgrown.  So I have been in there this morning with a small flame thrower, large chain saw, and various other implements of mass destruction giving it a good clean up, that is after chasing the pygmies out.  I wonder what the virus infection rate is amongst pygmies.

A photo of me when I was in the boy Scouts with a pygmy.

Nationally 75.4% of the eligible population have received their first vaccination and 51% are fully vaccinated.  In Victoria 76.9% of the eligible population have received their first vaccination and 47% are fully vaccinated.  Victoria still hasn't started on the long and winding road of the road map and will not do so until 80% of the eligible population has received one jab, this is now forecast as happening on Tuesday.

The first stop on the road map doesn't mean much for metropolitan Melbourne most restrictions will still apply including the curfew.  The main change will be that we will be able to travel 15km from home instead of 10km if we are attending to the six reasons for leaving home.

And amidst all of this the corona virus drags on.  Victoria reported 779 new infections in the last 24 hours and 2 deaths.  We received the results of 46,000 tests.

NSW reported 964 new cases in the last 24 hours and 9 deaths, from 106,000 tests.

Overall Victoria has reported 844 deaths for the pandemic, 22 of which have occurred in this third wave since 01/09.

NSW has reported 351 deaths for the pandemic of which 297 have occurred since 10/07, the start of their 3rd wave.

The premier of Victoria still isn't giving any credit for vaccinations being administered outside of the state hubs although they exceed those given by the state.  To date 6.8 million doses of vaccine have been administered in Victoria, 3.3 million by the state, 177,000 in the care system and 3.6 million outside of the state system.  Why is the state premier failing to give credit where credit is due?

Here is an interesting thing, the US reported 181,000 new infections for the 24 hours 25/9 and 2,735 deaths for the same period.  I have previously mentioned the inconsistencies of the US figures, it appears that the their new infection figures peak on a Saturday each week and the death figures peak on a Friday each week.  This must be something to do with the way the various states are collating and reporting their figures.

Corona Virus Daily Stats – 26 September 2021 – Day 52 of Covid Lockdown V6.0 Extended

Date	Aus Infected	Aus Increase	Aus 1st Dose Vacc	Vic Infected	Vic Increase	NSW Increase	*Aus Active Infection	NSW Active Infection	Vic Active Infection	Aus 2nd Dose Vacc
01/09
02/09	56,564	1,482		22,361	176	1,288	21,481	20,148	1,029
03/09	58,288	1,660		22,570	209	1,433	22,767	21,296	1,180
04/09
05/09	61,619	1,686		22,942	183	1,487	25,590	23,903	1,417
06/09
07/09	64,641	1,487		23,433	246	1,222	28,131	26,082	1,786
08/09
09/09
10/09
11/09
12/09	73,625	1,669	66.9%	25,136	392	1,262	19,206	15,798	3,112	41.9%
13/09
14/09	76,901	1,605	68.5%	26,036	445	1,136	18,553	14,460	3,799	43.2%
15/09
16/09	80,400	1,883	69.2%	26,942	514	1,351	18,956	14,299	4,370	43.9%
17/09
18/09	84,055	1,884	70.5%	27,968	535	1,333	19,526	14,272	4,974	45.4%
19/09
20/09	87,128	1,514	71.7%	29,008	567	936	20,926	14,984	5,675	46.7%
21/09
22/09					620	1,021
23/09					745	1,043
24/09	93,942	1,796	74.1%	31,679	733	1,044	19,585	12,173	7,160	49.3%
25/09	95,807	1,887	74.8%	32,515	847	1,007	19,807	11,928	7,611	50.1%
26/09	97,583	1,768	75.4%	33,273	779	964	19,940	11,658	8,011	51%
27/09