Blog Day 690 - Monday 28 February 2022 - Day 03 Even More Covid Nearly Normaller 

Just when we think that we are overcoming one disaster with international repercussions as in the covid virus pandemic we get a mad man come along with access to nuclear weapons.

 I have already written at length about the history and circumstances surrounding the animosity between Ukraine, Russia and the other Eastern European countries, so I won't go through all of that again.

Meanwhile locally, south eastern Queensland is experiencing record rainfall and flooding with seven people killed.  Remember when a climate change supporter stated with authority that the dams in SE Australia would never be full again.  This person whose name escapes me probably makes a better palaeontologist than a rainfall forecaster, it will be interesting to see if he admits that he was wrong.  

Talking about events in Queensland, it is reported that a 14 year old boy died of box jelly fish stings over the weekend.  The unfortunate lad had two metres of stingers wrapped around his legs and died of cardiac arrest.  

It is back to work day today with all restriction on people working in their workplace removed.  Hopefully this will make a big difference to the CBD as people return to their offices.  I daresay things will move a bit slowly to start with as people will be used to working from home and now reluctant to have to get up early, have a shower, put on clothes that don't have an elastic waistband and shoes that have laces and need a touch of polish every now and again.

And whilst the state is still experiencing 5,000+ new infections a day I think that workers will be hesitant to travel on public transport and share office environments.  Although some organisations, particularly the unions, claim that people are as productive working from home as they are working in the office, I for one do not believe it.  

No doubt a lot of workers will work some sort of work from home and office hybrid which may suit all parties.  

It is interesting that lots of people are still wearing masks, both indoors and outdoors even though it is not compulsory any more.

Talking to some friends of mine recently and it looks like our annual campin & fishin trip to Lake Eildon is on again in the next few weeks.  I am in the market for a new tent, one that I can stand up in.  Last year I found having to crawl in and out of my tent and not being able to stand up in it hard work.

Anaconda, BCF and other camping stores are all advertising stand uppable tents that can be erected in two minutes, two minutes my arse!  I will believe that when I see it.  BCF have an interesting tent, it has a inflatable frame, I might have to have a look at that, and it probably floats as well. 

For the last 30 years or so I have suffered with wet boots and feet getting in and out of boats, so this year I am buying a pair of gumboots, yes, I know, I catch on pretty quickly.

As you can see from the tables below, not much has changed with the covid figures.  The vaccination rates are going up slowly but steadily, the new daily infection figures are coming down slowly but surely and the death numbers are remaining basically the same.

Hopefully the death numbers will start to decrease and then all the numbers will be heading the right direction.

          Corona Virus Daily Stats – 28 February 2021 – Day 03 Even More Covid Nearly Normaller

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
01/02					11,311	12,818
02/02	2,614,706	38,379	94.9%	877,553	14,553	11,807	293,675	129,942	73,886	92.4%
03/02					12,157	12,632
04/02	2,668,333	22,508	95.0%	900,950	11,240	10,698	253,603	102,847	65,968	92.6%
05/02					7,810	8,389
06/02	2,727,303	21,602	95.1%	915,929	7,169	7,893	227,841	89,861	60,917	92.7%
07/02					8,275	7,437
08/02	2,777,432	25,254	95.1%	933,989	9,785	9,690	205,543	76,465	58,449	92.8%
09/02					9,908	10,312
10/02					9,391	10,130
11/02	2,850,969	25,445	95.8%	961,889	8,521	8,950	185,163	64,813	55,617	93.8%
12/02					7,224	8,183
13/02	2,897,089	22,049	95.9%	976,256	7,223	6,686	176,646	58,741	54,494	93.9%
14/02					7,104	6,184
15/02	2,938,602	16,876	85.9%	991,522	8,162	8,201	163,283	50,802	50,967	94.0%
16/02					8,149	10,463
17/02					8,501	9,995
18/02					6,935	9,243
19/02	3,013,018	20,589	96.0%	987,725	6,280	7,615	218,167	108,729	48,420	94.1%
20/02					4,867	5,539
21/02	3,049,564	17,736	96.1%	997,891	5,611	4,916	209,767	103,850	45,278	94.2%
22/02				1,004,549	6,786	8,752
23/02	3,097,093	22,999	96.1%	1,011,475	6,926	8,931	202,598	100,745	42,016	94.2%
24/02					6,715	8,271
25/02					6,580	7,583
26/02	3,169,942	18,999	96.3%	1,030,021	5,874	7,017	204,440	98,491	40,968	94.3%
27/02					5,052
28/02	3,208,116	16,218	96.3%	1,040,797	5,852	5,856	203,581	96,172	41,205	94.3%

Corona Virus Daily Stats Hospitalisation Etc – 28 February 2022 – Day 03 Even More Covid Nearly Normaller
Date	Aus New Infection	Aus Hospital	Aus ICU	Aus Ventilate	Vic New Infection	Vic Hospital	Vic ICU	Vic Ventilate	AUS Daily Deaths	Vic Daily Deaths
01/02										34
02/02	38,379	4,670	348	130	14,553	768	99	31	69	25
03/02									85	34
04/02	22,508	4,465	314	133	11,240	707	79	29	67	36
05/02					7,810				83	41
06/02	21,602	4,139	291	122	7,169	652	73	28	44	6
07/02									46	7
08/02	25,254	3,803	271	97	9,785	575	72	30	51	20
09/02									63	21
10/02									65	16
11/02	25,445	3,348	261	77	8,521	553	82	23	48	13
12/02									67	19
13/02	22,049	3,018	224	87	7,223	465	62	17	45	18
14/02										2
15/02	16,876	2,977	228	84	8,162	441	67	14	36	20
16/02									63	18
17/02									66	9
18/02									37	14
19/02	20,589	2,432	191	70	6,280	365	55	13	43	20
20/02									33	9
21/02	17,736	2,412	179	64	5,611	361	49	11	16	3
22/02									36	13
23/02	22,999	2,326	170	51	6,926	319	48	8	60	17
24/02									42	16
25/02									29	11
26/02	18,999	2,028	151	44	5,874	281	43	5	34	15
27/02									27	17
28/02	16,218	2,013	139	26	5,852	283	42	7	11	3