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domicron does it again…
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Just on a month ago, about the same time he was dumping social restrictions and advocating personal responsibility in dealing with COVID, NSW's still new Premier Dominic Perrottet made a speech arguing the need to think about the lessons the pandemic had taught us about our system of government.
What he specifically had in mind was the nature of the federation.
"The pandemic may not yet be over," he said.
"But now is the right time to start thinking about the lessons COVID has taught us about our federal system of government — and how we can respond."
It was a genuinely interesting speech, and vaguely refreshing to hear someone sounding like they were actually thinking about stuff in amidst the chaos of pandemic management.
Of course, some of it looks a little … sick now, given how the actions of Perrottet's government appeared to accelerate the spread of the already contagious Omicron variant.
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He said the Federation had allowed states to tailor their responses and for all to learn from each other. But the pandemic had also identified weaknesses in the system too, he said.
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-08/omicron-covid-leaders-not-learning-from-mistakes/100744162
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- By Gus Leonisky at 9 Jan 2022 - 4:31am
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testing less for lesser infected numbers…
NSW has recorded its deadliest day of the pandemic with 18 deaths and 20,293 new COVID-19 cases, as the vaccine rollout for primary school aged children begins.
There are now 2030 people in hospital with the virus, of whom 159 are in intensive care units.
The new infections were reported from 84,333 tests, resulting in a positive rate of 24 per cent.
The state recorded 16 deaths and 30,062 cases on Sunday, which was then the most daily deaths recorded since the pandemic began.
The figures do not include those who tested positive through at-home tests. That will change this week, when positive rapid antigen tests will be reportable to health authorities through the Service NSW app.
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As you would have guessed, there has been LESS TESTING THAN BEFORE... On previous occasions more than 150,000 tests would have been performed in the same period. Based on the rate of 24 per cent this means that the state is hiding the true infection figures which are approaching 50,000 per day.
Meanwhile, it is impossible to find a RAT in this country... though there are plenty of rats here...
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