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https://www.smh.com.au/national/western-australia/scientists-warn-coldplay-fans-to-dust-off-face-masks-ahead-of-perth-concerts-20231115-p5ek45.html>
"When Coldplay entertains more than 100,000 concert-goers at Optus Stadium they
will be joined by billions of other living organisms - a soup of highly
transmissible COVID variants floating around the crowd.
Prominent epidemiologists have cautioned the public to take extra precautions
as the latest figures from WA Health showed case numbers were steadily rising
in the state as the British rock group’s
World of Spheres tour gets ready to
kick off.
ICU cases have risen from zero to three, and two deaths were recorded in the
most recent reporting week. Many of the total reported cases were among the 40
to 69-year-old cohort.
WA’s chief Health Officer Andy Robertson said COVID-19 has been increasing
since early September – primarily driven by the Eris variant, and it was an
expected part of the ongoing evolution of the virus in the community as
immunity waned over time.
He said as of November 14, 201 patients were in WA hospitals with COVID-19 –
still lower than the 268 and 258 patients hospitalised during the previous two
peaks in December 2022 and May 2023.
COVID hospitalisations remain the key metric for WA Health after the website
for mandatory reporting of positive RATs was shut down in October."
Via Violet Blue’s
Pandemic Roundup: November 16, 2023
https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-92977565
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
