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https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/canine-covid-how-to-avoid-passing-the-virus-on-to-your-dog-or-cat/news-story/59b72fe597989ce99e6f8631d7c3703b>
"The Victorian government’s “official silence” on the state’s worsening Covid
wave is risking lives, a top social researcher has warned.
RMIT Adjunct Associate Professor Dr Stephen Alomes said now was the time for
the Allan government to end its minimalist Covid public reporting approach, as
“official silence costs lives”.
“It must end now,” he said. “We need a return to weekly reporting. The argument
is simple. Information about infection cases and death tolls influences public
behaviour regarding protection and vaccination, which may reduce the current
wave. Therefore Victoria should return to weekly (public) reporting.”
The state government some time ago stopped publicly reporting Covid
hospitalisation and deaths numbers, and does not allow Victorians to report
their positive RAT results — meaning it does not have a true picture of the
number of Covid cases in the state and how they are changing.
Covid death and hospitalisations numbers, however, can be found in its
surveillance data, with deaths reported over a 28-day period.
In the most recent reporting period, deaths soared to a shocking 166, with
nearly 60 per cent of the lives being claimed in a younger age bracket than
previously."
Via Violet Blue’s
Pandemic Roundup: December 14, 2023
https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-94652305
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
