Comments by "John Woodrow" (@johnwoodrow8769) on "Government's response to the coronavirus is an 'overreaction'" video.

  1. I was with you, up to the elections. Never let politicians stop elections, never. Just look at what they have done, and you want to surrender the very last thread of influence remaining. The elections can easily be dome without jeopardizing anyone's health with just a bit of lateral thinking. 30% of people already vote by pre-pole or postal vote. Extend that for a couple days to reduce crowds on the day. Extend the voting from Saturday to Saturday and Sunday. Other possibilities. What does it matter if results aren't available for an extra week under these unusual circumstances.
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  2.  @mylessmith8980  Accurate numbers seem to have been the first 'fatal casualty' of anything to do with Cov 19. Just this morning I heard a USA 'expert' say the death rate is around 3%. The recorded number for the USA is 1.5%. But even it's an overstatement, because no one has any idea how many unrecorded cases there are. And its also useless for individuals to understand their personal situation as the death rate for children is essentially zero, and 20% for over 80's. Influenza is a far more dangerous virus for children. Cov 19 is a far more dangerous virus for the elderly.
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  3. You may find the number was significantly higher than 80,000. An estimated 3 Million people each year die from pneumonia. What's the major reason for pneumonia? That's right, the influenza virus. So even basic tracking of influence deaths depends upon what the doctor records on a death certificate. Did they write Influenza, or pneumonia? That's why you'll find some credible sources say annual influenza deaths for Australia are around 1500 a year, and others say around 3,500. This bigger number includes an estimate of pneumonia due to influenza. If you go with around 350,000 to 500,000 deaths a year from influence its probably closer to the true number.
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  4. Figure out airport arrivals need to be strictly controlled and monitored. Figure out ships arriving with 2700 passengers shouldn't just be allowed to wander away. Figure out you shouldn't be paying $4000 dollars to Chinese students to get around travel bans, Figure out if you only test people arriving from overseas, your test results will tell all the virus is coming from overseas. Clown must have have trouble figuring out how to put their pants on in the morning. I'll be doing my bit to make sure everyone of the 'gang' will be joining the unemployment queue after their next election. Lets see how they like it.,
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  5. The economy is vastly different to "money". It is the very existence of people. Shelter, food, security, purpose, and both the short and long term consequences to physical and mental health. To reduce the difficult balance that needs to be made as one involving life v money demonstrates a complete misunderstanding is what is really involved.
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  6. I nearly feel of my chair when just the other day the Chief Medical Officer said they were thinking of expanding virus testing.....to aged care facility workers. FFS!! was all I could think.
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  7. There are LOTS of complete failures by public health officials that require "judgement". Telling people to get off beaches while at the same time allowing nearly 4000 (passengers and crew) to just wander off a ship into the community calls in question the whole competence of these people to make decisions. They need to be scrutinized and 'held to account'.
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  8. I'm assuming your income hasn't been greatly affected by the shutdowns.
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  9.  @kevinzhai3534  You may need to have more than "a few months". As people are running a doom and gloom line regarding the virus, I may as well do the same on the economy. Honestly, for most people who have lost their jobs, expect at least 12 months of hardship. The USA took 9 years to regain the same level of employment that existed before the GFC. This current deliberately created global depression will be much worse that the GFC. That's why I cringe when I hear people calling for even more extreme shutdowns. And these calls seemingly are ALWAYS coming from people largely effected by the thing they are not calling for. Easy to tell other people to suck it up when you've a high paying secure job yourself.
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  10. I was starting to loose faith in you Andrew, your usually way ahead of the mob in thinking through a complex issue and coming to an intellect conclusion when all the 'sheep' are running the opposite direction. You were fence sitting for way too long. Anyhow you've finally decided to get down off that fence and make a stand on the correct side. So my faith is restored. Just don't take so long next time. Maybe to much whiskey with a mate??
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  11. Can I suggest you Google Italy yourself to understand the unique aspects that make it totally irrelevant to gauge how Australia will play out. Subjects you might want to explore include the 'Italian' (joke) clothing industry. Where grandparents live in a traditional family situation. And the state of the Italian hospital system after years of EU forced austerity measures.
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  12.  @gerjaison  I have my doubts the statement all people 60+ may be correct. It's clear existing health preconditions are a significant factor affection outcomes. These include hypertension, heart/lung disease, diabetes, obesity, etc., basically life-style diseases. Point being is age really the risk variable, or is it the increased incidence of life-style diseases as age increases that is the primary. Age just being a proxy for general health. Personally I think its probably about general health. I'm betting a healthy 60 year old has a far lower risk than a 30 year old obese chain smoker who lives an a diet of McDonalds and Coke.
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