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A substantial wave of Covid-19 hits Australia. · The Slippery Slope

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  Low Hi Jay Fallon, Thanks for listening to the slippery slope.
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  So can anyone tell me? I need some feedback.
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  Can you tell me if you've had COVID and if you've been at the
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  the jab, have you had COVID recently and have you had the
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  jab now? I know this is just anecdotal,
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  OK, not offering this as as you know as the as the evidence to
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  end all other evidence, but I obviously never got the jab.
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  Sorry, I've had had COVID once once and now recently we've
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  seen, I'd I'd noticed in my the area where I work quite a few
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  people had come down with with the new variant, the new variant
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  and what came out today, this report, I'll bring it up so you
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  can have a look at it. It says that we've got the
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  latest, the latest COVID figures in and there's a bit of an
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  outbreak, the latest COVID-19 news and case numbers from
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  around the States and territory. So it says that as school
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  holidays come to an end and people return to work,
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  Australians are reminded to take precautions against another
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  substantial wave of COVID-19. There are currently more than
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  26,000 active cases of COVID-19 across the country due to
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  changes in testing and reporting requirements.
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  Chief Medical Officer Professor Paul Kelly.
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  Not to be mistaken for musician Paul Kelly, he says these
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  figures are likely underestimated.
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  When you look at the official figures of cases, that reflects
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  what's happening in the community and it's helpful for
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  monitoring, but it's not the total story.
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  When you look at the way we're having now, which is
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  substantial, that's a sign that COVID is circulating in the
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  community. COVID case numbers and related
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  deaths have been on a downward trend over the past year.
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  That's mainly due to the hybrid immunity that we have at the
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  moment from previous infection, but crucially, from our high
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  vaccination rates. This is what the professor says.
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  He's the expert. But he warns one of the reasons
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  why we are seeing another wave now is because of waning
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  immunity. And you know what that means?
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  That means you all got to go out and get get another jab.
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  That's, that's what they're they're pushing for another jab.
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  You can see it now, he goes. I am concerned about those that
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  are more vulnerable to severe diseases.
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  So the people who are over the age of 75 in particular, there's
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  been nearly A5 fold increase in cases in in aged care homes over
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  the past six months with 419 facilities affected by an
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  outbreak right now. Going on to say he reminds
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  Australians to keep their vaccinations up to date, There
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  it is. That's what it's all about.
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  Keep your vaccinations up to date because someone is making
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  money, so you got to guarantee you can guarantee.
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  That's why they're pushing vaccinations.
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  The latest COVID-19 advice from the Australian Technical
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  Advisory Group on Immunization is you're not required by law to
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  isolate if you have COVID-19 symptoms, but it is strongly
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  encouraged you stay at home. You should not visit high risk
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  settings like hospitals and aged and disability care settings for
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  at least seven days or until symptoms have gone, unless
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  seeking immediate medical care, blah blah, blah.
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  Basically there's an outbreak. They're saying that it's that
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  new one, that new version that they've got.
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  What is the JN? They did a talk about it.
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  It was written in here somewhere.
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  It's the new one anyway. That's the that's the outbreak
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  that they've got happening. I just, like I said, send me
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  some feedback. If you've been vaccinated, Have
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  you had COVID again? Have you had COVID several
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  times? Because I never got vaccinated.
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  As I've told you, I've had COVID once.
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  I know a lot of people who have had COVID 234 even five times.
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  I'm not trying to make fun of these people, but and they've
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  all been vaccinated. Everyone I know that's been
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  vaccinated has had COVID several times, several times, and it and
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  it just seems to get worse every time.
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  They they really get hit hard. And then the people I know like
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  myself who haven't had it, they've been sick once or twice,
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  but then that's it. They're all actually some of
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  them not even at all. So let me know Australia.
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  Australia is in another outbreak.
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  Apparently we've got the wave flooding across the nation.
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  The professor, Professor Paul Kelly wants us all to go out and
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  get the jab again. Keep up to date, but let me know
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  if you've been jabbed. Have you gotten COVID several
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  times? If you haven't been jabbed, how
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  many times have you had it? Inquiring minds need to know.
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  Jay Fallon, thanks for listening to the Slippery slope.