Singapore has placed 20,000 foreign workers under quarantine to control Wuhan Virus contagion : When will Australia do the same , and what is being done about aliens working in Australia ? NSW Health data shows how quarantining specific groups and areas could have saved us from the ongoing economic loss and loss of liberties

by Ganesh Sahathevan



The Government of Singapore has placed almost 20,000 workers under quarantine to control the spread of the Wuhan Virus.

When will Australia do the same; and is the government doing anything to track illegal workers, especially those from China? To so is not racist but a matter of basic probability.

See also the NSW Health maps and statistics of COVID-19 spread in NSW.  It is clear that a suburb by suburb lockdown could,if not should have been implemented in mid March.Instead we now have a state and nationwide lockdown that is causing untold loss and damage.


Locally acquired COVID-19 cases in NSW with an unknown source

Picture: NSW Health

Among the locally acquired COVID-19 cases in NSW with an unknown source of infection, Hornsby, located on the Upper North Shore of Sydney, was equal to Sydney with the highest number of cases, between 5-9.

Locally acquired COVID-19 cases in NSW with an unknown source of infection as of 8pm 4 April 2020, by Local Government Area

Local Government Area	Cases locally acquired - Contact not identified
Berrigan	1-4
Blue Mountains	1-4
Broken Hill	1-4
Camden	1-4
Canada Bay	1-4
Cessnock	1-4
Coffs Harbour	1-4
Coonamble	1-4
Dubbo Regional	1-4
Fairfield	1-4
Goulburn Mulwaree	1-4
Gunnedah	1-4
Hawkesbury	1-4
Hunters Hill	1-4
Kempsey	1-4
Lachlan	1-4
Lake Macquarie	1-4
Lane Cove	1-4
Lismore	1-4
Mid-Coast	1-4
Mosman	1-4
Newcastle	1-4
Orange	1-4
Port Stephens	1-4
Shellharbour	1-4
Shoalhaven	1-4
Strathfield	1-4
Tamworth Regional	1-4
Tenterfield	1-4
Tweed	1-4
Wagga Wagga	1-4
Willoughby	1-4
Wingecarribee	1-4
Wollondilly	1-4
Wollongong	1-4
Campbelltown	5
Port Macquarie-Hastings	5
Hornsby	7
North Sydney	7
Central Coast	8
Penrith	8
Woollahra	8
Bayside	9
Liverpool	9
The Hills Shire	9
Canterbury-Bankstown	10
Parramatta	10
Ryde	11
Georges River	13
Ku-ring-gai	13
Blacktown	14
Sutherland Shire	15
Cumberland	18
Inner West	18
Randwick	18
Northern Beaches	20
Sydney	30
Waverley	33
Total​	380

The case definition of a confirmed case is a person who tests positive to a validated specific SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid test or has the virus identified by electron microscopy or viral culture, at a reference laboratory. The details on source of infection are subject to change as public health investigations and case interviews are ongoing.

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WHO's flu virus strategy based on one research paper analysing controls in the US in 1918: Research assumed social distancing has no economic costs

by Ganesh Sahathevan



Social distancing is a nonpharmaceutical interventions recommended by the WHO (which is silent on the matter of cost) in its Global Influenza Strategy 2019-2030:


Nonpharmaceutical interventions 

Nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), also known as community mitigation strategies, are a critical tool for limiting the transmission and spread of influenza, allowing people to better protect themselves and others, and they are the first line of defence against influenza in all countries. NPIs are the most readily available set of interventions; they can be on the personal level (e.g. better hand washing or the use of facemasks) or on the community level (e.g. social distancing in schools, workplaces and events). During the 1918 pandemic, NPIs were the only available set of interventions; modern research on 1918 mortality data and experience with NPI implementation has provided historic evidence on the effectiveness of early, layered NPI implementation, even in the context of a severe and highly transmissible pandemic (43).
(Global influenza strategy 2019-2030ISBN 978-92-4-151532-0)


The research that the WHO has relied on is authored by
Markel and others and is titled  Nonpharmaceutical interventions implemented by US cities during the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic. 

The research assumes that social distancing is costless,
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TO BE READ WITH 

Australian medical experts assume social  distancing  is a LOW COST COVID-19/Wuhan Virus mitigation  strategy: Morrison Govt must explain why public was not informed of the false assumption

Re Mark Speakman's "great loss for journalism" : Pity the AG & aspiring Premier NSW does not show the same enthusiasm for investigations into his NSW LPAB and that "one & only" license to grant law degrees awarded Zhu Minshen

by Ganesh Sahathevan



HK protests and Top Education Group: Can AG Speakman assure 

student protesters that powers he has granted Top Group will not be used against them
Tweeted by Mark Speakman ,Attorney General NSW

Mark Speakman #StayHomeSaveLives

@MarkSpeakman

Great loss for journalism:

@joanne2mccarthy

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@newcastleherald

played no small part in exposing hideous child sexual abuse in organisations where kids should have been safe, which led to NSW Special Commission + indeed the Child Abuse Royal Commission

It's goodbye from me

After 40 years in journalism, Joanne McCarthy is leaving the newsroom.

newcastleherald.com.au

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Meanwhile, these issues remain outstanding: 

AG NSW justifies exclusion of foreign regulatory risks from Dept of Justice annual reports on the basis that he was threatened, intimidated by the information:The matter of Top Group has implications for all regulators (including the NSW Law Soc)