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Thread: CoronaVirus ==> Empty Shelves
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19th March 2020, 07:12 AM #376
one of my former neighbours, Prof Robert Booy, on why schools should remain open
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19th March 2020, 07:49 AM #377
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19th March 2020, 08:13 AM #378.
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Sure, but fine grained data can at least be easily aggregated into whatever patchwork was required.
BTW
you're up early this morning. Trouble sleeping?
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SWMBO went to the local Woolies yesterday to pick up a couple of day to day items and was amazed, then amused by what she saw. The reason for some of the empty shelves became apparent when she came across one gent with 12 double packs of Tim Tams and about 10 slabs of those 12 pack flavoured yoghurts amongst a myriad of other items. I don't like yoghurt, but I can almost understand the Tim Tams.
Anyway, the amusement came when the guy arrived at the check-out where the attendant told him he could only have 2 of each item and the manager came over and started to remove the excess items! One unhappy customer and heaps of customers congratulating the attendant and manager for bringing a bit of common sense into the process.
Later in the day I went into the local Coles and was amazed to see first hand the number of empty spaces throughout the store. I found everything I wanted but it seems that the shelf stackers are unable to keep up with demand at the moment. On my morning walk this morning, the local IGA seemed to be fully stocked ready for the days trading.
Interesting times, that is for sure.
Alan...
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Shed time.
Time for all those projects that have sat in your head for years.
There's a suggestion that camphor may have antiviral properties and the same may (or may not) be for any rainforest timber that has chemicals that deter white ant infestation, red cedar, rosewood, black bean, mackay cedar, silky oak, Qld maple.
It doesn't matter.
You no longer need an excuse, you can now practise social isolation without fear of being thought crazy.
And if you have a dust protection mask all the better, it may become useful elsewhere in the future.
The small of camphor will clear your nose in any event and the best thing is you will no longer be queried as to why you are spending an inordinate time alone in a small shed.
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19th March 2020, 08:38 AM #381
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I'm no data scientist and in principle I agree, but you need another set of data to complement the original one, so for example a mapping of postcode to likely-hospital location. Not sure what sources of geo-data are available that might help there, and I certainly wouldn't know where to find it
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19th March 2020, 09:08 AM #383.
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Hospital location doesn't really matter. What matters is the most common location of the person in the week or so previous to being detected. That way we could see which areas are likely to have unknown spreaders. Then the trackers could focus testing in those area. I'm pretty sure the authorities are already doing this. It would just be interesting to see if there were clusters although it might also unnecessarily frighten some people?
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19th March 2020, 09:58 AM #384
The wife and I did our usual fortnightly shop at Woolworths on Tuesday at Tamworth. I was surprised at a few things.....
*it was mid morning but the whole plaza seemed less busy than usual
*the bread section looked a little "light on" stock
*the fresh meat section was only a fifth of what it usually carries
*fruit and veg was about the usual quantity available
*muesli was about out as well as other cereals
*Chocolate was to its usual quantity
*pasta was nearly gone
*soft drinks and water seemed about right
*NO toilet paper
*UHT milk was down a bit
I just can't get my head around the whole situation here as well as overseas. I am also shocked at the attitude of shoppers who "have to get it all" leaving nothing for the next shopper. What has happened to the Aussie spirit that gives everyone a fair go?
I hope common sense and common dignity are restored soonJust do it!
Kind regards Rod
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19th March 2020, 10:16 AM #385
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19th March 2020, 11:37 AM #387The person who never made a mistake never made anything
Cheers
Ray
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19th March 2020, 12:07 PM #388
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19th March 2020, 12:19 PM #389
Crown casino is still open.... pfft
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sorry I should have trace and inform the exposees. They are doing this where the can but nowhere near as must as they should. They have done some blanket testing around a known affectee in a few small areas in WA. In one case they tested over 300 people and picked up one unknown infection who showed symptoms 2 days later. This is supposedly why they are not blanket testing also because they don’t have enough swabs to do theses sorts of tests.
Also, as far as I know, the GIS tools to do the mapping are not widely known
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