Australian state to send army to check on COVID-19 cases

July 24, 2020 RIP Australian Democracy.

Australia's Victoria state will send in the army to question people who have tested positive

Oh my God!

A complete martial state.

Absolutely stupid and discrimination!

This strain of Virus does seem to hit western DNA harder than Asian DNA, it's a desperate situation in Melbourne and Police are stretched thin. Makes sence to use the Army to help. It's a democracy, people know that everyone needs to be cautious, I'd hardly call it the end of freedom, rather a well used Tax payer dollar used to help tax payers in a time of need.

About time the Aus government did something to deal with the beligerent, selfish minor population of Melbourne. It's so simple, those who cooperate do so for the good of the overall population, those who resist do so for selfish reasons, put them in their place asap please.

Not everywhere is the USA. Take a little chill pill and relax. They're not hidden behind masks armed or tear gassing anyone.

Simian LaneToday  04:48 pm JST

A wedding with no singing, dancing and mingling might as well be a funeral.

Reminds me of the old Gram Parsons song, $1000 wedding

I remember when Australia was a fun, relaxed country, back in the 1980s...long time ago now.

Army was dispatched quickly, almost as if it were planned

Crikey - This strain of Virus does seem to hit western DNA harder than Asian DNA

What an absolute load of rot! Where does your evidence come from the virus discriminates between races? I guess the fact that thousands of Chinese died from it escapes your span of knowledge. Another thing that is missing from your assumption is, the outbreak in Melbourne started in the Chinese community.

Wise and prudent move by Australia.

Some folks da-kine said this move means RIP Australian Democracy.

On the other hand without such a step it would mean thousands more Aussies RIP.

What an absolute load of rot! Where does your evidence come from the virus discriminates between races?

This is only my theory that popped up while reading your comments. I am not in the field of medicine but I try and put two and two together. The information and source below are based on vaccines in general and unrelated to COVID-19, but it’s in my opinion of why we have lower numbers. Yes, there is not enough testing in Japan but in general, the difference stems from what we have in our bodies already. So FWIW it’s not a matter of race, but the vaccines you’ve taken when you were a child.

Most countries in the developed world tend to recommend the same kinds of vaccines for babies, children and adults. However, vaccination schedules are not exactly the same from country to country. There may be differences in: the types of vaccines included in the programme; the ages at which vaccines and boosters are recommended; the number of vaccine doses that are recommended for each vaccine; the types of vaccines recommended for the whole population; the types of vaccines recommended for special groups (such as pregnant women). These are not the same from one country to another.

In the US and Canada, for example, the flu vaccine is recommended for everyone over 6 months old, while in the UK the programme is targeted to children, adults over 65, and special groups such as people with serious medical conditions. Some vaccines are not included in the UK routine programme, but are in other countries; for example, chickenpox (varicella) vaccine is recommended routinely in Australia and the USA, but not in the UK. If you look into Japan’s list you can also find differences, and in the past shots for TB were a big deal.

A university professor of medicine says that Japan is more than 10 years behind European and North American countries in its inoculation policy and his view is widely shared. In the United States, publicly funded health care programs cover vaccination against mumps, hepatitis A and childhood influenza. In Japan, individuals must pay for the same inoculations. Some progress has been made in Japan. After being bitterly criticized for failing to prevent the 2009 flu pandemic, the health ministry has expanded the scope of vaccinations whose costs are covered by public funds including haemophilus influenza type b or Hib, which is different from the virus-caused influenza, in 2013, pneumococcal pneumonia in 2014 and hepatitis B in 2016.

Vaccination situations can also differ from one region to another. In Hokkaido, vaccination against Japanese encephalitis was not legally required until 2016 on the grounds that Culex tritaeniorhynchus, a type of mosquito that transmits the encephalitis virus from pigs to humans, did not exist on the island. 

That only a small number of diseases are covered by the regular vaccination programs is not the only problem. Another issue is that a relatively small percentage of people receive such vaccinations. The NIID’s 2016 survey showed that only 83 percent of 7-year-old children were inoculated twice with the MR vaccine. Of the 2-year-old children born in the year when the Immunization Law-based vaccination against chickenpox was introduced, a mere 52 percent had received two shots — far below the 95 percent rate required for ensuring mass immunity.

These variations are the result of Differences in the epidemiology (patterns and frequency) of the disease in each country; Differences in the way that countries make decisions about which vaccines to offer to everyone; History and tradition (“we have always done it this way”).

For those in the field who are better informed, how is this idea compared to the different strains of COVID-19 or the mutated COVID-19 theories?