Corona virus general discussion thread

[Tally]

PLONKER !!!

[Kiwifruit]

We have a lady living with us. Long story but the deal was she could stay while she looked for a house to buy. She has been with us over 8 months when the lockdown started.
Yesterday l had a sense of humour failure. She goes out  and rocks back in a couple of hours later. No shopping to be seen and l ask did you go to the supermarket ?
Hesitation......(theres my answer) "errr no had to go to a friends and fix her computer, but its ok she's in my bubble". "How dare you compromise the health of my wife and l". (l'm sounding like Greta now) why is it that people don't get it. If she pulls that stunt again she can sod off and go live with one of her bubble friends she's got a couple.
Thank you group..... Rant over but l'm still fuming.
 

[KiwiCol]

I feel for you there Col, stuck between a rock n a hard place.   She was being very inconsiderate of your hospitality, you'd have to be asking yourselves do we really need such a 'friend' in our lives, let alone living with us.

[MarkN]

You're more understanding than me, in circumstances like we have today she wouldn't get a second chance.  Obviously no thought for you and Mrs K's well-being. Not surprised your fuming

[Andre]

Had a talk with someone today at 2 meters distance. He started to cough at me repeatedly. I went into Greta mode. Got him to finally cover one of the many coughs with his fist. After a few minutes he did an extensive repeat. I told him that before the virus this was already considered bad manners and left him. Oh well, one more on my shit list.

What really gets me are the conspiracy types. One of my sisters belongs to these. Oh well, she lives in her own reality anyhow. What broke the last straw yesterday was when she told me that she never had an oil change done on any of her cars. Not a problem for her as our dad buys her a new one. Maybe not though in the future as I told him about the never-ever-oil-changes.

[KiwiCol]

Andre, I thought they got rid of 'Mad Cow' disease.

[Notty]

Andre, I thought they got rid of 'Mad Cow' disease.

[Kiwifruit]

Listening to a farming show on the radio this morning, they said there has been two suicides recently which they say are due to the financial pressure caused by the virus lockdown.
Yesterday a 92 year old rest home resident with underlying health issues died of the corona virus. At that age somethings gonna get you, but its reported in every news bulletin.
Unfortunately l can see more deaths along the lines of the first instance exceeding the latter.
Suicides in NZ are nearly double that of the road toll yet rarely get a mention.
New Zealands dark secret. Their pain is over. Rest easy.

[Andre]

Listening to a farming show on the radio this morning, they said there has been two suicides recently which they say are due to the financial pressure caused by the virus lockdown.
Yesterday a 92 year old rest home resident with underlying health issues died of the corona virus. At that age somethings gonna get you, but its reported in every news bulletin.
Unfortunately l can see more deaths along the lines of the first instance exceeding the latter.
Suicides in NZ are nearly double that of the road toll yet rarely get a mention.
New Zealands dark secret. Their pain is over. Rest easy.

Another "secret" are hospital acquired infections. About 10-20k annual death due to them in Germany. Road death toll is 3k.

A pathologist said that he has yet to see a death from corona virus in a person without pre-existing health problems, even in people who by outward appearance seem healthy.

If we hadn't taken drastic measures to reign in the virus spread our health care system, despite its high level, would have likely collapsed as it did in some of the countries around us. If we ease up on the measures to much we will likely see a massive increase. On the other hand the economy will take an even harder hit when we keep the measures up. Will take a great deal of juggling skills to find an appropriate balance.

The economic downturn will very likely cause huge suffering and death world wide. Might well be that the death toll will exceed that of the virus by far.

[steve porter]

Loose loose situation, I would hate to be making the decisions, unfortunately someone has to, and we have to hope it's the correct ones

[Kiwifruit]

Hey question for you Aussie blokes.
Am hearing you cannot withdraw more than $10k in cash. Not that its an option for me anyway. But is it true ?

[steve porter]

Hey question for you Aussie blokes.
Am hearing you cannot withdraw more than $10k in cash. Not that its an option for me anyway. But is it true ?

It's always been for as long as I can remember that anything over 10 k gets flagged in case you are up to no good , not that you can't withdraw more.

[Kiwifruit]

Thanks Steve that clears that up. Was told you can only withdraw $10k since the virus. So its always been that way. Cheers

[steve porter]

Thanks Steve that clears that up. Was told you can only withdraw $10k since the virus. So its always been that way. Cheers

Haven't heard of any change since the virus, but who knows what's going on these days

[Johno]

Hey question for you Aussie blokes.
Am hearing you cannot withdraw more than $10k in cash. Not that its an option for me anyway. But is it true ?

The $10,000 threshold relates to bank being required to report such transactions:

Under current Federal legislation, all Australian banks are required to report cash transactions of $10,000 or more (or foreign equivalent), including details of the relevant account holders, to the regulator, the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC).

This reporting requirement relates to money laundering. There has been some discussion about possible federal legislation to ban cash transactions over $10,000 but this has not been passed and there is significant community sentiment against such a proposal.