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Good day today, young patient comes in wanting a medical exemption, walks out with 2 vaccine appointments , one for tomorrow and one for 3 weeks.
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You don't want vaccines - fine. You don't believe Covid is a deadly illness - fine. Ringing my rooms and yelling at my staff to tell me to stop fear mongering - NOT OK
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Ashamed to hear some of my colleagues are happily writing out vaccine exemption certificates. There are almost no medical reasons to not have a vaccine.
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I was angry today , our little clinic had to discard 4 ampoules (40 doses) of expired AZ vaccine, Australia deserves a public apology from all high profile doctors who rubbished an excellent home made very effective vaccine!
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Can anyone explain why Geelong FC are making their fans travel to Crown Palladium for their Best and Fairest? Are the venues in Geelong too small? 🙂
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A patient died today in hospital, all alone , with fully vaccinated family unable to be there - this cruel insanity has to stop
@DanielAndrewsMP
@VictorianCHO
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Does the Premier really expect every dress shop, shoe store, nursery, 2 dollar shop, etc to have a staff member at the door checking vaccine status? What does it matter once we are over 90% vaccinated? This is not the state my parents came to, not the state my girls grew up in
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Did I hear right, triple vaccinated people still have to do 14 day quarantine in WA, despite negative tests? They have zero covid in hospital. Their health system must be rooted
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The new tourism ad for Queensland, Beautiful one day, 2 weeks isolation the next
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ATAGI may well recommend 3 doses to be fully vaccinated (I already have been recommending this to my patients). This does not mean we need to have universal mandates as the Premier is hinting, If booster does not prevent transmission then there is no logic behind mandates.
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Reading lots of concerns that some mask rules would be coming off. No one is stopping people wearing as much PPE as they want.
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Why does Tennis Australia have more sway with the Victorian Health Department than doctors who want to operate on their patients?
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There is lots of debate about kids returning to school. All I can say is that I've treated so many kids for the side effects of lockdown and school closure, and ZERO kids for side effects of Covid
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The term elective surgery should be reserved for cosmetic procedures. Patients struggling to walk, struggling to see, in pain, are not electing to have surgery, they need surgery. Better terms are emergency and essential.
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Closing playgrounds disproportionately affects poorer people who may not have big back yards or play equipment - if transmission cannot be proved, decision should be reversed.
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What could Novax had done? 1. Not lied on declaration. 2. Not expose people to Covid. 3. Not be a self entitled narcissist 4. GET VACCINATED
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It is possible to be pissed off with a Liberal federal govt and an ALP state govt - I am. Both have their faults
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Heard
@DanielAndrewsMP
on radio saying he wants all primary school kids to have one dose of vaccine before the end of the school year, sorry Premier, not your call. I prefer to wait for the experts at ATAGI to determine if benefits outweigh risks. Trials so far are low numbers.
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If it's going to cost landlords $5000, it's going to cost tenants $5000
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So the pandemic bill may be decided by an MP who got 2508 votes, if this isn't a good enough argument for reform of upper house voting, then nothing is
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So it's OK to shop for the next month with unvaccinated customers, but not safe after late November. I'm just a dumb GP, can someone please explain that to me
Unvaccinated shoppers will be allowed in retail stores from Friday, after questions over a potential vaccine mandate.
COVID Commander Jeroen Weimar clarified from 6pm Friday, vaccinated and unvaccinated people will be allowed in non-essential retail across Victoria.
#COVID19
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So, the government wants us to believe the new pandemic bill will increase transparency but at the same time is appealing an order so it doesn't have to release information.
@FionaPattenMLC
@SamanthaRatnam
@AndyMeddickMP
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So suddenly increased crowds at tennis is safe, whilst surgeons and nurses are not working at full capacity when they are saying they can do more safely. So our government cares more about tennis spectators than patients waiting for procedures!!!
@MartinFoleyMP
@georgiecrozier
Crowd lifted to 80% capacity for the remaining
@AustralianOpen
finals. Takes it to about 11,800~
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That was very premature of
@DanielAndrewsMP
mentioning a third dose, when there is no international consensus on that
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If Novak isn't vaccinated the State Govt has two choices, either don't let him play, or drop vaccine mandates except for high risk areas e.g. health, personal care.
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Our vaccine mandates have gone too far, an unvaccinated mum has sent her 9 yo into Officeworks today by themselves to buy something! Enough is enough
@DanielAndrewsMP
! There is no science behind pushing for 100% vaccination. GPs in Wyndham have achieved 95%, that's our limit.
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Health Minister said that masking kids in Grade 3-6 helps prevent transmission to vulnerable adults. I'm not sure I've seen any evidence of this and all vulnerable adults should be triple vaxxed by now.
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Awful idea, shouldn't even be discussed
Should unvaccinated Australian residents be charged a health tax?
Amidst a surge in COVID-19 cases, Canada's province of Quebec has announced it will impose a health levy for those who refuse to get the jab.
Read more:
#9News
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Surely it is time for most outdoor restrictions, curfew and km limit to go - they serve no purpose
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That is more than a teacher or nurse gets, our priorities are stuffed
The $120,000-a-year figure is for a basic 36-hour week — those working overtime or more than five days a week would rake in much more. Full story:
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I respect you, but how many depressed kids have you seen the last two years, how many admitted to mental health units, how many antidepressants have you prescribed to kids, there is much more to health than Covid, kids have suffered enough. They need school
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Dear
@DanielAndrewsMP
no more "we know it's hard for kids" , listen to parents, listen to pediatricians, just do something!! How much damage do you want to inflict on kids! They need to be with their friends and outside!
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This is an awful take, as a doctor I took an oath to treat everyone equally!
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Dear
@JamesMerlinoMP
if there is no evidence of outdoor transmission how do outdoor masks work?
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It's so wrong, drove past empty school and then drove past a busy construction site - we have priorities wrong
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Our Chief Health Officer has confirmed there is no other option than Zero - I'm sorry but I disagree. If we cannot contact trace single digit cases without lockdown 2021 is looking bleak
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Please listen to the paediatricians about rare risks of Covid for children, and the huge benefits of returning to school.
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I thought the Greens were against corruption
Greens Leader
@SamanthaRatnam
says she will not be supporting a motion by
@AdemSomyurek
to refer the Red Shirts Rorts scandal to
@ibacVic
. “We won’t be caught up in Labor’s factional warfare”
@abcmelbourne
#springst
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We are living in a cruel heartless state. My 88 yo patient who has recovered from Covid (was vaccinated) with very very limited English, is in a rehab ward, not allowed visits by her fully vaccinated family. When I enquired, I was told it is due to the
@VictorianCHO
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Has the state government realised that 25% of kids aged 12-15 aren't fully vaccinated, but are now excluded from cafes, restaurants, shops,?
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Worked today, 2 half hour consults discussing vaccines, one went away to think, one stayed for vaccine, as I left passed a Covid denier, now converted by fellow GP Dr Ravi, on their way in for vaccine - exchanged knowing smiles - made my day. We keep chipping away
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We have one person in hospital with Covid, why has elective surgery stopped?
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What a strange time, apparently I can't be 100% pro vaccines, and against mandates everywhere for the next 12 months.
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It has taken a horse race and public outcry to show how unscientific and nonsensical so many of our heartless and cruel restrictions are!
@DanielAndrewsMP
@MartinFoleyMP
@georgiecrozier
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We don't need threats from a non-elected, non-medical public servant
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Happy Australia Day! So many of our parents came here for a better life, and they found it. We are the lucky country and accepting of different cultures. So many reasons to be proud Australians
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Why is the State Government announcing concerts???
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Lockdown 3 is not a circuit breaker it is a mental health breaker triggering PTSD from lockdown 2. It cannot be justified with no mystery cases.
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I wonder how ALP members in Tarneit and Point Cook feel that the Socialist Left think none of them are worthy and have to bring in candidates from over 50 km away
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Time for a Royal Commission. This is the Mafia by another name.
#Exclusive
| A fixer has been caught on tape offering to set up kickbacks to union officials to win work for a company as police evidence mounts against John Setka’s anointed successor over suspected corruption.
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We now have ZERO patients in ICU, but are still in lockdown, why??
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Initial Covid measures a year ago were to protect the health system - now we have ramping of ambulances, huge waiting lists, huge mental health issues - Something went wrong. It's been and continues to be my hardest time as a GP
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The Australian of the Year should not be political
The Prime Minister of Australia no matter who he or she is .. deserves more respect than is being afforded here .
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Tier 2 sites (e.g. fleeting contact in a supermarket with an infected employee) are no longer considered relevant, so why do I have to wear a mask outdoors?
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I don't understand why the lowest risk group has to continue wearing masks
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Is the Premier seriously saying unvaccinated people cannot go shopping well into 2022??
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If the govt doesn't call a RC ( it won't) then the opposition needs to move a motion in the upper house for a parliamentary enquiry. We deserve transparency
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Interesting to hear 2 upper house Victorian MPs raise the issue of GPs not seeing unvaccinated patients face to face. Surely this cannot be happening. Not everything can be done over the phone.
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Most don't own their investment property, they have a huge mortgage
Dear landlords,
Renters are not cash cows.
If you’re lucky enough to own an investment property, you’re doing ~okay~.
It would be utterly unfair and unjustified to pass on land tax increases to your tenants.
#VicBudget
#Springst
@EmmaKingVic
@TenantsVic
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From a friend - "Spent 2 hours on the phone this morning talking a friend out of taking his own life. This whole thing is become unbearable for a lot of Victorians. This is not the Australia I moved to 10 years ago mate."
@MartinFoleyMP
@georgiecrozier
@DanielAndrewsMP
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So next month vaccinated people within 25k of Flemington can watch a horse race but vaccinated people can't visit vaccinated family more than 25k away
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My wish for New Year is that all the depressing Covid pessimists who pine for lockdown STFU for one day tomorrow
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After waiting on hold to 000 for 10 minutes yesterday evening, our receptionist drove an unwell person to hospital
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I am sad that I am even thinking very occasionally that the city I have lived in all my life, Melbourne, may no longer be the best place in the world. I am even sadder that some responses will be "just move then"
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If Brisbane and Sydney are red zones and no one is allowed into Victoria from there, then most of the world is a red zone, so how do tennis players come here?
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We are in the current situation from years of underfunding the health system. I never want to see a hard hat photo as a distraction again.
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So, after midnight tonight there is no legal way for Victorians in NSW to return home! How can this be ok?
@MartinFoleyMP
@georgiecrozier
Please release the public health advice justifying this!
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Geelong players keep making "mistakes" against Richmond, Dangerfield knocking out Vlaustin in a GF, Hawkins causing Soldo's ACL, Stewart knocking out Prestia
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I'm confused, during the Novak saga the Premier said it was up to the Federal Govt to decide who gets here, now he is saying the State can decide
Premier warns of triple-jab rule for overseas arrivals
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Interesting discussion with a patient who doesn't want Pfizer/Moderna due to mRNA, wants to wait for Novavax. I asked them what the technology for Novavax was ----------crickets.
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The only thing that changed in the construction industry late today was the protest, any suggestion that is was based on health advice is just insulting.
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So, Australians in Australia who have Covid don't have to isolate, but Australians in China need a negative swab despite no symptoms to come home ?!
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It makes absolutely no sense having empty wards in private hospitals with staff on leave because of a widespread sledgehammer ban on essential surgery, if need be in a sudden surge of covid admissions (unlikely) surgery can be cancelled on the day
@MartinFoleyMP
@georgiecrozier
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Wyndham 94.2% first dose, 58.1% second dose - what an amazing effort from
@WyndhamCouncil
, GPs, Pharmacies and state govt hub
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The blanket ban on everything but urgent procedures across all health services in Melbourne is lazy cruel illogical policy. The govt cannot come up with a list that applies everywhere e.g. some hospitals may need to redeploy day staff to wards. Leave it up to each facility!
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Kids between 12 and 15 cannot consent to a vaccine and are not excluded from school where they can sit in classes with other kids, how is it fair to exclude 25% of them from social activities with their family and friends?
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Sadly I have to repeat this. RAT only confirm Covid, they do not exclude it. If you have symptoms stay home unless going to a testing centre or medical care (ring first) In current situation , symptoms = Covid (unless a health professional has a confirmed alternate diagnosis)
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If the proposed bill is ushering in a new era of transparency, then in a show of good faith the govt should release the health advice regarding the curfew as it was ordered to do, rather than go to court to block the release!
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A triumph? Longest lockdown, most cases, most deaths, no education for 2 years, waiting lists blown out, and biggest debt in Australia.
Andrews patting himself on the back … again. Such arrogance. Perhaps he should reflect on the 801 lives lost, mental health crisis, health & economic crisis in this State..& his performance at Coate Inquiry….!
#springst
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Can we please stop wiping down surfaces and open some f...ing windows! Esp in schools. The tens of thousands of promised air purifiers are the same as the promised 4000 ICU beds.
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According to the Premier masks in high risk places like nightclubs and bars are not needed because they have a QR code?! Supermarkets and shops which are lower risk need masks because no QR code. Am I missing something because it makes no sense?
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Great evidence that a third dose prevents serious illness, not great evidence it prevents transmission, therefore we should be heavily educating the benefits of a third dose but not using universal mandates
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Health Minister now saying people are ringing ESTA unnecessarily. They always have and always will, that is human nature. It's the equivalent of blaming patients for complications. Systems should cope with this, don't blame the public
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If hospitals aren't allowing double vaccinated , negative RAT visitors with over 90% community vaccinated, will they ever?? Is this the new CRUEL Covid normal?
@VictorianCHO
@MartinFoleyMP
@georgiecrozier
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Sick of patients on crutches waiting for new joints, sick of people dying alone, sick of writing mental health referrals, there is more to health than pure covid numbers. We have flattened the curve yet again, show some compassion
@DanielAndrewsMP
@JennyMikakos
@georgiecrozier
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I would rather listen to a paediatrician like
@Fiona_M_Russell
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It saddens me how cruel we have become, blaming people who went to green zones in NSW (DHHS website only warned about travel to greater Sydney, central coast and Wollongong) Do we have no compassion anymore?
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Dear
@MartinFoleyMP
, you have introduced more mandates today. How do I refer people to your independent medical panel to assess their eligibility for a vaccine exemption? I'm too busy providing medical care to implement govt policy.
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So angry with this condescending tweet - a week off work - it's not a f...ing holiday for so many . He has so little insight the effect lockdown has on so many!
I won't talk about how hard this is, or why it matters so much. You all know that.
But I did want to send a message to Victorians facing another week off work, away from school, or with the kids at home:
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Watching 60 Minutes and I can't believe
@DanielAndrewsMP
didn't support the bill to keep Paul Denyer in prison forever without the possibility of parole. It was a shameful disgusting political decision, as there was precedence
@_davidlimbrick
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The useless, purely symbolic, curfew must surely go this weekend with daylight saving starting
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This is as good as it gets, 10 cases per day, 1 person in ICU and the Premier is telling us not to get despondent. It's time to open up safely, scrap the 5 km limit, we have plenty of outdoor space let people use it! Concentrate on problems areas
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Health minister just said on AW masks have to remain in half the classes in primary schools because so many kids are catching Covid. Not sure that is a logical reason. There are no reports of many kids requiring hospital admissions. Omicron and vaccines has changed the rules
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Ian Cook roasting the government MPs who are obviously reading from prepared questions is great viewing, hope we get the truth
@Ben10Cook
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Govt admitting main drive of transmission is in households, so time to get rid of many outdoor restrictions which are very low risk, and the curfew which is an awful symbol
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Happy New Year to all the amazing GP receptionists. The true heroes of the pandemic. Thrust into the frontline, triaged calls, organised massive numbers of vaccinations, and kept general practices safe for patients to come into. Allowing drs and nurses to do what we trained for.
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I'd stop testing schoolkids with no symptoms, all its doing is keeping well kids off school and the rest of the family in iso. They've been back over 2 weeks and there is no evidence of huge spread in schools
@3AWNeilMitchell
@Fiona_M_Russell
@DanchinMargie
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