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Australia really needs a timeline of the government response to the coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic. I'll do a little bit below.
Assumptions:
pandemic bad
highly contagious
can be spread from Chinese people in airports not inside China, etc, etc, etc. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-17/coronavirus-cases-data-reveals-how-covid-19-spreads-in-australia/12060704
Assumptions:
pandemic bad
highly contagious
can be spread from Chinese people in airports not inside China, etc, etc, etc. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-17/coronavirus-cases-data-reveals-how-covid-19-spreads-in-australia/12060704
Data via graph in ABC Online article, above:
Australia: “New confirmed cases, daily count”
2020
January:
25th - 4 new cases
27 - 1
29 - 2
30 - 2
February:
1st - 1
2 - 2
4 - 1
5 - 1
6 - 1
20 - 1
21 - 4
29 - 1
March:
1st - 7
2 - 5
3 - 8
4 - 11
5 - 8 https://twitter.com/AndyGorfman/status/1252515120326025217
Australia: “New confirmed cases, daily count”
2020
January:
25th - 4 new cases
27 - 1
29 - 2
30 - 2
February:
1st - 1
2 - 2
4 - 1
5 - 1
6 - 1
20 - 1
21 - 4
29 - 1
March:
1st - 7
2 - 5
3 - 8
4 - 11
5 - 8 https://twitter.com/AndyGorfman/status/1252515120326025217
New confirmed cases of coronavirus, COVID-19, in Australia, daily count:
2020
March:
6th - 4
7 - 9
8 - 8
9 - 12
10 - 20
11 - 15
12 - 34
13 - 37
14 - 48
15 - 50
16 - 80
17 - 79
18 - 109
19 - 145
20 - 168
21 - 194
22 - 282
23 - 328
24 - 370
25 - 382
Etc. https://twitter.com/AndyGorfman/status/1252518482283057152
2020
March:
6th - 4
7 - 9
8 - 8
9 - 12
10 - 20
11 - 15
12 - 34
13 - 37
14 - 48
15 - 50
16 - 80
17 - 79
18 - 109
19 - 145
20 - 168
21 - 194
22 - 282
23 - 328
24 - 370
25 - 382
Etc. https://twitter.com/AndyGorfman/status/1252518482283057152
Hopefully I've discovered all the entries for new COVID-19 cases in Australia, as some days are hard to discover when there's only one or two cases etc. Apologies if I missed any, but I tried my best to find them all!
Coronavirus https://twitter.com/AndyGorfman/status/1252520719747035137
Coronavirus https://twitter.com/AndyGorfman/status/1252520719747035137
My position's been that the Australian government did too little, too late, to try & combat the coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. I made a facetious reply to Norman Swan saying that the govt would act once things got a bit more exponential too. https://twitter.com/AndyGorfman/status/1239818737915658241
All right...keeping in mind my Tweet near the top of this thread, outlining what my assumptions are, I think that it would not have been unreasonable for Australia govt to take strict measures to combat COVID-19 once ONE case was detected in Australia... https://twitter.com/AndyGorfman/status/1252518482283057152
...after all, it only takes ONE infected person to pass on the virus to another person, who could pass it on to another person, etc, etc, etc. A crisis could ensue.
So, seeing as the disease was NOT in Australia at the start of the year... https://twitter.com/AndyGorfman/status/1252543407693729793
So, seeing as the disease was NOT in Australia at the start of the year... https://twitter.com/AndyGorfman/status/1252543407693729793
