Season in danger

[Bruce G McAbee]

I am getting this bad feeling that this season is on the verge of shutdown as this Delta variant has now spread beyond NSW.
WA have just restricted access to Victorians. Sydney should have gone into lock down two weeks earlier than they did.

[SaintJohn1956]

WA have said anyone from Victoria must quarantine for 14 days - presumably this might mean we wont be going to WA

[Scollop]

WA have said anyone from Victoria must quarantine for 14 days - presumably this might mean we wont be going to WA

So…West Coast have to come to Melbourne to play us in Round 19… cool

[saynta]

I can see all the ducks lining up.

[magnifisaint]

So Slo Mo reckons that NSW quarantine is the Gold Standard!

[saynta]

So Slo Mo reckons that NSW quarantine is the Gold Standard!

Been better than Victoria so far but lets wait and see. Problem is letting unvaccinated people in from overseas.

[shanegrambeau]

How is the rate if vaccination now and will it have an impact on the season?

If,say, 60-70% of the population has been fully vaccinated, wouldn’t it impact the situation in general, including quarantines etc.?

[lewdogs]

How is the rate if vaccination now and will it have an impact on the season?

If,say, 60-70% of the population has been fully vaccinated, wouldn’t it impact the situation in general, including quarantines etc.?

We won't get to that number until well into next year.

[st.byron]

So Slo Mo reckons that NSW quarantine is the Gold Standard!

Been better than Victoria so far but lets wait and see. Problem is letting unvaccinated people in from overseas.

IMO the border should just be shut. No o/s trips period. No-one comes in. Seems to me that every outbreak is the result of someone bringing it back from travelling o/s.

[Banger9798]

In the UK 70% have had both injections and 90% have had one.

How are we so far behind?

Lockdown 5 looking almost inevitable

[SaintPav]

So Slo Mo reckons that NSW quarantine is the Gold Standard!

Been better than Victoria so far but lets wait and see. Problem is letting unvaccinated people in from overseas.

IMO the border should just be shut. No o/s trips period. No-one comes in. Seems to me that every outbreak is the result of someone bringing it back from travelling o/s.

Is that a sustainable strategy though?

We are an international laughing stock.

[WellardSaint]

The AFL knows about WA latest news.
Anyone going from Vic to WA must quarantine for 14 days.
Saints cannot travel to Perth for the WCE game.

WCE may have to play us at Marvel

[samuraisaint]

The AFL knows about WA latest news.
Anyone going from Vic to WA must quarantine for 14 days.
Saints cannot travel to Perth for the WCE game.

WCE may have to play us at Marvel

You might be right there. Although you'd wager that they would prefer not to play us at our home ground, their record at Geelong is as bad as ours!
So, I don't think they'll want to play us at Geelong, and as the MCG is now a Tier 1 exposure site, that looks unlikely, and there are positive cases in Bacchus Marsh so the AFL may not even want games played in Ballarat either.

[samuraisaint]

How is the rate if vaccination now and will it have an impact on the season?

If,say, 60-70% of the population has been fully vaccinated, wouldn’t it impact the situation in general, including quarantines etc.?

Nationwide 33.9% over 16 have had one dose, 12.1% are fully vaccinated. At this rate it will take years to get to 70% of the whole population properly vaccinated. Some countries are vaccinating kids over 12 already.

[st.byron]

So Slo Mo reckons that NSW quarantine is the Gold Standard!

Been better than Victoria so far but lets wait and see. Problem is letting unvaccinated people in from overseas.

IMO the border should just be shut. No o/s trips period. No-one comes in. Seems to me that every outbreak is the result of someone bringing it back from travelling o/s.

Is that a sustainable strategy though?

We are an international laughing stock.

Long term nope. But short term, until a large percentage are vaccinated, yes.
Most outbreaks, to my knowledge, are the result of people bringing it back from o/s. Simple short term solution - shut the border. F***** ridiculous that entire cities are being locked down because someone went somewhere, in the current international climate, and brought back Covid. It’s entirely preventable.

[Impatient Sainter]

If Melbourne goes back into lock down I can see the entire AFL moving to either SA or WA depending on whatever state accepts them.

NRL have moved all their clubs to QLD, so I'd imagine that precludes the AFL going up there as well.

[shanegrambeau]

If Melbourne goes back into lock down I can see the entire AFL moving to either SA or WA depending on whatever state accepts them.

NRL have moved all their clubs to QLD, so I'd imagine that precludes the AFL going up there as well.

If the UK are already at 70% fully vaccinated, how can it be that our much smaller population cannot catch up?

Tasssie hub? on the horizon?

Tasmanian Football League - whatever its called (I think they have two, for North and South) - taking over the season.

-OR-

a month off then another October finish.

although waiting doesn't seem to help. Look at Tokyo!

[ROLS-LEE]

So Slo Mo reckons that NSW quarantine is the Gold Standard!

Been better than Victoria so far but lets wait and see. Problem is letting unvaccinated people in from overseas.

IMO the border should just be shut. No o/s trips period. No-one comes in. Seems to me that every outbreak is the result of someone bringing it back from travelling o/s.

Just because your vaccinated, doesn't stop you from contracting the virus and spreading it. It just lowers the mortality rate of the vaccinated. Just stop international travel.

[Beno88]

I am getting this bad feeling that this season is on the verge of shutdown as this Delta variant has now spread beyond NSW.
WA have just restricted access to Victorians. Sydney should have gone into lock down two weeks earlier than they did.

Great, the fear campaign has made it's way onto Saintsational.

[perfectionist]

Rule 47 (j) (iii) If the season is cancelled during the year, the team with the most consecutive wins at the time of cancellation shall be declared Premiers.

[asiu]

no ... to a month off

we need to wock 'n woll now
whilst momentum is ours (again)

set a hub up wherever
... just keep playing
('n may the cards fall our way)

[asiu]

(NOT , that i have a small wager on the line of course)

that magically , is still alive

[saynta]

So Slo Mo reckons that NSW quarantine is the Gold Standard!

Been better than Victoria so far but lets wait and see. Problem is letting unvaccinated people in from overseas.

IMO the border should just be shut. No o/s trips period. No-one comes in. Seems to me that every outbreak is the result of someone bringing it back from travelling o/s.

Is that a sustainable strategy though?

We are an international laughing stock.

Who gives a f***. Not I. Nor my 91 year old mother in law who probably would be dead by now if they hadn't closed the boarders.

[saynta]

So Slo Mo reckons that NSW quarantine is the Gold Standard!

Been better than Victoria so far but lets wait and see. Problem is letting unvaccinated people in from overseas.

IMO the border should just be shut. No o/s trips period. No-one comes in. Seems to me that every outbreak is the result of someone bringing it back from travelling o/s.

Just because your vaccinated, doesn't stop you from contracting the virus and spreading it. It just lowers the mortality rate of the vaccinated. Just stop international travel.

yep. I couldn't get my head around why the numbers whinging about the difficulty in getting back to Oz kept hanging around 35,000 even with over 23 thousand coming back into quarantine each month.

Then I saw an article about 40,000 citizens and 5,000 visa holders being given permission to leave each month.

[saynta]

Rule 47 (j) (iii) If the season is cancelled during the year, the team with the most consecutive wins at the time of cancellation shall be declared Premiers.