Re: Pre game postulations: AFL 2020 Rd 5: Carlton vs St. Kilda
Reply #23 –
Easy fix. Send the QLD clubs to a different hub outside victoria. Send the Vic clubs there as well.
QLD wants to play hardball, thats fine, but we will not let it benefit their clubs.
It's not just Qld acting this way.
Plus if the AFLPA sticks to the 4 week hub limit/rule, it means you have to add two months to the season as they will quarantine a home for two weeks after every fourth round.
Further, the political word is the case detection rates remains a closely linked function of testing, is it that other states are testing less so therefore reporting lower figures than reality? That is the assertion being made behind the scenes, less tests means less positive or false positives!
Vic is considering making testing compulsory, not just if you are unwell, but if you want to access services like a doctor or hospital for unrelated issues. That will further spike the detection rates, as the tests are geared for false positives in preference to reporting false negatives. What has happened to Conor McKenna is happening to dozens of people at this moment, they are positive until they get successive negatives.
I don't have a problem with what Andrews has done, at least he isn't treating the elderly and vulnerable as collateral damage to getting the economy back on track, which is the game being played by some States at the moment! That position won't save them, the hospital beds will still fill up eventually and people will notice it happening.
Sooner or later this is going to impact the remainder of the season.