What is 'sign language', Alex?

You got me on that one, again!
I didn't think about the different seasons in Australia.
And of course I didn't know they had a flu season in summer! https://www.healthline.com/health-ne...ns-for-the-u-s

But good to know. Fall is starting now apparently.
But I checked the temperatures during the year and they are not ranging much. Nothing like traditional flue seasons in real 4 season countries. They are very close to the equator.


I did put into wordometer total cases per 1m population.
With amazing results. Did u mean that?

Sweden has more deaths per million than Ireland. Ireland has done more than double the tests. What the stats seem to indicate is that there are a lot of untested sick people in Sweden.

This is pure bs. There is no sheer warmth in an air conditioned casino. But gl to Vegas. It seems serious for some hotels.

Has anyone suggested this as a likely scenario?

I believe it's how they started in Macau; not sure how all the details of that worked. I would hope that smoking would be a no-go under such a policy, and eating likely limited to restaurants with distancing. Drinking, I would think they would allow at least water (possibly more), when sitting down. But this is just me speculating about a rule I think unlikely to be in place.

Yes.

That's certainly one possibility, but there are others. I see, sadly, Ireland showing a massive jump in fatalities today, so perhaps the entire story isn't written yet.

"...while keeping our citizens and visitors as safe as is possible to do. Therefore we must examine all the available data from every major city in the world and determine the safest path to reopening."

Sounds good.

"Our hot summer coupled with our unique economy compel us to be at the forefront of America's 'reopening.' "

Wait, what about that data?

"We need to act first...and we will."

Right, so whatever the data says, you'll be first. LOL.

Contradictions aside, mayor, you've already been beaten to the punch, and it's not your call to make anyway.

There is also a zero percent chance she wrote that.

I am in the San Francisco Bay. I have read that seasons do make a difference, they are talking about wave 2 here when the fall hits and flu season starts up again.

Even if true, I'm not sure how this is relevant. It lines up with what she was saying in all of her interviews, just framed in a slightly more palatable way.

I think, given her interviews, there is a very high percent chance that if she didn't write it, she had a large hand in it.

Well, you can never tell.

She did.
Read the last paragraph. She is hoping the heat will roast the virus out of Vegas. Which I think is impossible because people will fly in from all over in air conditioned jets a/c limos and taxis shuttles and end up in a/cd hotel lobbies. Some might step out and hopefully the virus will get baked out of them from the heat. Maybe she s right and the heat has some effect. But they have to do something or las Vegas goes broke that's the message.
I feel bad for las Vegas and it's people and I think they can get back to business soon.

Last sentence she said it.

I believe he meant she wasn't the one to write it, not that it wasn't written in her message.

Yea they say this too to us here in Germany Berlin.
Fall is October here. The winter in SF where u are is 60-70° ish ? We call that or these temperatures summer here sometimes to cheer you up.

Macau shut their casino's for two weeks.

What are we doing? Reopen the country.

Oh that she had a ghostwriter... Who knows? But she should at least be daccord with what she s tweeting I think. It says its her statement..

It's odd that you used "their" correctly but used an apostrophe in the word "casinos".

Going to Vegas with this virus on the loose even when things reopen scares the **** out of me with this lady as mayor. I know she isn't really in charge of that but this woman is a certified whack job who wanted the casino workers to be test cases. Like if some die working in X casino oh well, survival of the fittest.

That mentality alone means she is an uncaring idiot who needs to resign yesterday.

6200 signatures for her Recall now. Not that those petitions ever do anything.

They are all just puppets mostly to the industry. It doesn't matter that much and a substitute might decide the same way. Its a conflict if interest. But you can protect yourself by being careful or not opting in. I mean we all are a little scared I think but we shoudlnt have fear or anger towards one individual. That doesn't lead us anywhere. Peace!

Well, she is doubling down on her BS.

Will she next be advocating serving gin and Lysol cocktails on Fremont Street to all visitors ?

Carolyn is a "wack" job, it was her husband Oscar who represented mob guys accused of "whack jobs".

She reportedly last was elected with 83% of the vote, people sometimes get what they vote for.

Why the rage against someone who is trying to save her city?

I want my Mayor and public officials to advocate for me going back to work. I know her interview didn't come off the best, but that public announcement is well written and on point. She wants to reopen the casino's and save her cities economy. If they stay closed indefinitely, Vegas is a ghost town.

Honestly apart from the one major issue of federal and New South Wales authorities allowing those passengers to disembark from the Ruby Princess with some already positive for corona or at least showing symptoms and then some of them albeit quite in small numbers transmitting it through the community and others flying into the country to return home that became infected, Australians are just really good at pulling together in times of need and respecting each other and adhering to the preventative measures in place, particularly social distancing.

I think the federal government was spot on with its stimulus package which wasn't about just handing out single cheques to everyone (similar to what a previous federal government did in response to the GFC where a lot of people would just use it to build their savings or pay off debt rather than spend it; and mind you also posted cheques to dead people) but it was about directing money where it was needed firstly to the poor and those on disability pensions and then the 2nd round of stimulus packages went to businesses to keep on workers who would otherwise have lost their job by giving them a wage subsidy. With that money and whilst many businesses were closed, it at least provided these workers an income and allowed them to stay at home.

I also think when we compare it against the US and this will be a criticism of many that I have read who believe that power to coordinate efforts to combat Corona should reside with the states only. And while that is technically true for many matters and it is the same here in Australia (given much of our system of government is actually based on the US system - combination of US and UK) we have seen a much more coordinated effort between the federal and state governments and much more consistency although not complete uniformity between the states which has been aided significantly by the setting up of a national cabinet with the PM and all the premiers and chief leaders of the states and territories.