Coronavirus (Covid19)

[The Bedge]

Two weeks they'll reassess.

Did he say they want 3 weeks at each level?

[locky801]

Id guess SA will head to Stage 2 now

Expand stage 1 first.

Open up regional travel. More shops open ( major centres ). Restaurants and cafe's. House inspections and auctions.

Two weeks they'll reassess.

still no pubs and clubs though???

[Jim05]

Id guess SA will head to Stage 2 now

Expand stage 1 first.

Open up regional travel. More shops open ( major centres ). Restaurants and cafe's. House inspections and auctions.

Two weeks they'll reassess.

still no pubs and clubs though???

They will be almost last IMO

[Booney]

Two weeks they'll reassess.

Did he say they want 3 weeks at each level?

It's up to the states.

Morrison actually has no power to close/open anything, it's up to the states.

Marshall has mooted two weeks periods.

[Dutchy]

Agree pubs will be one of the last, although you wonder if beer gardens might be able open to slowly ease the restriction.

[whufc]

My guess is SA to start at stage 1 (no point in having stage one if your not going to go through it) for a 2 week period and then we move into Stage 2 on May 25 pending no 'major' spike in cases.

[The Bedge]

We've practically been doing stage 1 already haven't we?

I wont lie, i'm starting to get impatient haha! More so I think because working from home and being so isolated is really starting to mess with my head.

12 cases reported since 11th April
19 days of zero cases

[reppoh_eht]

Id guess SA will head to Stage 2 now

Expand stage 1 first.

Open up regional travel. More shops open ( major centres ). Restaurants and cafe's. House inspections and auctions.

Two weeks they'll reassess.

still no pubs and clubs though???

They are part of stage 3

[Bluedemon]

Steve Marshall will have a Press conference at 1.30pm

[Booney]

If gatherings of 20 are stage 2 and 100 are in stage 3 then footy can't start until stage 3, surely?

[Spargo]

Celebrity chef Pete Evans is spruiking a $15,000 light machine to recharge the body and he claims it can treat “Wuhan coronavirus” with light ‘recipes’.

The BioCharger NG Subtle Energy Platform, retailing on Pete Even’s website for $14,990 claims to be a “subtle energy revitalisation platform. Four transmitted energies stimulate and invigorate the entire body to optimise and improve potential health, wellness, and athletic performance”.

The Channel Seven My Kitchen Rules star said in a live post the BioCharger “is a pretty amazing tool that will take you down some a rabbit holes and it will take me an hour or two to explain it”.

He went on to say there were “a thousand different recipes and a couple on there for Wuhan coronavirus”.

Dietitian, and member of Friends in Medicine and Science Mandy-Lee Noble said it appeared the BioCharger was like a plasma lamp.

“It is a glorified plasma lamp that make your hairs stand on end, and the recipes are different colours, it’s a recipe from the lamp, putting on a different colour show,” she said.

“It says on the clip online, ‘just like you charge your phone, this charges you’.

“It is probably no threat to people but if people think this in any way will treat or prevent COVID-19 infection, that risks our community response to the pandemic, that is dangerous, it’s an indirect harm.”

Mr Evans has increasingly pushed an alternative health agenda, including sharing anti-vaccine propaganda on to his 1.5 million followers.

Last year amid the Samoan measles epidemic, he posted a picture of himself on social media with anti-vaccine proponent Robert F Kennedy Jr and cited ‘the important work he is doing’ complete with a love heart emoji.

Robert F Kennedy Jr is the founder of Children’s Health Defence which funds a large chunk of anti-vax advertisements and misinformation on Facebook. Critics have also roasted Mr Evans for giving out health advice without any formal training.

The machine, which looks like a colourful food processor claims ‘Energies used in the BioCharger are Light, Frequencies & Harmonics, Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields (PEMFs), and Voltage. These are all natural energies found in nature.”

“Just sit comfortably in front of the Biocharger and select a frequency recipe from the menu,” the online video says on Evan’s website.

“It just goes to show our Health Care Complaints Commission and Therapeutic Goods Administration and health minister Brad Hazzard how much of a risk Pete Evans is to the community and they need to take action to shut Evans down and Channel Seven needs to stop giving him a platform,” Ms Noble said.

Professor of medicine and public health advocate John Dwyer said “this man has for a long time been dangerous and ignorant and in this case anyone making false claims about coronavirus it is not just nonsense but dangerous nonsense.”

“If he is selling a therapeutic machine, he is required to submit details to the TGA and seek registration on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods before he can market it or make claims for it, it is along with many other similar machine that make wild claims, is a dangerous piece of nonsense. I am sure he has been nowhere near the TGA,” Prof Dwyer said.

A search of the ARTG brings up no listing for the BioCharger.

The Therapeutic Goods Administration announced it would investigate the BioCharger.

A spokesman for the Federal Department of Health said “the TGA will investigate the product you have referred and take action in relation to any illegal advertising of therapeutic products, including advertising on social media.

“The TGA is monitoring noncompliance, particularly in relation to the advertising of products that claim to prevent or cure COVID-19,” the spokesman told The Daily Telegraph.

“The TGA has issued a warning about advertising relating to COVID-19 which reminds consumers that, in Australia, the advertising of therapeutic goods is regulated by the TGA and must meet certain requirements in the Therapeutic Goods Act. “

Mr Evans has been contacted for comment.

Channel 7 finally give this fruit loop the arse.

[JK]

If gatherings of 20 are stage 2 and 100 are in stage 3 then footy can't start until stage 3, surely?

South and Westies might be right for stage 2

[MW]

If gatherings of 20 are stage 2 and 100 are in stage 3 then footy can't start until stage 3, surely?

South and Westies might be right for stage 2

hey...you're correct but hey...

[Bum Crack]

I see stage 1 allows 5 visitors at home. Isn't it already set at 10 people can be at home in SA?

[Booney]

Marshall on Facebook live now making special announcement.

[Booney]

I see stage 1 allows 5 visitors at home. Isn't it already set at 10 people can be at home in SA?

Yes, stage 1 we've sort of been in all along.

[stan]

If Victoria opens anything in the next few days then they have gone way to early.

[RB]

I see stage 1 allows 5 visitors at home. Isn't it already set at 10 people can be at home in SA?

Yep. That one won't affect us.

[Booney]

If Victoria opens anything in the next few days then they have gone way to early.

Andrews earlier today "No changes today, tomorrow or Sunday. I'll make announcements on Monday"

[Booney]

Changes from Monday.