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FFC: Established 1883
Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.Comment
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I wouldn't be looking at WA as the savior, they'll call the grand final off halfway through the third quarter without hesitation. Man i love that we (the Bulldogs) are good but why this year, it was bad enough that I'm guaranteed to not be able to go to the grand final should we make it, but for everyone else I care about to miss out as well is bullshit.I should leave it alone but you're not rightComment
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Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023Comment
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I gave up early on last year because I felt the premier would have a * after it due to the season horribly compromised. I’m hoping it doesn’t get there now and it’s getting closer. I want us to win it, but without a * next to our club name as premier.Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023Comment
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Anyway, shit news for all Victorians but I hope all WOOFers are doing ok. Yell out if you need to vent.Our 1954 premiership players are our heroes, and it has to be said that Charlie was their hero.Comment
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I'm just confused the way they are doing lockdowns.
I'm in China, not that far from the airport. They had a case at the airport. Fine.
That doesn't mean they don't lock the whole district down.
Not sure why people in Portland have to lock down because of what happened in Inner Melbourne.
Heart Breaking to hear about the deaths in NSW. One, a young guy in the prime of his life.You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships every day. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity. ― EpicurusComment
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Seven Day Lockdown To Keep Victorians Safe
05 August 2021
Due to the COVID-19 cases reported in the last 24 hours – suspected to be the highly infectious Delta variant – Victoria will enter a state-wide lockdown for seven days from 8:00pm tonight, Thursday 5 August.
With suspected Delta cases infectious in the community, as well as a high number of associated close contacts and exposure sites, Victoria’s Acting Chief Health Officer has declared stay at home restrictions will be reintroduced.
This means from 8:00pm tonight, there are only five reasons to leave home: getting the food and the supplies you need, exercising for up to two hours, care or caregiving, authorised work or education if you can’t do it from home, or to get vaccinated at the nearest possible location.
Shopping and exercise must be done within 5km of your home or the nearest location.
Face masks will remain mandatory indoors (not at home) and outdoors unless an exception applies – this includes all workplaces and secondary schools.
Private gatherings are not permitted except for an intimate partner or nominated person visits. Public gatherings are not permitted. Exercise is limited to two people.
Childcare and Early Childhood Care will remain open. Schools will close, with primary and secondary school students returning to remote learning – except for vulnerable children, and the children of authorised workers who can learn on site.
Where a parent or carer indicates that a student with a disability cannot learn from home due to vulnerability or family stress, the school must provide on-site learning for that student. This will apply to students enrolled in specialist schools and students with a disability enrolled in mainstream schools.
Higher education students will also return to remote learning, except for learning programs allowed on the Authorised Premises and Authorised Workers (APAW) List.
With the Wangaratta wastewater detection and the potential that regional Victorians have been exposed to COVID-19 linked to the current outbreak, restrictions will apply state-wide to keep regional Victoria safe.
There are no changes to the current arrangements for border communities.
Quote attributable to Premier Daniel Andrews
“No Victorian wants to be in this position. We know that the Delta variant moves faster than anything our public health experts have seen before – and we know what we need to do to drive it down once again.”
Quote attributable to Minister for Health Martin Foley
“Given these new cases we've seen over the last 24 hours, we need to put these restrictions in place and follow the rules to drive down the spread of the virus.”
"Footscray people are incredible people; so humble. I'm just so happy - ecstatic"Comment
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Coronavirus vaccine coverage worse in vulnerable areas in Sydney and Melbourne
By Casey Briggs
Posted Yesterday at 5:03am, updated Yesterday at 7:00am
Parts of Australian cities most vulnerable to serious Delta outbreaks have vaccine coverage well below the national average, including south-west Sydney and parts of Melbourne that suffered greatly through that city's second wave last year.
Public health experts are also worried that the overlap between under-vaccinated populations and those vulnerable to future outbreaks will continue to be a problem, like it is now in the US.
The success of the NSW Government's vaccine blitz in virus-affected parts of Sydney will depend partly on its ability to convince younger people to come forward to overcome the patchy vaccination coverage now that they're eligible for AstraZeneca.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian has repeatedly stated her desire to drive down the effective reproduction rate of the Delta outbreak in virus hotspots by rapidly increasing the number of people protected by a vaccine.
"We have the vaccine as our two main weapons of getting to a place where we can live more freely," she said yesterday.
"On August 29, we want to be able to ease restrictions, but that will depend on where case numbers are at and what the vaccination rate is at."
Cities split on uptake
One of the challenges is that the virus is currently spreading most freely in regions with the lowest vaccination coverage in the city.
It's a tale of two cities: while north Sydney has one of the highest vaccination rates to date, across the harbour, south west Sydney has one of the lowest.
It's not the only one, but a factor behind the area's low vaccination rate is its youth.
South-west Sydney is one of the youngest parts of the city, with less than 8 per cent of the population aged over 70.
Other possible factors, like the impact of hesitancy among multicultural communities or poor communication in languages other than English, are harder to measure.
It is a cruel fact that vaccination coverage is currently lower in the parts of our capital cities where people are less likely to be able to work from home, more likely to work in essential services and tend to live in larger households.
In other words, precisely the communities where it has proven to be difficult to eliminate transmission, especially with the Delta variant.
Similar story in Melbourne
Victoria is the only state collecting data about ethnicity in the vaccine rollout.
As of Sunday, fewer than 35 per cent of people aged 15+ in the west and north-west of Melbourne have had a first dose.
The highest vaccination rate in Melbourne is in the inner south, where 49 per cent in that age group have at least some protection.
Queensland's lowest rates
In south-east Queensland, the lowest vaccination rates are in Logan and Ipswich.
The lowest vaccination rates in the country are in outback WA and Queensland.
Patchy coverage could threaten transition plan
The Doherty Institute's modelling for National Cabinet, released yesterday, concluded that younger "peak spreaders" of the virus should be a higher priority for vaccination, now that older Australians have had the opportunity.
The Doherty modelling helped the National Cabinet pick the 70 and 80 per cent targets for Australia to move to Phase B and C of the transition plan.
It used a simplified epidemic model which assumed vaccination rates were even across the country.
Professor Jodie McVernon, who led the modelling work, said the high chances of an overlap between under-vaccinated populations and those vulnerable to future outbreaks is a problem.
"We're seeing those epidemics raging in the US right now," she said.
"As a public health physician, we were very strongly messaging the importance of attention to small areas. It really is an encouragement to pay careful attention to achieving these targets or even higher … in groups where those risks are increased.
"We know for that to be effective, just like every other aspect of the public health response, that's going to require really close attention to community engagement, to make sure that those hard to reach populations aren't left behind."
The National Cabinet has not ruled out continuing to use targeted lockdown, even in Phase C of the transition.
"The overall objective is to reduce the requirement for lockdowns, but no one is saying they will never happen," Professor McVernon said.
"The use of targeted lockdowns or more intense restrictions … as already happens in areas like that would be a really important way of securing the overall strategy.""Footscray people are incredible people; so humble. I'm just so happy - ecstatic"Comment
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I apologise for the stupidness of this post, but this made me chortle so hopefully it gives someone else a laugh.
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