The first time anything was reported from the government DHHS site or the media was on the 29th of June on the HeraldSun site and later in the day from the DHHS site. The next day two more cases were reported on the DHHS site. The next day another five. The next day on the 2nd of July one more cases. Then on the 11th of July 134 cases. Nothing was reported in the media that I found at the time. This was a staggering jump that simply didn't appear to get reported.
Now if I read the following article correctly, the doctor tested a student for coronavirus on the 25th of June. The test result came back negative. It appears at this time there was a suspected cluster the doctor had no idea about. No one in the community was kept informed. No one could take precautions.
The real problem with the Daniel Andrews government and approach is lack of transparency with information. The lack of timely information that is not being passed on.
I am amazed at how long information is taking to get out to the general public. The cases of coronavirus can and does grow exponentially. A delay of a few days is just not good enough.
A government that holds the information close to it's chest is not helping us at all.
If you hear of one case of coronavirus you should assume there's more. You should immediately take action. Do what you can to protect yourself, your family, friends and the rest of the community.
Remember, the government is a slow moving bureaucracy. It uses broad reaching and blunt tools to achieve what it needs to achieve. You however can move far more quickly and respond almost instantly. Don't look to the government to solve this problem, look to yourself.
Kelvin Eldridge
PS. I should add at last count, there were 183 cases linked to Al-Taqwa. It's hard to believe early action and sharing of information couldn't have avoided at least some or many of these cases.
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