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The Corona Crucible – Wed 11th November

World 51.7 million                Russia 1.8 million     Ethiopia 100K+

Pfizer has announced that that tests have shown their vaccine is 90 per cent effective against COVID-19. 40,000 people volunteered for the trial and no serious side-effects have been reported to date. The Australian government has ordered 10 million doses already, but more research is needed before final approval is given. Many other vaccines are still in development.

The stock market in the US has surged with the election of Democrat Joe Biden and the Pfizer announcement. Here too, the market has rebounded significantly.

Joe Biden is planning to address climate change and commit to firm targets. Sir Scott Moron will hang Australia out to dry with his failure to act. The Labor opposition is not much better in terms of their environmental policies. Once again the US has recorded more than 100,000 new daily cases.

We’ve had our 12th double donut day here in Victoria. There are still four active cases and just one mystery case. Almost 20,000 tests were processed in the past 24 hours. This could be due to this being hayfever season. Thunderstorm asthma alerts have been issued for large parts of the state today. Our 14 day average is 0.3. We are on track to eliminate this virus.