The HwB warehouse in Maidstone, or office in Fitzroy, Victoria...

The HwB warehouse in Maidstone, or office in Fitzroy, Victoria has had a person infected with COVID-19 visit, almost certainly a courier, so it'd be a brief call.

Staff have thankfully 'tested negative' but out of an abundance of caution some (or many?) are working from home.

Warehouses tend to have high ceilings, except in the office, so this hopefully minimises the chance of transmission.

Despite scaremongering from politicians and chief health advisers, the vast majority of us who are under the age of 75 have little reason to be concerned. The median age of death in Oz from COVID-19 is 85, above normal life expectancy for both sexes. The vast majority recover, although reading some sensationalist media one would believe the reverse.

Having the business affected isn't ideal but despite Daniel Andrews' 'short and sharp lockdown' that was meant to be for a week but is almost up to 12 weeks, many other businesses are being hampered as well (poor pun).

Transdev Melbourne (operator of many PTV bus routes in Greater Melbourne) has 100 bus drivers isolating, so frequencies on a number of bus routes in Melbourne's inner south, inner and outer east and northeast have been heavily reduced, as I discovered this morning.

The NSW Liberal/National Coalition Government has worked hard to modify its 'iso' rules but Victoria with its Labor Government has been a laggard.