1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:03,640 Speaker 1: Good morning everyone, Welcome to the Daily OS. It's Friday, 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:06,280 Speaker 1: the sixth of August and you're joined by Sam and Zara. 3 00:00:06,559 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 1: There are lockdowns across Australia and there's a lot of 4 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:12,440 Speaker 1: COVID news to get to. We promised we're also going 5 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:14,520 Speaker 1: to give you an Olympics update, and then we're going 6 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:16,320 Speaker 1: to have a chat to a young man from Sydney 7 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:19,759 Speaker 1: who's taken it upon himself to solve a key issue 8 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:23,639 Speaker 1: in the vaccination role out. Zara, let's start with Victoria. 9 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:24,920 Speaker 1: What happened yesterday? 10 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 2: So there were rumors throughout the day that a lockdown 11 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:33,159 Speaker 2: was coming and late yesterday that was confirmed. So as 12 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:36,760 Speaker 2: of last night, Victoria has entered a one week snap lockdown. 13 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:39,559 Speaker 2: And this comes after there are a few mystery cases 14 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 2: that were discovered both yesterday and the previous day. As 15 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 2: I said, the lockdown began eight pm with the same 16 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:48,559 Speaker 2: settings in place as the last lockdown which ended just 17 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:52,199 Speaker 2: days ago. Premier Andrews said that there were no alternatives 18 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:55,600 Speaker 2: to lockdown and this is Victoria's sixth lockdown since the 19 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 2: beginning of the pandemic. 20 00:00:56,920 --> 00:00:59,640 Speaker 3: We only get one chance to act fast, We only 21 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 3: get one chance to make difficult decisions that are the 22 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:06,800 Speaker 3: right decisions. I'd much prefer to wait two or three days. 23 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 3: I'd much refer that we didn't have to make this 24 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:12,280 Speaker 3: decision now. But my fear is that if we were 25 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 3: to wait a few days, and the advice to me 26 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:16,119 Speaker 3: from the experts is that if we were to wait 27 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:20,080 Speaker 3: even just a few days, there's every chance that instead 28 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:23,200 Speaker 3: of being locked down for a week, this gets away 29 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:26,520 Speaker 3: from us and we are potentially locked down until we 30 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:27,759 Speaker 3: all get vaccinated. 31 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 1: Meanwhile, in New South Wales, there was another high number 32 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,760 Speaker 1: with two hundred and sixty two locally acquired cases of 33 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:37,840 Speaker 1: COVID yesterday, with forty five of those infectious in the 34 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 1: community and the isolation status of eighty other cases under investigation. 35 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:46,440 Speaker 1: There are also five COVID nineteen related deaths reported and 36 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 1: Premier Berreogiclan announced a one week lockdown for the Hunter 37 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 1: and Upper Hunter regions and that began at five pm 38 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 1: last night. Over the border in Queensland yesterday there were 39 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 1: sixteen locally acquired cases, all of which were linked to 40 00:01:58,680 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 1: a known cluster. 41 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 2: A woman from New South Wales has died after developing 42 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:08,480 Speaker 2: the very rare clutting disorder associated with Astrosenica COVID nineteen vaccine. 43 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 2: This brings the total number of death linked to the 44 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 2: rare blood clotting associated with the Astrosennka vaccine to six. 45 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 2: So far, around seven million doses of the Astrosennica vaccine 46 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 2: have been administered across Australia. 47 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 1: And for today's good news, there is pretty remarkable success 48 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 1: in Tokyo for our Olympic team. It's shaping up to 49 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 1: be our most successful Olympic campaign ever. Yesterday there was 50 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:35,120 Speaker 1: a two minute period in the middle of the day 51 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 1: where we had two gold medal wins. We had skateboarder 52 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:40,920 Speaker 1: Keegan Palmer winning gold in the men's park event, and 53 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:43,920 Speaker 1: we had Thomas Green and Jean van der Westerhausen also 54 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:46,840 Speaker 1: winning gold in the men's K two one thousand meter event. 55 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:50,639 Speaker 1: Here is the moment that Keegan Palmer finished his routine 56 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 1: and he just knew he nailed it. Okay, king it, 57 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:56,000 Speaker 1: put your hands up, trying. 58 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 3: Your board down. 59 00:02:56,720 --> 00:03:01,520 Speaker 1: You are doing the whole of Australia proud. I'm trying 60 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 1: to calculate right now, I'm nearly tears. Kegan has locked 61 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:08,519 Speaker 1: in a ninety four point zero four. 62 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 2: For today's deep dive. We are speaking to a pretty 63 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 2: legendary young ossie. His name is Fraser Hemple and he 64 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:22,800 Speaker 2: has come up with the idea of creating a website 65 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:26,399 Speaker 2: that alerts you when they're a vaccine appointments available. Here's 66 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 2: a bit of the conversation that Sam and Fraser had earlier. 67 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 1: Fraser, thanks so much for joining us this morning. Can 68 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:34,240 Speaker 1: you start by telling us what the function of covid 69 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 1: q is. 70 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 4: So. Covid q is kind of a real time appointment 71 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 4: packer for different vaccination sites across Sydney. So basically tracks 72 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 4: which appointments are available across different centers when those centers 73 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 4: are Westmead, Saint Vincent's Olympic Park and RPA Hospital. 74 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 1: And why did you see a need for this site? 75 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 1: Were the sites that all of these hospitals provided not 76 00:03:57,480 --> 00:03:58,119 Speaker 1: doing their job? 77 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 4: Yes, So it kind of started when I was watching 78 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 4: one of my nurse friends trying to book a Pfizer 79 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:05,760 Speaker 4: vaccine and she was kind of reloading the page on 80 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 4: four different element portals and it was taking about an 81 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 4: hour and a half and she was just getting very frustrated, 82 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 4: and I thought I could probably help automate that process. 83 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 4: So I kind of whipped her up a scrip very quickly. 84 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:19,120 Speaker 4: She was able to book a vaccine within about a 85 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 4: minute and a half, and I thought, well, I could 86 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:23,599 Speaker 4: probably save some other people sometimes, so I made it 87 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:26,040 Speaker 4: into a website over a weekend and sent it around. 88 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 4: A lot of feedback from the hospital she was at 89 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 4: was I was able to help healthcare workers book very quickly. 90 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 4: So I kind of posted on Reddit, helped some more people, 91 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:35,360 Speaker 4: and it just kind of blew up from there. 92 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 1: Sensational. Do you have any idea of how many people 93 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:40,359 Speaker 1: have booked using your system? 94 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 4: So I know the total number of views is about 95 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 4: two hundred thousand Sydney siders at this point in time, 96 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:49,159 Speaker 4: and about one hundred and sixty thousand of those clicked 97 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 4: out to book an appointment into the government portal. 98 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:54,560 Speaker 1: A weird question, and keep in mind that most of 99 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:57,800 Speaker 1: our audience aren't that familiar with the tech side of things. 100 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 1: But is this an indication that the system secure already 101 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:04,159 Speaker 1: is relatively low if we can kind of work around it, 102 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:06,919 Speaker 1: or is this something that is in line with how 103 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 1: health systems online work. 104 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:12,039 Speaker 4: Well, I would say that the covid QUE system doesn't 105 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 4: really work around any security systems because technically the appointment 106 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:20,839 Speaker 4: information is public information and it's not particularly sensitive because 107 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:23,200 Speaker 4: the government would like people who have booked vaccine, so 108 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:25,599 Speaker 4: they want people to know that they're booking. So I 109 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:28,000 Speaker 4: don't think there are any kind of security issues there. 110 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:30,359 Speaker 1: Have you had any conversations with government? 111 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 4: I think like abstractly, people you know in the government 112 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 4: have reached out and congratulate me. I'm kind of building 113 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:38,240 Speaker 4: something helpful that helps people get vaccinated, So I think, 114 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:40,239 Speaker 4: I mean, I hope extractly they're on board. 115 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:43,880 Speaker 1: Are there any other kinks in the system that you 116 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:47,599 Speaker 1: think need fixing that's perhaps a COVID q V two 117 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:49,840 Speaker 1: or something else that needs to be ironed out. 118 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:53,240 Speaker 4: Yeah, so you know, over the week that it's been 119 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:55,400 Speaker 4: up now, I had a lot of feedback people kind 120 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 4: of asking me to expand it to other areas, like 121 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:01,600 Speaker 4: we're all areas Melbourne, Queensland, and I would love to 122 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 4: and I'm actively looking at how to help those areas. 123 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:05,840 Speaker 4: The biggest issue on finding and this is not just 124 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:08,679 Speaker 4: like cross state, but even with the New South Wales, 125 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 4: just the wide variety of systems that people are having 126 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 4: to use just to check whether they can get vaccine. 127 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 4: A different centers. You know. I think in New South 128 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:18,920 Speaker 4: Wales and the Sydney district you have three or four 129 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:22,039 Speaker 4: different government portals and then you also have the hot 130 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 4: dog system which you have to call out into GPS 131 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 4: to check their availability, so it can kind of just 132 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:30,920 Speaker 4: get a bit exhausting to be honest, I think centralization 133 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:34,160 Speaker 4: is definitely the value add of covid Q and it's 134 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:36,640 Speaker 4: something that I think the government good looking too in 135 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 4: the future as well. 136 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:41,240 Speaker 1: Personally, I think it is such an innovative way to 137 00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:45,880 Speaker 1: help by using skills that you've got, and it's a 138 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:48,479 Speaker 1: really great example of how we can all chip in 139 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:51,400 Speaker 1: to help with this vaccination roll out. The website again 140 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:55,800 Speaker 1: for anybody listening is covidq dot com and we're talking 141 00:06:55,839 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 1: to Fraser Hemple, its creator. Fraser, thank you so much 142 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:01,600 Speaker 1: for joining us. Congratulate relations on the success of the site, 143 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 1: and have a fantastic weekend. 144 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:04,640 Speaker 4: Thanks for having me. Have a good one.