The mushroom poisoning in Vic.... I am gripped

[Dustyblue]

This has been all over the news. I live one town over from Leongatha and believe me, it's the talk of the towns.

We have loads of mushrooms around our place but wouldn't dream of eating them. About 90% of foraged mushrooms in Australia are poisonous.

Then again, you do get groups of people who think they know what they're doing, and perhaps they do.

Meanwhile this is suss-as.

Three people died from suspected mushroom poisoning after sharing a meal. Here's what we know - ABC News

With 25 messages to go and the case having slowed down, maybe the OP is waiting.

Hey there, I am an Aussie and started a new thread.

Here’s the link:

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/aussie-nz-mumsnetters/4876103-the-mushroom-poisoning-in-vic-i-am-gripped-part-2

It’s 9:41am in Australia and 12:41am in England. So, I’ll check back later this afternoon (in Australia).

There are three time zones in Australia.

True! However, there is enough information in my post to figure out which time zone in Australia I’m in. If you’re a smart cookie that is 😉

Local have been holding all day vigils to prayer for Ian Wilkinson... Not just the Baptists, but also Catholics. I really hope they can find a suitable liver for him.

Is he still unconscious? I was just thinking, when he wakes he will have to be told his wife is dead. Poor man.

Forensic psychologist Tim Watson-Munro, who built the base of his career in the grime of the old school Parramatta Gaol in Sydney’s west, sees “red flags’’ everywhere in the case of the death cap mushrooms. “I’m not a big believer in coincidences,’’ he says.

Mr Watson-Munro says police would be looking for points of weakness and the slow, steady approach would be tactical.

It is also clear the families of the dead have been told to keep their silence.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/leongatha-poisoning-deaths-sound-of-silence-tortures-mushroom-meal-mum-erin-patterson/news-story/554b1668d6dae5e0e09d7b96a9019b7c

That’s behind a paywall unfortunately!

No doubt the mail will regurgitate and embellish.

I've quoted the interesting part!

Well...he sounds like he's on the case, and Patterson must be rattled.

Surely a slow and steady approach is the opposite of tactical and is strategic....?

Tactical - "showing adroit planning; aiming at an end beyond the immediate action". I think he has used the term correctly, and intentionally.