chrisjpainter Posted June 28, 2021 Report Share Posted June 28, 2021 Buck naked: nude sunbathers fleeing deer fined for breaking Sydney lockdown | Sydney | The Guardian It's worth reading the whole article, because when you get to the...er...bottom of it, there's a little nugget of looniness in the last line. Also worth noting is the signer, trying to do 'startled by deer whilst naked' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serrac Posted June 28, 2021 Report Share Posted June 28, 2021 No mention of how startled the poor deer was... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Neal Posted June 30, 2021 Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 Why is there any form of lockdown/restriction currently in force in Australia?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjpainter Posted July 1, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 52 minutes ago, Jim Neal said: Why is there any form of lockdown/restriction currently in force in Australia?!?! To protect people from the wildlife, obvs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39TDS Posted July 1, 2021 Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 7 hours ago, Jim Neal said: Why is there any form of lockdown/restriction currently in force in Australia?!? They haven't really had covid out there like we have, they have kept it out and locked down hard as soon as it has appeared. Total of 910 deaths so far I believe. If they didn't lock down as a recent response to a few cases they would just be at the start of what happened in this country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udderlyoffroad Posted July 1, 2021 Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 4 hours ago, 39TDS said: They haven't really had covid out there like we have, they have kept it out and locked down hard as soon as it has appeared. Total of 910 deaths so far I believe. If they didn't lock down as a recent response to a few cases they would just be at the start of what happened in this country. mmm we'll just have to agree to differ as to whether it's a proportionate response. My question though, is what's the long-game for the likes of Australia - They can't be keep it out forever? It's an airborne virus, and the Aussie economy is dependent on foreigners coming in, whether for tourism or to conduct business. Perpetual lockdowns, or threats thereof can't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39TDS Posted July 1, 2021 Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 43 minutes ago, udderlyoffroad said: My question though, is what's the long-game for the likes of Australia Vaccination but they've run out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Neal Posted July 1, 2021 Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 (edited) 14 hours ago, 39TDS said: If they didn't lock down as a recent response to a few cases they would just be at the start of what happened in this country. Would they? Do you really think? Firstly they're now armed with 18 months of the rest of the world's experience dealing with covid. They've got plenty of good and bad examples to learn from. Think back to last January when nobody over here had a scooby doo about what was coming and how significant the effects would be, or indeed how long the shockwaves would keep rippling on for. Now that the scenario has been played out in so many countries over so much time there's an absolute wealth of data to work from. A multitude of options now exist in terms of vaccines. It's fair to say Australia's vaccination programme has been a bit slow off the mark but they'll soon catch up. I'm not so sure whether it's a supply issue, compliance or logistics that's holding them up but none of those problems are insurmountable. So they'll be in nothing like the position the UK was in last March. If they stuff it up with all that time and knowledge in their favour they really do have a bunch of clowns at the wheel. What's going to be left of the Australian economy if they keep this up much longer? Divide the billions of $AUS it's costing by the 910 deaths so far and those lives will have an eye-watering price tag on them. I simply don't understand the logic. Edited July 1, 2021 by Jim Neal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39TDS Posted July 1, 2021 Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 Well maybe they are using our example as a reason not to do what we did. Us not locking down early on didn't seem to me to do much good. Whatever, it is Australia and they must do what they think fit. Drop them a line if you think you have something to offer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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