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Our fearless leaders look overseas, they see how all of these measures have failed there, and they say to themselves "Maybe it will work here!"
Aren't as vulnerable, but there have been cases of children under 12 dying in other countries iirc.
He also said "We don't want schoolchildren roaming the streets" - You know exactly which schoolchildren he's talking about. Blatant dogwhistling.
I keep hearing this bizarre fear about school kids roaming the streets like some delinquent leather jacketed gang from the 50s. What the fuck does he think is going to happen?
Maybe... we should have an actual working welfare system to absorb the blow of the economic crisis?
Crazy idea huh.
Crazy idea huh.
Doesn't want to mess with people's livelihoods....after shutting down the fucking hospitality industry and putting tens of thousands of casual workers out of work.
Bite the fucking bullet!
Bite the fucking bullet!
Pretty sure the queues at Centrelink were longer than that.
Did he address construction sites? I gather they are going to keep running for now since i don't see anything about it on your list, but all the blokes at work are going to work everyday constantly wondering how long we are going to keep working for. A lot of uncertainty... People worried about how they are going to pay their bills and mortgages since a lot of them are not included in the relief package.
This is a humongous blow which the Australian economy has probably never faced before. We should have had a better welfare system before this happened but I think the system would still have trouble coping.
Though I wonder how some progressive European countries like the Nordic countries are faring.
Businesses aren't going to get the business to sustain themselves anyway. Who's going to go to footlocker to buy $200 sneakers when the economy is in the lurch? Businesses are going to have to seek assistance either way, or seriously downsize.
The longer this goes on before a full shutdown the more and more people that will die and end up unemployed in the long term.
The longer this goes on before a full shutdown the more businesses that will die and never come back.
We already know that a large amount of people who contract the virus don't have symptoms. We already know that kids can carry the virus. WE CLEARLY KNOW THIS BECAUSE ANOTHER SCHOOL HAS TO BE SHUTDOWN IN SA DUE TO A KID AND A TEACHER GETTING THE VIRUS.
Shut it down now because in 2 weeks time we will hit our peak. If you wait, the peak will be higher.
The longer this goes on before a full shutdown the more businesses that will die and never come back.
We already know that a large amount of people who contract the virus don't have symptoms. We already know that kids can carry the virus. WE CLEARLY KNOW THIS BECAUSE ANOTHER SCHOOL HAS TO BE SHUTDOWN IN SA DUE TO A KID AND A TEACHER GETTING THE VIRUS.
Shut it down now because in 2 weeks time we will hit our peak. If you wait, the peak will be higher.
I mean having a better welfare system is a start.
Just because it can't be perfect doesn't mean it shouldn't be better than it is now.
Especially when the Libs specifically target Centrelink and have been making it worse.
"Look at all those other countries overseas that have been through the same thing, they turned out okay without actually shutting down! Like, Antarctica!"
Hearing about ScoMo's latest decisions make me really glad that my state is a few weeks behind NSW
Which state are you in? I'm a civil engineer in design consultancy and Transport and Main Roads in QLD has deemed construction an essential service in order to keep the economy going. Projects are even being fast tracked.
Caveat being I got this advice this morning, but I doubt it has changed.
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Biggest issue in the construction industry is that suppliers are facing massive delays. Steel and concrete is already impacting us in VIC, I expect it to get a lot worse by the end of the week.
I am now convinced that ScoMo is actually trying to accelerate the End times in accordance to his pentacostal beliefs.
If they just replace the whole cast and crew with kids Neighbours can go back into production, call it work experience and don't even pay em
My housemates and I are at a bit of an impasse. I'm staunchly of the mind that schools need to close to prevent transmission and keep teachers (and families)0 from risk.
They argue that a) everyone taking their kids out of school will be a too large of a hit to the economy as people stop working, b) kids shouldn't have their education disrupted.
My counter arguments to this are that both of those things are absolutely going to happen regardless, be it now or in a few weeks, and that the only way out of this financial turmoil is for the government to intervene financially in a big way (which they agree is necessary).
As we spoke ABC put up a banner saying a school of 110 + 8 staff had closed due to successful tests of both teachers and staff. I suggested schools will either close with students & staff safe or inevitably close once the virus appears in the community. This didn't sway them.
Am I mad? Is there any compelling reason why we should be keeping schools open? Am I correctly reading that the government is trying to maintain the economy for as long as possible before they need to bail it out?
They argue that a) everyone taking their kids out of school will be a too large of a hit to the economy as people stop working, b) kids shouldn't have their education disrupted.
My counter arguments to this are that both of those things are absolutely going to happen regardless, be it now or in a few weeks, and that the only way out of this financial turmoil is for the government to intervene financially in a big way (which they agree is necessary).
As we spoke ABC put up a banner saying a school of 110 + 8 staff had closed due to successful tests of both teachers and staff. I suggested schools will either close with students & staff safe or inevitably close once the virus appears in the community. This didn't sway them.
Am I mad? Is there any compelling reason why we should be keeping schools open? Am I correctly reading that the government is trying to maintain the economy for as long as possible before they need to bail it out?
You're correct, they're trying to delay the inevitable and making things much worse in the hopes that it will magically get better
Also luckily I bought my own clippers so I can do my own hairdos anyway.
So who wants to come over for a hairdressing dinner party? Only for 30 minutes though.
So who wants to come over for a hairdressing dinner party? Only for 30 minutes though.
Everything should be shut down because the population of 24+ million cannot be trusted to coordinate and consistently stick to strict social distancing, not just due to the inherent difficulty of this by virtue of population volume, but also while the government keeps places of human gathering (namely shopping centres and schools) fully active and numerous businesses still operational. It's a contradiction; stern word of warning to maintain social distancing and not panic buy and stay inside, yet in the same breath encouraging the importance of businesses remaining operational because the economy depends on it.
A strict national lockdown is the only tool we have in fighting a fucking virus. Otherwise these graphics are going to continue curving upwards.
And as they peak higher and higher the infection rate will get further out of control. The data is all there, no room for ambiguous interpretation, and we have a mountain of evidence on the effectiveness of responses and consequences of failing to act in other nations.
Obviously shutting down everything is going to take a sledgehammer to our economy in a time where it'll be felt hard. But a hard knock now with a faster turnaround will benefit us much, much better than trying to drag our knuckles and sustain the economy as is while the viral situation gets worse. It's yet again another contradiction; the argument that the economy is already suffering from the virus so we can't shut things down, yet data clearly indicating it's only going to suffer even worse in the near future.
A strict national lockdown is the only tool we have in fighting a fucking virus. Otherwise these graphics are going to continue curving upwards.
And as they peak higher and higher the infection rate will get further out of control. The data is all there, no room for ambiguous interpretation, and we have a mountain of evidence on the effectiveness of responses and consequences of failing to act in other nations.
Obviously shutting down everything is going to take a sledgehammer to our economy in a time where it'll be felt hard. But a hard knock now with a faster turnaround will benefit us much, much better than trying to drag our knuckles and sustain the economy as is while the viral situation gets worse. It's yet again another contradiction; the argument that the economy is already suffering from the virus so we can't shut things down, yet data clearly indicating it's only going to suffer even worse in the near future.