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And when people don't they're going to wag their finger and go "oh geez you guys I told you not to do it!"
During the press conference Prof Murphy said Australians need to behave "completely differently". My question is if he's met the average Australian.
I thought "schools will resume after the term break" to be INCREDIBLY optimistic. The next two weeks are going to be big - I can't see many schools re-opening.
Thank you. I thought I was taking crazy pills during our discussion. They even suggested "these people are smarter than us, they're making informed decisions" and I was shocked. We're a left household and while I think it's important to not immediately dismiss opposing views, I couldn't find any logic in what was being said.
I thought "schools will resume after the term break" to be INCREDIBLY optimistic. The next two weeks are going to be big - I can't see many schools re-opening.
100%. I've already got people on my Facebook feed arguing a mass shutdown is overly reactionary and people just need to use common sense. While inherently true, in practice there is no evidence this will work, as it has never worked anywhere ever and certainly not here. And so when shit does spiral out of control and numbers rise even higher, I can absolutely guarantee without a shred of doubt these same people will sit on their high horse and gloat that everybody else and their lack of common sense caused this, not them, and if only people listened.
I really hope the victorian measures of the police taskforce and school closure are still in place over the shit federal rules.
Not that it's good, it's fucking milquetoast for Dan Andrews to not try to push for more, but it's better than what's happening on a federal level at least. Hopefully he continues to tighten up if things get worse.
Not that it's good, it's fucking milquetoast for Dan Andrews to not try to push for more, but it's better than what's happening on a federal level at least. Hopefully he continues to tighten up if things get worse.
"Don't do these normal time things, but we sorta need you to keep doing that because oh god the economy."
VIC. I guess what the government considers essential services can change from one day to the next so... I am conflicted because i am glad we are continuing work and consequently getting much needed paychecks but at the same time I know that for a lockdown to be effective in fighting this thing it needs to be comprehensive . For now, work continues i guess.
scott morrison really proving he is just the dumbest person in the country
At least my mom won't have to go out to do open inspections. She's been mostly working from home anyway.
I'm more worried for my dad. He's an aged care worker and a carer, but he's also 60+ and had high blood pressure. I can't fathom how he would deal with contacting it and the traffic jam of people in the healthcare system during the peak.
I know his services are needed now more than every but I kinda also just want him to take a long service leave or even quit.
I'm more worried for my dad. He's an aged care worker and a carer, but he's also 60+ and had high blood pressure. I can't fathom how he would deal with contacting it and the traffic jam of people in the healthcare system during the peak.
I know his services are needed now more than every but I kinda also just want him to take a long service leave or even quit.
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School closures until April 14th. He was the only one to push up Easter Holidays and close schools. I'm pretty sure to a certain extent Andrews gives no fucks about the Federal Government and will do whatever its needed to lock the shit down.
it took them way too long to even do that, and the shutdown should already be a lot more strict here, but andrews is easily the most proactive leader in the country right now
I just found out a very good friend of mines father passed away. He developed Pneumonia and went to hospital last week but unfortunately passed away Monday. I don't think it's related to COVID-19 but now with these funeral and gathering restrictions I can't image how hard it is for him. His wife is also due to give birth to their first child in two weeks.
The people who knew it was shit have known for a long time and don't vote Liberal this won't effect the large older population who already is fucking us, majority of people I know now having to get Centerlink some for the first time are early to late 20s.
i've been into the office one day in almost three weeks and on that day someone from a different business on another floor tested positive for COVID-19
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This virus is literally unprecedented. Andrews can't just be like welp we closing down schools now. There's curriculum, VCE, school boards, migration to online learning, etc involved as well.
oh yeah i don't think he's doing a bad job at all and is reacting to everything appropriately, especially when compared to the federal government. me saying maybe it should be more strict is looking back in hindsight of maybe how slow things were to initially escalate based on the presumption that the state government would have a lot more information about the virus than we would
Apparently I'm the only one that think scomo is doing a pretty ok job at this. Not once have I been confused as to what is being asked of me during these times.
Lol. If you can't see the difference between how Morrison is handling this vs Trump...
Oh it's pretty clear what he's asking me to do. It's also pretty clear that what he's asking me to do are half measures that don't make any sense.
Dan Andrews said that states need to take individual action and Victoria will need to be on stage 3 lockdown soon.
... Why not do it now?
At least it's an indication of an action over Gladys washing her hands over Ruby Princess.
... Why not do it now?
At least it's an indication of an action over Gladys washing her hands over Ruby Princess.
You'd rather everything just close up right now for six months?
Because, also like he said, these things take time to prepare.
What's with the discrepancy of recovered patients in Victoria?
I mean all indications point to yes, if you want to contain this thing, shut it down immediately.
Right now you're asking businesses to bleed over a longer period instead of a quick stop to hopefully a quicker recovery.
I mean all indications point to yes, if you want to contain this thing, shut it down immediately.
Right now you're asking businesses to bleed over a longer period instead of a quick stop to hopefully a quicker recovery.
Scott Morrison hasn't been as bad as many have been claiming.
He shut down the borders fairly quickly (moved too slow on the USA and Italy though). And he was relatively quick to start treating the whole thing as a global pandemic.
I'm not sure it was all for altruistic reasons though. He was trying to look competent after the bush fires. But I guess his reasoning doesn't really matter.
That said, I don't necessarily agree with his continued desire for a national approach rather than a state-based approach.
Why do ScoMos defenders keep parroting this erroneous notion that everything would need to be in full lock down for six months and no less?
I haven't seen one of these people logically explain why we couldn't be in full shutdown for 6-8 weeks. You know, a little longer past the incubation period of the virus. It's always this bullshit of 'we can't do anything properly now, because then everything will have to be completely shut down for six full months' with zero reason why it would ever have to be that long in shutdown.
What's with the discrepancy of recovered patients in Victoria?
I mean all indications point to yes, if you want to contain this thing, shut it down immediately.
Right now you're asking businesses to bleed over a longer period instead of a quick stop to hopefully a quicker recovery.
We're not going to stop it. There's no reasonable course of action that results in this dropping to 0. We can't close hospitals and we can't close supermarkets. We're hoping to flatten the curve and that just means limiting transmission. The "quick stop" is still 6 months. There's no getting out of this with a Trump "15 days"..
... Who's asking to close supermarkets or hospitals?
Like is athlete's foot an essential service?
Would anyone even be shopping at athlete's foot now? The employees being out there is just going to increase the people going out there to get potentially infected.
That's not necessarily true.
China (if you believe them) eradicated it and NZ is trying to do the same.
Australia is actually one of the better candidates to try and eradicate it entirely, but we may have already missed the opportunity or will miss it in a few days.
You'd have to shut everything apart from critical businesses for like 4 weeks to eradicate it. if successful, Australia would then essentially function as normal (albeit no one from overseas will be able to enter until there is a vaccine).
Edit: I think that some of the Australian states are in favour of the eradication model - I kinda get the feeling that's what Tasmania is trying to do. I think if given the option Victoria would do the same based on the vibe of the Victorian Premier's comments to the press.
Telling people to not congregate socially or culturally but to act normally for the purposes of economic activity is inherently confusing.
Try and follow the conversation and don't bother with this bullshit false equivalence. I was clearly talking about his attempt to manipulate the media.
Who is saying that?
just had our work update. Construction somehow classed as an essential service so we're staying open. I'd understand some core teams staying open as we do have operations & maintenance work but how is continued work at this time of a road upgrade essential lmao.
It all does come back to trying to ease the economy, what a load of wank. Putting money before lives. The faster the gov decides to get off it's ass and announce proper shutdowns the better. What could have blown over in one month has been extended to three and no doubt will be extended to 6+.
It all does come back to trying to ease the economy, what a load of wank. Putting money before lives. The faster the gov decides to get off it's ass and announce proper shutdowns the better. What could have blown over in one month has been extended to three and no doubt will be extended to 6+.
reading about the ruby princess, what a disaster
Unbelievable that so many people were getting on cruise ships just in the last few weeks but the fact they were allowed to disembark in central Sydney with people showing symptoms is disgraceful. The incompetence just pisses me off, heads should roll
Unbelievable that so many people were getting on cruise ships just in the last few weeks but the fact they were allowed to disembark in central Sydney with people showing symptoms is disgraceful. The incompetence just pisses me off, heads should roll
NSW health and border force are now playing the blame game.
Fucking buckle and act like professionals, on both counts.
Fucking buckle and act like professionals, on both counts.
NSW health did not go aboard the cruise ship before giving it the green light. We heard from passengers on the ship that people had flu like symptoms on ABC News few days ago.
I guess this should be a stark warning don't let cruise ships disembark without proper steps taken to secure the safety of Australian's.
Unfathomable fuck up.
I guess this should be a stark warning don't let cruise ships disembark without proper steps taken to secure the safety of Australian's.
Unfathomable fuck up.
Interesting to see that Victoria is fighting for stronger measures than what we had last night. Hopefully it comes stateside soon.
I know this is the Aus Covid-19 thread, but I find the following behaviour in NZ is sad.
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My work is revoking remote access for employees who used to have it. Apparently there is only limited amounts available. We are fucked
How is there such a thing as limited access to remote working?\
I bet if push comes to shove magically they would be able to find a way to accomadate everyone.
I bet if push comes to shove magically they would be able to find a way to accomadate everyone.
