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Uh, what? I’m in Sydney and as I write this it looks like we’re going in to full on metro outbreak and lockdown this weekend. For the third time, IIRC. The coun

Uh, what? I’m in Sydney and as I write this it looks like we’re going in to full on metro outbreak and lockdown this weekend. For the third time, IIRC. The country’s vaccinated approximately no one, there’s been near zero entry or exits of the country for anyone who’s not rich/famous/a politician, it seems like half of the past year has had internal travel restrictions between states and metro areas. There appears to be no plan to systemically improve our situation before next year. Yes, we haven’t had mass deaths and hospitalizations. I’m very thankful I’ve been here instead of the US, or many other places. But dont pretend it’s some utopia that’s escaped the troubles of the last year.

rorykoehler 5y ago
The thing is you treat it seriously. We have triple the daily cases here in Berlin and are celebrating like it’s over.
SV_BubbleTime 5y ago
> Yes, we haven’t had mass deaths and hospitalizations. I wouldn’t expect so. You have 2/3 the population of California and almost the size of the USA (although populated all along the coasts). I also don’t agree with dude it’s some Covid utopia. But, just density-wise it was never going to be very bad there.
- sixothree 5y ago
  Have you ever actually seen a map of Australia? Or pictures? What planet have you been on that makes this comment even reasonable?
sixothree 5y ago
We have had 600,000+ recorded deaths. The actual number is likely greater than a million. In December when you you had a handful of deaths, we had one every three seconds. Every hour. Every day. For over a month. People go shopping with cough and fever. People gather with family and friends without any consideration whatsoever about the consequences. I had someone come to my house one day after two of his co-workers tested positive for covid. Zero considerations. It's an epidemic of stupidity here. You have absolutely no idea what it's like here.

rorykoehler 5y ago

The thing is you treat it seriously. We have triple the daily cases here in Berlin and are celebrating like it’s over.

SV_BubbleTime 5y ago

> Yes, we haven’t had mass deaths and hospitalizations. I wouldn’t expect so. You have 2/3 the population of California and almost the size of the USA (although populated all along the coasts). I also don’t agree with dude it’s some Covid utopia. But, just density-wise it was never going to be very bad there.

sixothree 5y ago
Have you ever actually seen a map of Australia? Or pictures? What planet have you been on that makes this comment even reasonable?

sixothree 5y ago

We have had 600,000+ recorded deaths. The actual number is likely greater than a million. In December when you you had a handful of deaths, we had one every three seconds. Every hour. Every day. For over a month. People go shopping with cough and fever. People gather with family and friends without any consideration whatsoever about the consequences. I had someone come to my house one day after two of his co-workers tested positive for covid. Zero considerations. It's an epidemic of stupidity here. You have absolutely no idea what it's like here.