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Covid Mania Returns Australia to Its Roots as a Nation of Prisoners
- h2odragon 5y agoMy word, what a great headline.
- justinclift 5y agoMeh, this _seems_ like bull. I'm located in the state to the south of the one this article talks about, and we did a fairly hard lock down over the last two weeks to stamp out the covid-19 infection. Which seems (so far) to have worked. My state (Victoria, Australia) has learned to do this, as a previous approach in our early covid-19 exposure almost got away from us. However, the state this article is talking about (New South Wales) has been avoiding a hard lock down. They've been _talking_ about how "locked down" they are, but people still seem to go to cafe's (etc) and socialise. And their infection numbers aren't heading in the right direction. :( It _seems_ like the leaders of their state have avoided bringing in a harsher lock down because of fear of business interests. We've heard this before. Which looks like it'll create a longer lasting "semi lockdown" that will drag on for (likely) months, and create overall much more damage. :( That's my impression anyway. We're transitioning from our sharp, short lock down here in Victoria, after being infected by cases from the above state (New South Wales). Thankfully we've closed our borders to them, until they get things under control again.
- thinkingemote 5y agoThe social shaming effect seems quite colourful and loud in Australia, compared with some other countries. (Perhaps it's more "working class", or rather it's much less about class?)
- blippage 5y agoAn apparently true story: a Brit interviews for a job with an Australian employer. The employer asks "have you got a criminal record?", to which the Brit responds "I didn't know you still needed one."