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>> The US, as far as I understand, has huge lockdowns and that may be the factor The US never really locked down after maybe the first two or three week period

>> The US, as far as I understand, has huge lockdowns and that may be the factor The US never really locked down after maybe the first two or three week period. The “lockdowns” we had were mostly performative and not really enforced. This is in huge contrast to some cities in Australia for example, where lockdowns were both prolonged (lasting months) and those violating them were smacked down consistently.

astrange 5y ago
And every Australian I know was happy about it too. Australia is very similar to the US, but one difference is that they're less oppositional. Helps that it actually seemed to work though I'm surprised there hasn't been more objection to the lack of tourism. Of course, it's ineffective against omicron which is just too infectious to be stopped, and they aren't doing it now.
- nicoburns 5y ago
  > And every Australian I know was happy about it too Hmm... that's certainly not universal. I have a couple of Australian's I met travelling on instagram, and they are posting the most extreme anti-lockdown media I've seen (comparing it to nazi germany, etc). Not sure how common that sentiment is, but it wouldn't surprise me if it's quite widespread. 18 months is a long time to be locked down for.
- ThunderSizzle 5y ago
  Australia has successfully navigated to my no-go list by their insanity. The lack of habeous corpus is very alarming as a tourist. The lack of rule of law it terribly frightening when that is all you can rely on if shit goes sideways on a trip. Australia has shown they are the same level as the Middle East, e.g. Iran and Afghanistan.
  - iamthemonster 5y ago
    Yeah it is basically the same as Afghanistan over here mate, you wouldn't like it.
    - ThunderSizzle 5y ago
      Considering you need permission to walk outside without being locked up, and on top of that, they took away any means of self defense a decade or two ago, it's not much better than Afghanistan's warlord system. As long as your warlord likes you, your good.
- strken 5y ago
  I was in Melbourne for all but the first lockdown, and we were about as "happy" as a patient going in for knee reconstruction. I know that's not what you meant, but the lockdowns really sucked, even if they were the least bad choice and even if most of us agreed with them.
  - astrange 5y ago
    Impressive, I thought people from Melbourne were only capable of bragging about their coffee culture.
- blindmute 5y ago
  There have been multiple massive protests about that in Australia throughout last year.
  - enraged_camel 5y ago
    That's not really a lockdown though. You could, for example, still go outside your house whenever you wanted. In many parts of Australia though, you couldn't even go to the park to meet someone.
School-Cotton 5y ago
> The US never really locked down after maybe the first two or three week period. Absolute bullshit. Everything in NYC was closed for three months; bars, restaurants, and schools were closed for much longer than that.

astrange 5y ago

And every Australian I know was happy about it too. Australia is very similar to the US, but one difference is that they're less oppositional. Helps that it actually seemed to work though I'm surprised there hasn't been more objection to the lack of tourism. Of course, it's ineffective against omicron which is just too infectious to be stopped, and they aren't doing it now.

nicoburns 5y ago
> And every Australian I know was happy about it too Hmm... that's certainly not universal. I have a couple of Australian's I met travelling on instagram, and they are posting the most extreme anti-lockdown media I've seen (comparing it to nazi germany, etc). Not sure how common that sentiment is, but it wouldn't surprise me if it's quite widespread. 18 months is a long time to be locked down for.
ThunderSizzle 5y ago
Australia has successfully navigated to my no-go list by their insanity. The lack of habeous corpus is very alarming as a tourist. The lack of rule of law it terribly frightening when that is all you can rely on if shit goes sideways on a trip. Australia has shown they are the same level as the Middle East, e.g. Iran and Afghanistan.
- iamthemonster 5y ago
  Yeah it is basically the same as Afghanistan over here mate, you wouldn't like it.
  - ThunderSizzle 5y ago
    Considering you need permission to walk outside without being locked up, and on top of that, they took away any means of self defense a decade or two ago, it's not much better than Afghanistan's warlord system. As long as your warlord likes you, your good.
strken 5y ago
I was in Melbourne for all but the first lockdown, and we were about as "happy" as a patient going in for knee reconstruction. I know that's not what you meant, but the lockdowns really sucked, even if they were the least bad choice and even if most of us agreed with them.
- astrange 5y ago
  Impressive, I thought people from Melbourne were only capable of bragging about their coffee culture.
blindmute 5y ago
There have been multiple massive protests about that in Australia throughout last year.
- enraged_camel 5y ago
  That's not really a lockdown though. You could, for example, still go outside your house whenever you wanted. In many parts of Australia though, you couldn't even go to the park to meet someone.

School-Cotton 5y ago

> The US never really locked down after maybe the first two or three week period. Absolute bullshit. Everything in NYC was closed for three months; bars, restaurants, and schools were closed for much longer than that.