Lockdown Under

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This morning/afternoon.

Via Reuters:

Australia has confirmed 55 deaths since July 11, breaking a run of more than three months without any fatalities. In total, Australia has recorded 966 COVID-19 deaths.

The toll rose as 200 military personnel were deployed across Sydney to set up roadblocks in the hardest-hit areas, amid persistent reports of people flouting lockdown rules. The latest deployment comes on top of 500 troops deployed last month.

Sydney records deadliest day of COVID-19 pandemic, Melbourne lockdown extended (Reuters)

Meanwhile…

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16 thoughts on “Lockdown Under

      1. Zaccone

        Because they delayed covid getting in. Now they’re facing an uncontrollable covid outbreak, with a largely unvaccinated population, and the deaths are starting to climb.

        All their draconian policies will have succeeded in doing is making people suffer, and delaying the inevitable by 12 months… Sooner or later covid was always going to get in and run wild.

        1. Formerly known as @ireland.com

          Most people in Australia have spent most of the time living Covid-free. Only the crazy selfish ‘freedumb’ types would prefer to have been in Europe or the US for the past 18 months.

          The deaths will not reach the levels of Europe or the US. There are 100 a day dying in Britain, 6 here. That is about 5 times higher in Britain.

    1. SOQ

      Absolutely- it was inevitable this was going to happen now they are in winter season.

      Of course the lockdown zealots and the maskdebators won’t hear of it.

      1. Formerly known as @ireland.com

        Quel surprise! SOQ!

        “Lockdown zealots” – people who know that if you control the borders and remove the virus, people won’t die.

        If NSW had compelled the driver who carried air crew from the airport to wear a mask and be vaccinated, if they had done a short, sharp lockdown quickly, we would not be here.

        SOQ, please tell me what you recommend.

  1. Formerly Known As @ireland.com

    I watched a minute of that video. Do people give an alternative to lockdowns?

    Ok, bedtime here, so I will keep it short.

    The Aussie PM is useless – think Bozo/Trump type of useless. He didn’t fojcx quarantine and didn’t order enough vaccines.

    Now, only 25% of adults are vaccinated. The Delta variant was allowed to spread from Sydney to lots of other parts by the useless state government of New South Wales.

    Finally, the useless state government of NSW is making the lockdown there harder but it is too late.

    It is also worth noting that the tory NSW government has imposed harsh conditions on the poorer areas of Sydney than on her rich voters’ areas.The first woman in the video is from one of the poor areas.

    I am in Melbourne, state of Victoria. The virus has come from Sydney. We have had to lockdown to beat the virus.Lockdown just got harsher because of rule breakers.

    NSW has 466 new cases today, Vic has 25. It is going to be hard for Melbourne to stop it keep coming in from NSW.

    NSW is stuffed, though. They were too slow, despite everyone telling them to do more. Their (bad) plan is to vaccinate enough people so they can open up. Mid-November is when that is expected.

    Things not going great, overall.

    Some states have zero Covid, still.

      1. one username please

        It’s a crap situation down there.

        Not as crap as the situation here, according to Philip Nolan.

        exponential growth, Hundreds of new admissions to Hospital and ICU predicted. No end in sight.

        1. Micko

          How crap is it really though?

          We’re ahead in vaccination rates of the UK they tell us. A great effort all round. Only a handful dying on our shores now.

          And yet the UK have massive events with self reporting antigen tests, no vax passports to enter pubs or dine indoors. All businesses open as normal etc

          Sure…the dichotomy of it all – it’d make a conspiracy theorist outta ya ;)

  2. Formerly Known As @ireland.com

    I looked through small clips of the long YouTube video. Why have all these anti-lockdown dicks on? “Make Australia great again” – what a loser. Trumpers are about as popular in Oz as they are in Ireland. These idiots are the extreme and are not appreciated by most Aussies. Stop this BS, Bodger. Leave this BS to Murdoch.

      1. Formerly known as @ireland.com

        HI SOQ

        I didn’t dispute any videos.

        “Large” is relative. In a city of 5 million, you will find enough idiots who follow idiots on YT and FB to have a protest.

        These people are not that smart. They are increasing the likelihood of the lockdown being prolonged by gathering in large numbers. As it the government is going to say ‘oh, 2K idiots are marching without masks, I suppose we best let the virus rip and fill the hospitals with Covid.’

        btw, this is what Murdoch does in Australia: https://twitter.com/slpng_giants_oz/status/1427029459912171523

        He is vermin.

      2. Formerly known as @ireland.com

        SOQ – In a city of 5 million, you will always find a few thousand idiots who believe the idiots on YT and FB.

        Of course, the state government should drop everything and listen to a bunch of selfish idiots. They are so smart, gathering in large numbers, without masks, when there is a pandemic.

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