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[ScepticalOptomist]

Originally Posted by KRviator

Did anyone see the latest from NSW Health? Confiscation of goody bags containing excessive amounts of alcohol for those in apartment blocks that are under quarantine! You're now limited to one six-pack, or 1 x 375ml bottle of sprits per day, per man, perhaps.

That's the scariest bit, right there. The Police do not even have the legal authority to confiscate these items, but someone acting under the authority of the NSW Health Department apparently "does".

Police, in all states and territories are bound by strict legal guidelines on what they can and can't do, particularly regarding searches and seizures (ie, as hinted at by A P above, need a "reasonable suspicion" to search you, they can't just open your care packages willy-nilly), yet it would appear the same checks and balances do not apply to NSW Health. And that's downright scary when you realise the implications of it.

And in other news: 324 new cases in Victoria today. Good to see that Hard lockdown, arresting kiddies for using a playground and the Melbourne curfew is working, eh? Or is it just the nature of the beast with Delta, that once it get's a decent toe-hold, it's going to spread no matter what you do?

Bloody scary, the act itself, and the fact that we as a nation of “free” people aren’t screaming out.

We have become the biggest pussy push overs it’s embarrassing.

As an aside, most infectious disease experts seem to agree that once case numbers hit 100 per day with an R > 1, there’s no reeling it back in to zero. NSW, and now VIC have seen that - soon the rest will follow unless we get vaccines up high enough quick smart.