All borders to reopen.

[Turnleft080]

Originally Posted by Potsie Weber

Why on earth did they bring the athletes back through Sydney in the first place?

Don't know maybe because JAL don't fly to ADL. Another "Yes Minister" script.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-...ttee/100369432

[KRviator]

Seriously? You can't make this stuff up...

From 7:00pm the Walgett Shire LGA will be under stay-at-home orders for a week, as well as Bogan, Bourke, Brewarrina, Coonamble, Gilgandra, Narromine, and Warren. Health authorities say a man who returned a positive COVID test is from Walgett, 230km east of Bourke, and was in Dubbo and Bathurst during his infectious period.

AAhh, grashopper, but where exactly was this Covid test undertaken?

He was tested on Saturday while in custody at the prison in a routine screening procedure for new inmates. He was released on bail on Monday.

He was confirmed as a COVID-positive case this afternoon.

Source

What the hell happened to "Thou shall isolate until zee test is negative"? Keep the asrehole in prison until his test comes back, and then release him on bail. FFS.

[ruprecht]

Originally Posted by Foxxster

another 500 army personnel will be coming to Sydney

Just when they thought their tours in the Middle East were over.

[601]

No point making a rule and not being willing and able to enforce it effectively. That's the half-arsed way of doing it.

Why does it need to be "enforced"
I get it.
It has to be "enforced" on the same cohort who zoom past me at traffic lights when I stop on the red, or the person who crossed a train line when the boom gates are down and the lights flashing.

Or is this the start of a Darwinian period in human history?

[WingNut60]

Originally Posted by 601

Why does it need to be "enforced"
I get it.
It has to be "enforced" on the same cohort who zoom past me at traffic lights when I stop on the red, or the person who crossed a train line when the boom gates are down and the lights flashing.

Or is this the start of a Darwinian period in human history?

It needs to be enforced because this group are intent on dragging you onto the train lines with them.

[SOPS]

Originally Posted by WingNut60

It needs to be enforced because this group are intent on dragging you onto the train lines with them.

Having lived in “other countries “ for many years.. some people don’t believe laws apply to them. At the moment .. they should all be arrested .

[hamfists]

3 out of 4 of the big airlines in the USA have backed out of vaccine mandates because the staff and unions aren’t having it

[ScepticalOptomist]

Doherty institute modelling for Delta - up to 5000 or so deaths across Australia if no lockdowns imposed and virus left unchecked.

Is that an ‘acceptable’ number? Each one of us has a different opinion. Those unaffected by the devastation to livelihoods will have a differing view than those of us most affected.

We are getting close to “let it rip”.

[Lead Balloon]

FIFY: We are getting close to it ripping, whether we like it or not.

[SHVC]

Thanks to Gladys gold standard it’s ripping in NSW East to as far west as the border now. North as Balina only a matter of days before Albury is hit.

[Liklik balus]

Fellow Victorian Ppruners, the further 1 week lockdown extension that was announced yesterday will AGAIN be extended by another week. Buckle up until August 26!
And I so advise!
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaagh!!!

[Turnleft080]

Originally Posted by Liklik balus

Fellow Victorian Ppruners, the further 1 week lockdown extension that was announced yesterday will AGAIN be extended by another week. Buckle up until August 26!
And I so advise!
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaagh!!!

Nothing new. It's government policy. The virus was designed to have a 14 day incubation period.
Always add 14 days to any mystery case.
As I say that another thought just came through. What if the virus was the same as the flu incubation
period of 3 days. I don't think lockdowns would never eventuate.

[Climb150]

Originally Posted by hamfists

3 out of 4 of the big airlines in the USA have backed out of vaccine mandates because the staff and unions aren’t having it

The one that hasn't backed down is the one with the most international flying.

Non story.

[SOPS]

There are reports now that the ACT will go into lock down shortly.

[Paragraph377]

Originally Posted by SOPS

There are reports now that the ACT will go into lock down shortly.

It would be nice if the Politicians were to lose their livelihoods and feel the same pain as everybody else. But of course, if there was a risk of that happening to them the word ‘lockdown’ wouldn’t even exist. Arrogant, contemptible assholes.

[SOPS]

Originally Posted by SOPS

There are reports now that the ACT will go into lock down shortly.

7 day lock down confirmed.
NSW has fallen.

[SHVC]

So NSW, VIC and ACT in lockdown, QLD heavily restricted how do these decision makers think the general population can survive. It’s definitely looking liking the cure is worse than the disease.

[Ladloy]

Originally Posted by SHVC

So NSW, VIC and ACT in lockdown, QLD heavily restricted how do these decision makers think the general population can survive. It’s definitely looking liking the cure is worse than the disease.

Until our double dose vaccination rates are above 80% I strongly disagree.

[Paragraph377]

Originally Posted by Ladloy

Until our double dose vaccination rates are above 80% I strongly disagree.

Oh please. Or until they change the target to 91% or the current measures don’t work for the new variants, or all preschoolers, cats and dogs need to now be vaccinated, so let’s lock it all down again blah blah blah. These wankers are making it up on the run. Governments aren’t capable of organising a church picnic let alone protecting its people through a real emergency. Anyone who accepts the BS coming from the Governments mouths is living in cloud cuckoo land.

[Xeptu]

Originally Posted by Paragraph377

Oh please. Or until they change the target to 91% or the current measures don’t work for the new variants, or all preschoolers, cats and dogs need to now be vaccinated, so let’s lock it all down again blah blah blah. These wankers are making it up on the run. Governments aren’t capable of organising a church picnic let alone protecting its people through a real emergency. Anyone who accepts the BS coming from the Governments mouths is living in cloud cuckoo land.

Clearly you don't think there should be any lockdowns at all, which essentially means "let it rip" Can I ask you what your expectation is of how life will be if we do that.