Coronavirus - Overall
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@Siam said in Coronavirus - Overall:
Judging by the nz reaction to people being out and about, the situation in the 23k rural popn Aus town I'm in would have you in conniptions!
Where are you at the moment? I'm on the far NSW South Coast, and things are pretty calm here. Not many out and about. I think people are taking it seriously, even if the closest case is about 100km away...
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@barbarian said in Coronavirus - Overall:
about 100km away
to be fair, in this country that is just around the corner
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@barbarian said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Siam said in Coronavirus - Overall:
Judging by the nz reaction to people being out and about, the situation in the 23k rural popn Aus town I'm in would have you in conniptions!
Where are you at the moment? I'm on the far NSW South Coast, and things are pretty calm here. Not many out and about. I think people are taking it seriously, even if the closest case is about 100km away...
I'm assuming the closest case to me is probably less than 3km away (as that's the nearest hospital it wouldn't be over 3km).
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And from the alternative universe that is Japan, the Foreign Ministry yesterday urged citizens to refrain from unnecessary overseas trips.
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@Nepia said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@canefan said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Nepia you need to find a quieter neighborhood store if that's possible
It's impossible, I live in the city so all stores are the same.
Bugger. Got any good newspapers?
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@Machpants said in Coronavirus - Overall:
It's kitchen towel available, cut that into 3 tubes, hey Presto
Mate you belong on Shark Tank or Dragons Den.
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@Nepia said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@canefan My mates of middle eastern extraction have bought hoses for their bathrooms (well long before this kicked off) ... maybe I should have grabbed one at Bunnings that day.
No problem only solutions
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@barbarian mt Gambier Barbs. Admittedly a real outlier in terms of Aus towns. Voted liberal every time for 40 years, huge natural resources timber, wealthy with old money ( and the meth capital of Australia. Very conservative folk with an older popn.
The sense of urgency or importance I get from other countries seems to be lacking which is my point. I wonder if it'll work ( hope so), but a lockdown of nz proportions seems inevitable, which may take some bedding in
Maybe it's simply country town behaviour vs city behaviour
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@Nepia said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@canefan My mates of middle eastern extraction have bought hoses for their bathrooms (well long before this kicked off) ... maybe I should have grabbed one at Bunnings that day.
I've been using one for 3 years - you can take the kid out of Asian but....
My mate advertised the bum gun on line for $200 fitted. Got 2 customers last count๐
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@Siam said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Nepia said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@canefan My mates of middle eastern extraction have bought hoses for their bathrooms (well long before this kicked off) ... maybe I should have grabbed one at Bunnings that day.
I've been using one for 3 years - you can take the kid out of Asian but....
My mate advertised the bum gun on line for $200 fitted. Got 2 customers last count๐
Oh, they did much cheaper low fi solutions to that, just bought the hose at Bunnings and got a tap attachment.
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@Siam said in Coronavirus - Overall:
The sense of urgency or importance I get from other countries seems to be lacking which is my point. I wonder if it'll work ( hope so), but a lockdown of nz proportions seems inevitable, which may take some bedding in
Maybe it's simply country town behaviour vs city behaviour
I wonder if the urgency we see in other countries is also a city-based phenomenon.
For example, in the US we see a lot of lockdown content in LA/NY etc. but has it reached smaller towns in Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri?
Even in Italy I know that the rural areas in Tuscany are doing OK, not 'business as usual' but not the full-scale panic in cities like Milan.
When you are a long way from a case I can understand you don't feel the same urgency as those in the big cities. The problem is if the virus does reach these small towns it could be really ugly as they tend to have older populations and poorly resourced healthcare facilities.
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@barbarian said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Siam said in Coronavirus - Overall:
The sense of urgency or importance I get from other countries seems to be lacking which is my point. I wonder if it'll work ( hope so), but a lockdown of nz proportions seems inevitable, which may take some bedding in
Maybe it's simply country town behaviour vs city behaviour
I wonder if the urgency we see in other countries is also a city-based phenomenon.
For example, in the US we see a lot of lockdown content in LA/NY etc. but has it reached smaller towns in Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri?
Even in Italy I know that the rural areas in Tuscany are doing OK, not 'business as usual' but not the full-scale panic in cities like Milan.
When you are a long way from a case I can understand you don't feel the same urgency as those in the big cities. The problem is if the virus does reach these small towns it could be really ugly as they tend to have older populations and poorly resourced healthcare facilities.
hence remote aboriginal communities being locked down since last week