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@Virgil said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@Tim said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@mariner4life There is no worse type of person than the self described social media influencer.
Being ‘famous’ and an ‘influencer’ online is like being rich in Monopoly. It’s not real.
They're even lower than reporters for Stuff.co.nz
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@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Messaged a mate in VIC yesterday asking how he was etc and he planned to get through this latest development.
He responded at 11.58pm last night with a pic of his motel room in Albury.
Made me wonder just how many will do the same? He has family in NSW so made sense for him, but there could be heaps in similar situations.
Are we about to see a spike in NSW as a result?
So what are they doing in places like Albury/Wodonga? Barbed wire? A Trump style wall?
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@Crucial said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Messaged a mate in VIC yesterday asking how he was etc and he planned to get through this latest development.
He responded at 11.58pm last night with a pic of his motel room in Albury.
Made me wonder just how many will do the same? He has family in NSW so made sense for him, but there could be heaps in similar situations.
Are we about to see a spike in NSW as a result?
So what are they doing in places like Albury/Wodonga? Barbed wire? A Trump style wall?
NSW police are controlling the border crossing.
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Meanwhile, Victorians (who can't do the simplest shit it seems) are back to panic buying like the barely shaved monkeys they are. You'd think that the supermarket chains might have had the intellect to insist on purchase limits again, but no.
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@antipodean said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@Crucial said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Messaged a mate in VIC yesterday asking how he was etc and he planned to get through this latest development.
He responded at 11.58pm last night with a pic of his motel room in Albury.
Made me wonder just how many will do the same? He has family in NSW so made sense for him, but there could be heaps in similar situations.
Are we about to see a spike in NSW as a result?
So what are they doing in places like Albury/Wodonga? Barbed wire? A Trump style wall?
NSW police are controlling the border crossing.
Christ! They are like some kind of Texas County Sheriffs down there. Smoky and the Bandit stuff (although I doubt anyone will be trying to smuggle VB across the border)
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@dogmeat no doubt about it. I don’t for one minute underestimate that this had to be rolled out fast but there are checks and balances that are needed. Get police in to work in conjunction with the security whilst additional training is rolled out for example. Critical corners have been cut.
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@Rembrandt said in Coronavirus - Australia:
I wonder willing is the populace going to be going back to house arrest after only recently tasting freedom? Might be a fair few saying "fuck it, I did my part and government still fucked it up, not going to do that again"
What if lockdown fails again?
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@ACT-Crusader said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@dogmeat no doubt about it. I don’t for one minute underestimate that this had to be rolled out fast but there are checks and balances that are needed. Get police in to work in conjunction with the security whilst additional training is rolled out for example. Critical corners have been cut.
Did something change in Melbourne quarantine?
My experience with it in May was that it was very strict and very efficient. Support services were exemplary under the circumstances. -
@Kiwiwomble said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Messaged a mate in VIC yesterday asking how he was etc and he planned to get through this latest development.
He responded at 11.58pm last night with a pic of his motel room in Albury.
Made me wonder just how many will do the same? He has family in NSW so made sense for him, but there could be heaps in similar situations.
Are we about to see a spike in NSW as a result?
why cant people just do as there told, suck it up so we can all get past this
Not sure I understand, who isn't doing what they're told?
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@voodoo your mate to start with, the directive was to stay at your primary address, not go stay at a motel, and as you say, how many more have done similar
but on a broader sense several of the clusters have been traced to family groups congregating in large groups for parties etc
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@Kiwiwomble said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@voodoo your mate to start with, the directive was to stay at your primary address, not go stay at a motel, and as you say, how many more have done similar
but on a broader sense several of the clusters have been traced to family groups congregating in large groups for parties etc
Well no, he is from NSW, he has all his family there, and a house to reside at. NSA - folk were given warning of the border closing at a particular time and the opportunity to return prior. If they truly intended to make everyone stay put, they'd have not given a deadline to cross the border
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@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@Kiwiwomble said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@voodoo your mate to start with, the directive was to stay at your primary address, not go stay at a motel, and as you say, how many more have done similar
but on a broader sense several of the clusters have been traced to family groups congregating in large groups for parties etc
Well no, he is from NSW, he has all his family there, and a house to reside at. NSA - folk were given warning of the border closing at a particular time and the opportunity to return prior. If they truly intended to make everyone stay put, they'd have not given a deadline to cross the border
I think you failed to make that clear. I thought he was a Victorian too
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@canefan said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@Kiwiwomble said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@voodoo your mate to start with, the directive was to stay at your primary address, not go stay at a motel, and as you say, how many more have done similar
but on a broader sense several of the clusters have been traced to family groups congregating in large groups for parties etc
Well no, he is from NSW, he has all his family there, and a house to reside at. NSA - folk were given warning of the border closing at a particular time and the opportunity to return prior. If they truly intended to make everyone stay put, they'd have not given a deadline to cross the border
I think you failed to make that clear. I thought he was a Victorian too
Right, fair enough then 😬
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@antipodean I had an eye test earlier today, been booked for a few weeks. It was like Christmas Eve around the shops. The supermarket was ridiculous.
Sure school holidays usually means a few more people out, but a lot of people had that Armageddon look on their faces and the trolley full to match it.
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@Kiwiwomble said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@voodoo yeah, sorry for that, when you said you messaged a mate in Vic who was now in a motel in NSW i thought you meant they were a Victorian who was hiding over the border
My bad mate!
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@Virgil said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@Tim said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@mariner4life There is no worse type of person than the self described social media influencer.
Being ‘famous’ and an ‘influencer’ online is like being rich in Monopoly. It’s not real.
You played your kids yet?
Fucking real it is!
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@booboo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@Virgil said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@Tim said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@mariner4life There is no worse type of person than the self described social media influencer.
Being ‘famous’ and an ‘influencer’ online is like being rich in Monopoly. It’s not real.
You played your kids yet?
Fucking real it is!
Ends in tears every time , just a disaster
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