Coronavirus - Australia
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@frank said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Excuse my ignorance of the lockdown levels and rules, but what level lockdown is Sydney in? Can't leave your homes except for special reasons (Level 4?) or just schools are shut and indoor dining and gatherings are banned?(Level 3?)
We're in a weird in-between.
Can exercise with one other person not in your household.
Can travel 10km.
Takeaways and deliveries but no dining in.
Here's the rules: https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/rules/greater-sydney
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Hey Sydney based posters, did anyone know about this protest ahead of time?
I only knew about it when friends messaged me saying they could hear it near their places.
I assume it was set up via FB or some other such social media. It's weird that media weren't reporting on it before it happened as it seems so coordinated that they would have come across it.
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@nepia said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Hey Sydney based posters, did anyone know about this protest ahead of time?
I only knew about it when friends messaged me saying they could hear it near their places.
I assume it was set up via FB or some other such social media. It's weird that media weren't reporting on it before it happened as it seems so coordinated that they would have come across it.
We knew about it because the mum of my oldest kids friend was going... She's a hippie anti-vaxer, I imagine she would have been mortified at how it turned out, but even so my kid ain't playing with her kid for 14 days!!!
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@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@nepia said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Hey Sydney based posters, did anyone know about this protest ahead of time?
I only knew about it when friends messaged me saying they could hear it near their places.
I assume it was set up via FB or some other such social media. It's weird that media weren't reporting on it before it happened as it seems so coordinated that they would have come across it.
We knew about it because the mum of my oldest kids friend was going... She's a hippie anti-vaxer, I imagine she would have been mortified at how it turned out, but even so my kid ain't playing with her kid for 14 days!!!
How do you think she would have expected it to turn out?
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@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@nepia said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Hey Sydney based posters, did anyone know about this protest ahead of time?
I only knew about it when friends messaged me saying they could hear it near their places.
I assume it was set up via FB or some other such social media. It's weird that media weren't reporting on it before it happened as it seems so coordinated that they would have come across it.
We knew about it because the mum of my oldest kids friend was going... She's a hippie anti-vaxer, I imagine she would have been mortified at how it turned out, but even so my kid ain't playing with her kid for ever
14 days!!!FIFY
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@nepia said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@nepia said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Hey Sydney based posters, did anyone know about this protest ahead of time?
I only knew about it when friends messaged me saying they could hear it near their places.
I assume it was set up via FB or some other such social media. It's weird that media weren't reporting on it before it happened as it seems so coordinated that they would have come across it.
We knew about it because the mum of my oldest kids friend was going... She's a hippie anti-vaxer, I imagine she would have been mortified at how it turned out, but even so my kid ain't playing with her kid for 14 days!!!
How do you think she would have expected it to turn out?
I think she thought it would be a few hundred hippies walking 2m apart. They follow all the rules, she just doesn't agree with them. I doubt she thought there would be 10k of them being violent and abusive to the cops
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@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@nepia said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@nepia said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Hey Sydney based posters, did anyone know about this protest ahead of time?
I only knew about it when friends messaged me saying they could hear it near their places.
I assume it was set up via FB or some other such social media. It's weird that media weren't reporting on it before it happened as it seems so coordinated that they would have come across it.
We knew about it because the mum of my oldest kids friend was going... She's a hippie anti-vaxer, I imagine she would have been mortified at how it turned out, but even so my kid ain't playing with her kid for 14 days!!!
How do you think she would have expected it to turn out?
I think she thought it would be a few hundred hippies walking 2m apart. They follow all the rules, she just doesn't agree with them. I doubt she thought there would be 10k of them being violent and abusive to the cops
No matter what she thinks that was still them not following the rules. They were all gathering as a group to march, it doesn't matter if they're 2m apart.
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@nepia said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Hey Sydney based posters, did anyone know about this protest ahead of time?
I only knew about it when friends messaged me saying they could hear it near their places.
I assume it was set up via FB or some other such social media. It's weird that media weren't reporting on it before it happened as it seems so coordinated that they would have come across it.
clearly i am not in the loop for this and i am not on social media much either, I am with you, I had no idea..i am happy about that though..not linked to those idiots
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@nepia said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@nepia said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@nepia said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Hey Sydney based posters, did anyone know about this protest ahead of time?
I only knew about it when friends messaged me saying they could hear it near their places.
I assume it was set up via FB or some other such social media. It's weird that media weren't reporting on it before it happened as it seems so coordinated that they would have come across it.
We knew about it because the mum of my oldest kids friend was going... She's a hippie anti-vaxer, I imagine she would have been mortified at how it turned out, but even so my kid ain't playing with her kid for 14 days!!!
How do you think she would have expected it to turn out?
I think she thought it would be a few hundred hippies walking 2m apart. They follow all the rules, she just doesn't agree with them. I doubt she thought there would be 10k of them being violent and abusive to the cops
No matter what she thinks that was still them not following the rules. They were all gathering as a group to march, it doesn't matter if they're 2m apart.
I wouldn't be hung up at all if they were distancing properly. No different than the thousands of folk on the beach concourse. They're crossing within 15cm of each other.
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@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@nepia said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@nepia said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@nepia said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Hey Sydney based posters, did anyone know about this protest ahead of time?
I only knew about it when friends messaged me saying they could hear it near their places.
I assume it was set up via FB or some other such social media. It's weird that media weren't reporting on it before it happened as it seems so coordinated that they would have come across it.
We knew about it because the mum of my oldest kids friend was going... She's a hippie anti-vaxer, I imagine she would have been mortified at how it turned out, but even so my kid ain't playing with her kid for 14 days!!!
How do you think she would have expected it to turn out?
I think she thought it would be a few hundred hippies walking 2m apart. They follow all the rules, she just doesn't agree with them. I doubt she thought there would be 10k of them being violent and abusive to the cops
No matter what she thinks that was still them not following the rules. They were all gathering as a group to march, it doesn't matter if they're 2m apart.
I wouldn't be hung up at all if they were distancing properly. No different than the thousands of folk on the beach concourse. They're crossing within 15cm of each other.
Which would have never happened of course, because the marchers are people who don't give a shit about the rules....
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Well what's going on in Aus should put the NZ govt on notice that they need to really ramp up our vaccination program!
How long before Sydney is at the point where they have lost control?
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@canefan said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@nepia said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@nepia said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@nepia said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Hey Sydney based posters, did anyone know about this protest ahead of time?
I only knew about it when friends messaged me saying they could hear it near their places.
I assume it was set up via FB or some other such social media. It's weird that media weren't reporting on it before it happened as it seems so coordinated that they would have come across it.
We knew about it because the mum of my oldest kids friend was going... She's a hippie anti-vaxer, I imagine she would have been mortified at how it turned out, but even so my kid ain't playing with her kid for 14 days!!!
How do you think she would have expected it to turn out?
I think she thought it would be a few hundred hippies walking 2m apart. They follow all the rules, she just doesn't agree with them. I doubt she thought there would be 10k of them being violent and abusive to the cops
No matter what she thinks that was still them not following the rules. They were all gathering as a group to march, it doesn't matter if they're 2m apart.
I wouldn't be hung up at all if they were distancing properly. No different than the thousands of folk on the beach concourse. They're crossing within 15cm of each other.
Which would have never happened of course, because the marchers are people who don't give a shit about the rules....
Are they? Is that what they're all like mate? That's a bit of a pompous statement. Those who genuinely believe in freedoms and liberty and resent the government treating us this way, locking us into little zones around our homes? Those who have lost their jobs, their businesses, their savings?
Are they expected to suck it up? Do they not have a right to process?
Obviously the way it turned out was fucking wrong, I'm not condoning it at all. But I wouldn't unfriend anyone for assuming the protest was going to be different and went along.
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@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Well what's going on in Aus should put the NZ govt on notice that they need to really ramp up our vaccination program!
How long before Sydney is at the point where they have lost control?
You don't think we're there already...?
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@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@canefan said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@nepia said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@nepia said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@nepia said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Hey Sydney based posters, did anyone know about this protest ahead of time?
I only knew about it when friends messaged me saying they could hear it near their places.
I assume it was set up via FB or some other such social media. It's weird that media weren't reporting on it before it happened as it seems so coordinated that they would have come across it.
We knew about it because the mum of my oldest kids friend was going... She's a hippie anti-vaxer, I imagine she would have been mortified at how it turned out, but even so my kid ain't playing with her kid for 14 days!!!
How do you think she would have expected it to turn out?
I think she thought it would be a few hundred hippies walking 2m apart. They follow all the rules, she just doesn't agree with them. I doubt she thought there would be 10k of them being violent and abusive to the cops
No matter what she thinks that was still them not following the rules. They were all gathering as a group to march, it doesn't matter if they're 2m apart.
I wouldn't be hung up at all if they were distancing properly. No different than the thousands of folk on the beach concourse. They're crossing within 15cm of each other.
Which would have never happened of course, because the marchers are people who don't give a shit about the rules....
Are they? Is that what they're all like mate? That's a bit of a pompous statement. Those who genuinely believe in freedoms and liberty and resent the government treating us this way, locking us into little zones around our homes? Those who have lost their jobs, their businesses, their savings?
Are they expected to suck it up? Do they not have a right to process?
Obviously the way it turned out was fucking wrong, I'm not condoning it at all. But I wouldn't unfriend anyone for assuming the protest was going to be different and went along.
My glib comment appears to have touched a raw nerve, apologies mate. I sympathise with those who have suffered. What they all need to realise is that everyone suffers. It is only a question of how long that period lasts, and the best thing to do is to tow the line and let life get back to normal ASAP
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@canefan said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@canefan said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@nepia said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@nepia said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@nepia said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Hey Sydney based posters, did anyone know about this protest ahead of time?
I only knew about it when friends messaged me saying they could hear it near their places.
I assume it was set up via FB or some other such social media. It's weird that media weren't reporting on it before it happened as it seems so coordinated that they would have come across it.
We knew about it because the mum of my oldest kids friend was going... She's a hippie anti-vaxer, I imagine she would have been mortified at how it turned out, but even so my kid ain't playing with her kid for 14 days!!!
How do you think she would have expected it to turn out?
I think she thought it would be a few hundred hippies walking 2m apart. They follow all the rules, she just doesn't agree with them. I doubt she thought there would be 10k of them being violent and abusive to the cops
No matter what she thinks that was still them not following the rules. They were all gathering as a group to march, it doesn't matter if they're 2m apart.
I wouldn't be hung up at all if they were distancing properly. No different than the thousands of folk on the beach concourse. They're crossing within 15cm of each other.
Which would have never happened of course, because the marchers are people who don't give a shit about the rules....
Are they? Is that what they're all like mate? That's a bit of a pompous statement. Those who genuinely believe in freedoms and liberty and resent the government treating us this way, locking us into little zones around our homes? Those who have lost their jobs, their businesses, their savings?
Are they expected to suck it up? Do they not have a right to process?
Obviously the way it turned out was fucking wrong, I'm not condoning it at all. But I wouldn't unfriend anyone for assuming the protest was going to be different and went along.
My glib comment appears to have touched a raw nerve, apologies mate. I sympathise with those who have suffered. What they all need to realise is that everyone suffers. It is only a question of how long that period lasts, and the best thing to do is to tow the line and let life get back to normal ASAP
No apology needed, my tone was a bit rough, didn't mean to seem aggressive, was just trying to articulate that I do have some sympathy for the view that this is starting to become a bit wrong, the willingness of government to just take away our freedoms and liberties like this. And I really feel for the retail small biz and the labourers and husband and wife cleaning operation.
You say everything suffers, and maybe that's true, but there are certainly degrees of it. I can work from home, get a regular pay check, and aside from boredom and the fact that I can't get back to NZ, it's really not that bad. I could survive another year of it. But that's just not the case for so many and I fear we have lost empathy for them
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@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@canefan said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@canefan said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@nepia said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@nepia said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@nepia said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Hey Sydney based posters, did anyone know about this protest ahead of time?
I only knew about it when friends messaged me saying they could hear it near their places.
I assume it was set up via FB or some other such social media. It's weird that media weren't reporting on it before it happened as it seems so coordinated that they would have come across it.
We knew about it because the mum of my oldest kids friend was going... She's a hippie anti-vaxer, I imagine she would have been mortified at how it turned out, but even so my kid ain't playing with her kid for 14 days!!!
How do you think she would have expected it to turn out?
I think she thought it would be a few hundred hippies walking 2m apart. They follow all the rules, she just doesn't agree with them. I doubt she thought there would be 10k of them being violent and abusive to the cops
No matter what she thinks that was still them not following the rules. They were all gathering as a group to march, it doesn't matter if they're 2m apart.
I wouldn't be hung up at all if they were distancing properly. No different than the thousands of folk on the beach concourse. They're crossing within 15cm of each other.
Which would have never happened of course, because the marchers are people who don't give a shit about the rules....
Are they? Is that what they're all like mate? That's a bit of a pompous statement. Those who genuinely believe in freedoms and liberty and resent the government treating us this way, locking us into little zones around our homes? Those who have lost their jobs, their businesses, their savings?
Are they expected to suck it up? Do they not have a right to process?
Obviously the way it turned out was fucking wrong, I'm not condoning it at all. But I wouldn't unfriend anyone for assuming the protest was going to be different and went along.
My glib comment appears to have touched a raw nerve, apologies mate. I sympathise with those who have suffered. What they all need to realise is that everyone suffers. It is only a question of how long that period lasts, and the best thing to do is to tow the line and let life get back to normal ASAP
No apology needed, my tone was a bit rough, didn't mean to seem aggressive, was just trying to articulate that I do have some sympathy for the view that this is starting to become a bit wrong, the willingness of government to just take away our freedoms and liberties like this. And I really feel for the retail small biz and the labourers and husband and wife cleaning operation.
You say everything suffers, and maybe that's true, but there are certainly degrees of it. I can work from home, get a regular pay check, and aside from boredom and the fact that I can't get back to NZ, it's really not that bad. I could survive another year of it. But that's just not the case for so many and I fear we have lost empathy for them
I couldn't work at all for all lockdowns L3 and higher. Wasn't worth it on a variety of levels. Patients of mine who had to work through were fried after being flogged harder than usual. Those that could work from home got off a little lighter. Obviously hospo suffered hugely. Now we are back to relative normalcy hospo is booming. One way or another you just need to get out of lockdown
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@canefan I'm very lucky, I can work through any level, but many of my clients cant, and whats worse (for them) is they have to keep paying, so initially, no impact on me, but any prolonged lockdown will affect me.
Many have kicked on had booming turnover since (range of different trades/occupations) I have only had 2 clients who have ceased trading due to covid, and one imported luxury items from France (they were looking to get the product made in NZ, as sourcing it was the issue, not what they were selling)
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@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@canefan I'm very lucky, I can work through any level, but many of my clients cant, and whats worse (for them) is they have to keep paying, so initially, no impact on me, but any prolonged lockdown will affect me.
Many have kicked on had booming turnover since (range of different trades/occupations) I have only had 2 clients who have ceased trading due to covid, and one imported luxury items from France (they were looking to get the product made in NZ, as sourcing it was the issue, not what they were selling)
Lots of people in lots of different sectors I know have been crazy busy since last year. Staying out of lockdown for as long as possible is key