The Reality of Living in Australia and Covid

[poiu]

Originally Posted by Alan Mighty

Australia's confirmed new cases/day record is being challenged by Nippon, in a last minute sprint:

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220205_16/

Catch up time. Credit to them, they held out for the longest time.

I wonder what’s happening in China too? I doubt we’ll ever know though.

[Montanan]

Originally Posted by JPA Cate

Will you post a pic of yourself with said mask?

Ann

Originally Posted by El Pinguino

Simple answer - No - not until my ears recover.

[Simi 60]

Originally Posted by UFO

Normal?? Come on, as Mr McEnroe used to say... You Can't be Serious!



Well that just goes to show the level of brainwashing into compliance within Australia - You really showed us how things are here with that simple statement.


Is it normal that:


I can not go back to my home within the same country without quarantine? (and that's if they let me at all)
I can not leave the Country without a Vaccination
I can not sit down in a Restaurant (and many other places) without a vaccination
People are supposed to wear masks in many places
Children who are at NO risk form a virus are being vaccinated with a potentially damaging substance
I can not work in my job without a vaccination
I can not run my business without a vaccination
I am expected to sign in everywhere I go (even though the close contact rules make it obsolete)
Jeeze they can't even buy take away beer in WA without a vaccine - Now that really is drawing the line in the sand :biggrin:



I could go on and on and on, but I am sure you get the point and most countries in the world do not have these restrictions - We are on a par with China and you say its all normal here



FYI I know more people that have lost their jobs and businesses because of all this than is beyond belief and you call that Normal You all call us delusional for our beliefs, better take a good look at the reality of living in Australia with Covid and say hello to A Brave New World.... Lets hope a few more people wake up and reject what is occurring.

Get a grip
Most of the stuff in the bolded bit you already had to do in one form or another

Can't get into another country without a visa
Cant travel without a passport
Can't get into countries without appropriate jabs
Cannot work in many jobs without hard hat, hi Vis gear, safety boots or in other industries, blue card, various certificates an appropriate gear

Geez, you even need a licence, registration, insurance, seatbelts and a crash helmet to drive on the roads
And then there's the rules

As for masks, I used to travel a lot by plane
I always wondered why so many Asians wore masks when I was going through KL, Singapore etc etc
Every time I went through, invariably I was sick as a dog for several days
Then I started wearing masks when in airports
Was never sick again.
Something in it you think?

[UFO]

Originally Posted by Simi 60

Get a grip
Most of the stuff in the bolded bit you already had to do in one form or another

Can't get into another country without a visa
Cant travel without a passport
Can't get into countries without appropriate jabs
Cannot work in many jobs without hard hat, hi Vis gear, safety boots or in other industries, blue card, various certificates an appropriate gear

Geez, you even need a licence, registration, insurance, seatbelts and a crash helmet to drive on the roads
And then there's the rules

As for masks, I used to travel a lot by plane
I always wondered why so many Asians wore masks when I was going through KL, Singapore etc etc
Every time I went through, invariably I was sick as a dog for several days
Then I started wearing masks when in airports
Was never sick again.
Something in it you think?

This is the point about how brain washed society has become that they just think its all just normal ITS NOT. Most countries do not have these restrictions, hence the original post referring to Australian policies and Chinese Policies being quite similar.



I for one, along with a LOT of people do not want to have Australia turn into a clone of China for the way the Government controls the population, so those turning a blind eye to it or normalising it I really can not understand, unless they yearn for an oppressive nanny state to hold their hands and tell them what is best for them.


Re Masks, perhaps you should look at your immune system if you continually get ill from simply flying - I flew 54 flights around the world in 18 months and did not get ill once.

[El Pinguino]

Originally Posted by UFO

This is the point about how brain washed society has become that they just think its all just normal ITS NOT. Most countries do not have these restrictions, hence the original post referring to Australian policies and Chinese Policies being quite similar.



I for one, along with a LOT of people do not want to have Australia turn into a clone of China for the way the Government controls the population, so those turning a blind eye to it or normalising it I really can not understand, unless they yearn for an oppressive nanny state to hold their hands and tell them what is best for them.


Re Masks, perhaps you should look at your immune system if you continually get ill from simply flying - I flew 54 flights around the world in 18 months and did not get ill once.

Be a good chap, name these countries, Ta.

[Wotname]

Originally Posted by UFO

.............

Re Masks, perhaps you should look at your immune system if you continually get ill from simply flying - I flew 54 flights around the world in 18 months and did not get ill once.

Golly, it's a bit rude to vilify someone's health status.
Good on you for having a robust immune system, why don't you celebrate that without disparaging others.

[El Pinguino]

Originally Posted by UFO

This is the point about how brain washed society has become that they just think its all just normal ITS NOT. Most countries do not have these restrictions, hence the original post referring to Australian policies and Chinese Policies being quite similar.



I for one, along with a LOT of people do not want to have Australia turn into a clone of China for the way the Government controls the population, so those turning a blind eye to it or normalising it I really can not understand, unless they yearn for an oppressive nanny state to hold their hands and tell them what is best for them.


Re Masks, perhaps you should look at your immune system if you continually get ill from simply flying - I flew 54 flights around the world in 18 months and did not get ill once.

3 flights a month, once ever 10 days, golly.

I had a period with LA800 about 12/18 years ago when they were using A340s. Two or three days after getting back to my boat I would be as sick as sick can be. Happened maybe 5 or 6 times. Fever, vomiting, etc. Never happened going the other way.
I reckon they had a 'fever plane' or it was the water at Stiago or maybe Macca's at Tulla, buggered if I know.
Once I was OK ( late 2005) and a crew member came over by the same route, got crook a few days later, a few days after that we had to lay at anchor up by Puyuahuapi for some days as the rest of us were poleaxed by it.

[UFO]

Originally Posted by El Pinguino

Be a good chap, name these countries, Ta.

Here we go old boy, knock yourself out



https://ourworldindata.org/policy-responses-covid

[UFO]

Originally Posted by Wotname

Golly, it's a bit rude to vilify someone's health status.
Good on you for having a robust immune system, why don't you celebrate that without disparaging others.

No rudeness intended, simply pointing out that if you get ill every time you fly that is not normal (unless you are immunocompromised) and hence one should look at ones immune system and take positive actions to correct it - Dr UFO is giving free advice, which is worth exactly what has been paid for it

[lockie]

Originally Posted by UFO

I for one, along with a LOT of people do not want to have Australia turn into a clone of China for the way the Government controls the population

I'm sure you're right but, hey, don't the Chinese do such a better job of handling those "freedom" demo's than us? Why here in Oz, the blighters are even featured on our evening news!

Maybe the Chinese just shoot them. Otherwise you're right, no difference in "Scottie from marketing's" approach vs that of Winnie the Pooh

[Lucky Luke 1]

Originally Posted by UFO

Here we go old boy, knock yourself out



https://ourworldindata.org/policy-responses-covid

But can you name them i believe was the question? Not a policy response thing.

[Saleen411]

Originally Posted by Simi 60

Get a grip
Most of the stuff in the bolded bit you already had to do in one form or another

Can't get into another country without a visa
Cant travel without a passport
Can't get into countries without appropriate jabs
Cannot work in many jobs without hard hat, hi Vis gear, safety boots or in other industries, blue card, various certificates an appropriate gear

Geez, you even need a licence, registration, insurance, seatbelts and a crash helmet to drive on the roads
And then there's the rules

As for masks, I used to travel a lot by plane
I always wondered why so many Asians wore masks when I was going through KL, Singapore etc etc
Every time I went through, invariably I was sick as a dog for several days
Then I started wearing masks when in airports
Was never sick again.
Something in it you think?

Many say masks don't work. As an international airline pilot I would get sick every few months with some kind of bug...but since the pandemic started and I was required to wear a mask, I've not been sick once in over 2 years.

Maybe coincidence, I don't know. Maybe the fact that everybody else is wearing a mask is a factor as well.

[El Pinguino]

Originally Posted by UFO

Here we go old boy, knock yourself out



https://ourworldindata.org/policy-responses-covid

Oh dear, those graphs simply prove that Australia is one amongst many to have had restrictions at one time or the other concerning this or that. Also worth noting that the actions of one state show up as a national restriction eg Kim's current border closure in WA and Dan's response to the aged care outbreak in 2020.

The 'stay at home' one is quite silly in that regard. It suggests we are all locked up when in fact it is just a few hard hit remote communities in the NT. Bad luck about the Canadians though but I doubt they want to go out much at this time of year anyway.

[Montanan]

Australia to Reopen to Tourists (11:49 a.m. NY)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...?ocid=msedgntp


Australia plans to open its borders to international tourists as soon as possible, a government minister said Sunday, following a report that they will be allowed back by the end of February after a Covid-related hiatus of almost two years.

“We are getting ready to open as soon as we can,” Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews said in an ABC TV interview. “We don’t have all the information we need to be able to take the decision, but we are very close.”

Overseas tourists could be back within two or three weeks, the Herald Sun paper reported earlier on Sunday, citing an unnamed senior government source. An announcement from the government may come as soon as Monday following a meeting of the National Security Committee, the paper said.

[Uncle Bob]

Originally Posted by Montanan

Australia to Reopen to Tourists (11:49 a.m. NY)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...?ocid=msedgntp


Australia plans to open its borders to international tourists as soon as possible, a government minister said Sunday, following a report that they will be allowed back by the end of February after a Covid-related hiatus of almost two years.

“We are getting ready to open as soon as we can,” Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews said in an ABC TV interview. “We don’t have all the information we need to be able to take the decision, but we are very close.”

Overseas tourists could be back within two or three weeks, the Herald Sun paper reported earlier on Sunday, citing an unnamed senior government source. An announcement from the government may come as soon as Monday following a meeting of the National Security Committee, the paper said.

I wonder if the fact that we will have a federal election just after the claimed re opening has anything to do with it. Or am I just being a wee bit cynical.