Yes during the last partial lockdown.
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I saw masks at my woolies and coles as I passed.
SA Premier Steven Marshall said the National Cabinet had agreed to declare greater Brisbane a national hotspot during this morningâs meeting.
As for panic buying on the Gold Coast, I reckon some shoppers may be from the outer southern suburbs of Logan who (falsely) think that instead of waiting at their local stores, itâs easier to buy their essentials on the GC as it is just a short drive down the Pacific Motorway.
If those idiots really wanted toilet paper, they could had got copies of the Courier Mail.
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I just left the Gold Coast on Wednesday.
There was no news about this at all on any News services.
But youâd be adding a stain rather than wiping it awayâŚ
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Youâd think you would save the shopping for whilst in lockdown as a reason to leave the house and go outside.
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This is ridiculous 
My hunch is a lot of transmission of the new strain through hotel quarantine has spooked authorities. So my theory is this one UK variant infection has spread to a half dozen other people in neighbouring rooms, and the infectiousness has got the Govt seriously worried. There were 9 cases in hotel quarantine today.
As a Queenslander, Iâm in favour of the lockdown. Everyone Iâve talked to is for it too. This is Queenslandâs first local case in 130 days - itâs a new strain that is 70 per cent more infectious than the already very transmissible original virus. Social distancing had virtually evaporated in recent months so thereâs the very real risk this couldâve escalated if weâd waited even a day.
Go hard and go early.
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And this graph, posted in another thread, of Ireland showing the new strainâs impact is exactly why I donât care about going into lockdown.
Well explained, especially considering the federal governmentâs actions on the arrival cap today I think youâre probably right.
I, too am a bit surprised at this sudden decision but I think itâs the right one. If they have one chance to stop this strain from taking hold, now is the one and only chance.
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It also seems that the other jurisdictions have very quickly gone along with it to the extent of a federal hotspot declaration - which normally requires 3 days of 10 community transmissions in a metro area. Just 1 is unprecedented. Clearly they want to keep this strain out of Australia.
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That is good. People felt the same way about the SA lockdown. I just wish the government then would say they have changed their approach to elimination rather than suppression.
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This has happened. It just hasnât been said openly.
The scientific consensus is now that you cannot have a âsupressedâ virus of this type bubbling along at 2 to 3 local cases a day. Itâs simply too infectious that it will surge if thereâs just one superspreading event that is detected too late. Elimination is the only strategy, as Victoria learnt the hard way.
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I get that but again that needs to be communicated with the public. The key to keeping the public on side is transparency.
Iâm assuming this is all interstate citizens trying to get back to their home states?
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So many idiots without masks.
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Victoria is closing the border to anyone travelling from Greater Brisbane from midnight tonight. Those who arrive before midnight will be placed into Hotel Quarantine.
While earlier -