Iâm guessing that there must be a lot of fatigue setting in. We are a good 10 months now into this so itâs going to get harder and harder to keep people âdoing the right thingâ the longer it goes on. It must feel like a âhere we go againâ type thing. Especially now that the national lockdown is over but people are facing ongoing tiered restrictions for the foreseeable future.
In Melbourne the lockdowns were closer together so I think more people took it seriously but also in general Australianâs overall do follow things pretty well. Youâll never get 100% compliance but it seems most Aussies did for the most part (even if it was to avoid fines and fear of a big police presence on the streets). Just compare our mask compliance in Melbourne compared to what you are seeing in USA and UK at the moment. I very very rarely saw anyone without a mask anywhere after they were mandated. Whereas you have a big chunk of the American population pretty anti-masks and Iâve seen a lot of images of busy shopping spots in the UK where a lot of people donât have masks on.
Totally. An see that happening, and I am over it too, but at the end of the day if it helps to stop the spread and keeping me from getting it Iâm happy to stay home and only go out for essentials and do the exercises I need in the back yard. I have actually found it refreshing staying away from the city centre and anywhere there is mad cows of people who re blantly disregarding the directive.
In the mean time I have been playing plague Iâve created a media spy virus. Wiped out America first.
I think the biggest issue with the UK though is their testing as well. If you donât have symptoms, so those who have returned from Overseas particularly, it costs nearly ÂŁ150 to get a test done. We have got so much right here. You canât blame the citizens for not giving a crap when your government doesnât.
Is that true? UK have one of the best healthcare systems in the world based on my understanding, the NHS cover a lot and their testing rates are amongst the best in the world as well far exceeding AU and even the USA by a decent margin.
According to a friend who just returned to the uk from a trip in Europe it is. She was told it would cost ÂŁ150 to get a test as she didnât have symptoms.
@ryaneco here is an article for you to have a look at it yourself
As for the âbest medical system in the world commentâ it is a great medical system. But when you have Boris wanting to do what Trump did Obama care there are always going to be some issues with the NHS and how much they are valued in the UK by their government.
And here is another article regarding the testing, it just doesnât seem as available as it is here in Australia and there are options to pay if you donât meet the criteria.
Chinaâs response wasnât ideal but health experts have been suggesting solutions since the beginning of the year and the US and other countries have ignored that health advice. They need to take accountability for their response not China.
A pandemic is a pandemic. Sometimes these things happened. Just like the Spanish flu. These things happen. It isnât the first and wonât be the last. Are we punishing Mexico for the swine flu? In the US it killed 12,000 people. And globally it killed 500,000 people. When WHO declares a pandemic you have to follow the health advice. If you donât then that government should be responsible not where it originated.
Sadly we canât be surprised when the NSW premier herself blatantly ignored that health advice (to isolate until receiving a negative test result).
Donât listen to conspiracy nonsense; China, like so many dictatorships in history, has been secretive to try and minimise their embarrassment at the virus appearing in Wuhan and to hide whatever mistakes they made, but to say the virus wouldnât exist is ridiculous.
As @turdall said the response to the pandemic is what really matters, and although mistakes will inevitably happen from time to time, learning from what happens and following health advice is whatâs needed instead of ignoring it (and pretending the virus will magically disappear).
UPDATE: Victorian Housing Minister Richard Wynne said âwe make no apology for saving peopleâs livesâ, but acknowledged the distress the move caused.
