Melbourne locking down postcodes didn’t work because the horse had bolted, we had incredibly poor contact tracing and essentially just didn’t have the surveillance to know what was going on (low test numbers etc).
NSW (and VIC now) have good testing, a good idea of where cases are originating from, a comprehensive list of exposure sites most of which are within those specific LGAs, they have identified sites of highest concern and locking those down without imposing that on citizens across the entire city.
Because it failed in the Melbourne second wave doesn’t mean it should never be tried again. We should always be looking to implement restrictions with the least amount of burden on the majority of the population.
I’m interested to see how Sydney plays out and whether it creates a case for localised lockdowns moving forward rather than smashing an entire state with a sledgehammer.
For the better or the worse, I just cannot see Gladys putting all of Sydney into lockdown. It’s not her style, and I can’t ever see her adopting that approach.
I really feel for those in Sydney. The lack of transparency is probably really overwhelming. Victoria have been good with releasing their numbers at 9am. NSWs needs to probably do the same.
NSW has been pretty consistent since the pandemic began last year, releasing daily numbers at or just after 11am. It also gives more information then Victoria.
What? NSW have consistently released their daily data at the same time every day - it was 8am at the peak of the pandemic and then moved to 11am as case numbers dropped off where its remained since
Its a bit rich comparing any state to Victoria where the information was leaked every day for weeks
But the current arrangements are confusing and there are currently people who work in the lockdown areas but live in non lock down areas that can have up to 5 people visiting them. I know this is happening as people in my apartment building who work in a lockdown area have visitors from non lockdown areas in a non lockdown apartment building.
Therefore this lock down does nothing in stopping the spread through the metro area.
Using yesterday’s figures as an example, NSW Health also reveals the breakdown of vaccines administered, the locally acquired cases reported after 8pm the previous night, and any new alerts of fragments of the virus that causes COVID-19 from the surveillance of sewage treatment plants around the state.
Mary Louise mclaws, Catherine Bennett, bill bowtell and The AMA all saying decisively that Gladys has it wrong this morning.
The stakes are high. It will be a huge achievement if Gladys is successful with this after defying so much advice, but if it fails, she will only have herself to blame.
So far I think this strategy has just vindicated the snap lockdowns in every other state, the whole ordeal would have been over by now if it was a 3 day lockdown last weekend.
I didn’t realise it was a consistent 11am release. Just seems like there are a lot of leaks and it would be frustrating.
Also I was talking about Victoria during its lockdown last year. Talking more recently that the case numbers were consistently published at 9am which, I found anyway, is easier for those with anxiety about the matter.
Yep… time to go into a lockdown Sydney. The current government approach isn’t working. Sooner you go into a wider lockdown the quicker you can get back to normality.