40 years an eagle
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I guess you can get lots Bundy rum there in Canuck land buddy. Good for you!
Coronavirus sucks.. but the NRL lives!
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40 years an eagle
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Would you prefer the Americans handled our response?
Haha god no. That country is in a huge snowballing crisis and hard to see any good ending there.
Singapore on the other hand... lessons learned from SARS, swift action, seem to be doing best. Even Ardern in NZ.
Interesting link posted above by Mf76 (no not that one! the one by Laurie Garrett) which among other things slams the reliance on 'closing borders' that a number of countries seem to have pinned their hopes on
Mass testing, isolating all positives and rigorous tracing
Why Singapore's coronavirus response worked – and what we can all learn
Why Singapore's coronavirus response worked – and what we can all learn
It's certainly available in a few places where I live.
Look...a squirrel!
Sorry, did I get distracted #shortattnspan
A friend of mine lives on vancouver Island and there's a couple who came back from overseas and just went...nope, we're not gunna self isolate, you can all go jump.
wtf. Throw them in gaol or at least publish their names!
www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com
www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com
F-heads
wtf. Throw them in gaol or at least publish their names!
Cowichan couple won’t self-isolate after returning from overseas
New law requires 14 days of self-isolation when returning to Canada
www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com
Unclear if Cowichan couple refusing to self-isolate will face penalty - Vancouver Island Free Daily
No fines or charges have been laid to date, including Cowichan couple who won’t self isolate
www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com
F-heads
Bloody Meghan and Harry ....... think they're bloody royalty or something?A friend of mine lives on vancouver Island and there's a couple who came back from overseas and just went...nope, we're not gunna self isolate, you can all go jump.
wtf. Throw them in gaol or at least publish their names!
Cowichan couple won’t self-isolate after returning from overseas
New law requires 14 days of self-isolation when returning to Canada
Unclear if Cowichan couple refusing to self-isolate will face penalty - Vancouver Island Free Daily
No fines or charges have been laid to date, including Cowichan couple who won’t self isolate
F-heads
Lol, well they're LA's problem now, but who knows what they left behind?!?!?
In NSW - and probably this whole country - there is very little clarity about what we can and can't or should and shouldn't do, because it has been changing in piecemeal fashion bit by bit and the focus on public awareness has been inadequate.A friend of mine lives on vancouver Island and there's a couple who came back from overseas and just went...nope, we're not gunna self isolate, you can all go jump.
wtf. Throw them in gaol or at least publish their names!
Cowichan couple won’t self-isolate after returning from overseas
New law requires 14 days of self-isolation when returning to Canada
Unclear if Cowichan couple refusing to self-isolate will face penalty - Vancouver Island Free Daily
No fines or charges have been laid to date, including Cowichan couple who won’t self isolate
F-heads
For example, in NSW now you can be jailed for up to 6 months and/or fined up to $11,000 if you leave your home without a reasonable excuse.
(higher penalties for companies breaching direction).
A friend of mine is going out exercising today and was going to 'pop by to say hi' and it took us a while to work out if that would be illegal - and we're both lawyers!
(That came in 6 days ago - keep up everyone, lol)
I was watching "The daily show with Trevor Noah" about a week or so ago and he said the President of Brazil is doing the whole "Covid-19 is a myth, no restrictions, everyone go about your business"
BUT then the gangs came out and said "anyone seen outside will be dealt with by us" - then Noah showed pics of very, very empty streets!
Brazil gangs impose strict curfews to slow coronavirus spread
Drug traffickers in Cidade de Deus and other Rio favelas order residents to stay home as fears grow over impact of virus on poorest Brazilians
www.theguardian.com
effective!
edit: Brazil is not covid-19 free...
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lol, yeah I don't mind that show, quality a bit more patchy these days but still has some funny stuff
This is the 'Heroes of the Pandumic':
This is the 'Heroes of the Pandumic':
The galactic level of stupidity is one thing but the ability to just lie and say "this show has always taken covid-19 seriously" is staggering in its brazenness. They are experts at what they do.
Even Singapore is struggling a little to contain the virus, just not to the extent of other countries obviously.
In the last week or so the government has introduced stricter controls, including closing schools until the end of April. The number of community transmissions has not decreased and this is a concern because tracing efforts are proving more and more difficult.
To me, it’s not surprising that a country with relatively recent and direct pandemic experience is fairing comparatively better. Experience matters - from government response to the population understanding the risk - general public hygiene and compliance with guidelines and recommendations is very, very high here. Throw in the mix how the government can be quite strict, it is no wonder it is doing much better that more liberal societies without direct pandemic experience.
@SeaEagleRock8 ... What sort of communication do you recommend to a population that needs to be told "to wait for it" when sent a 9 second video .. or ... stop buying Coronas because of the virus ..
State and Federal agencies are doing daily public awareness broadcasts .... but people prefer to get their information from facebook Sally .... and then argue about it ...
State and Federal agencies are doing daily public awareness broadcasts .... but people prefer to get their information from facebook Sally .... and then argue about it ...
Hehe. Seen plenty of the hand washing messages, nothing about getting put in jail but probably just missed it
Welcome, that's a pretty impressive 1st post!
Don't fully agree though - when things are changing fast and people are dying, so much rides on every decision - isn't that precisely the time our leaders must be held to strictest account?
An excellent article by Pulitzer prize winner Laurie Garrett posted yesterday by @manlyfan76 (at #1098 above) its pretty long but packed with relevant info, and she is scathing about the initial response of both the China and US leaders
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