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Australia to end 'covid zero' policy: 'Not a sustainable way to live'
Fox News ^ | 08/30/2021 | Peter Aitken

Posted on 08/30/2021 11:39:43 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Australia is set to end its "covid zero" policy after Prime Minister Scott Morrison determined that the country’s approach is not "sustainable" in the face of the more infectious COVID-19 delta variant.

Australia has maintained a strict policy of restrictions and lockdowns to stamp out any outbreak, but the government over the weekend laid out a new plan that marks a sharp change in policy.

The government will drop most restrictions once 80% of adults are vaccinated, which the government believes could happen by the end of the year, The Economist reported. Any further action would occur only after hospitals reached a point at which they could no longer cope with new cases, but will otherwise handle what they can.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


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KEYWORDS: australia; covid; policy; protest; restrictions; scottmorrison; zero
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Did their China bosses tell them to stop it.....
1 posted on 08/30/2021 11:39:43 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The world noticed, and made comment.

But we now know what kind of people are in the government.


2 posted on 08/30/2021 11:41:25 AM PDT by lurk ( )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Headline is completely false.


3 posted on 08/30/2021 11:41:53 AM PDT by ifinnegan ( Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I guess the pols finally became fearful of the people.

When People fear the Government, there is tyranny
When Government fears the People, there is liberty - Jefferson


4 posted on 08/30/2021 11:42:16 AM PDT by Personal Responsibility (If we disarmed democrats gun violence would decrease by 90%.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“The government will drop most restrictions once 80% of adults are vaccinated, which the government believes could happen by the end of the year.”

Two weeks to flatten the curve!


5 posted on 08/30/2021 11:42:46 AM PDT by TheDon (Resist the usurpers)
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drop most restrictions once 80% of adults are vaccinated, which the government believes could happen by the end of the year

Ummm, how about now, instead? Does now work for you? If not, no probs, they'll burn down the government and stamp out any survivors with attack-kangaroos.

6 posted on 08/30/2021 11:42:46 AM PDT by SamuraiScot
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To: ChicagoConservative27

No. They were supposed to have a truckers’ strike tomorrow. The truckers were going to park their trucks on roadways and walk away.

Possibility is the government wants to avoid the strike and when August 31 is over the lockdowns resume.


7 posted on 08/30/2021 11:44:00 AM PDT by packagingguy (Kit)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I think they are lying.

They were to have a protest today (it has a specific name) in which all homes of tyrannical were to be surrounded by people standing in silent protest.

So officials are playing the waiting game “Do what I want and then I’ll give you what want” but when that day comes, no. The ‘shots’ are toxic - forcing most of the protesting public to have them is not a concession.


8 posted on 08/30/2021 11:44:23 AM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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9 posted on 08/30/2021 11:46:44 AM PDT by musicman (The future is just a collection of successive nows.)
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Stop what? They haven't stopped anything. All they did was dangle a fake carrot, in hopes hat it would pressure the refusniks to cave and get the jab. But I guarantee that when the "milestones" in the new plan are met, the goal posts will be moved, and the next milestone might be "booster shots".

Tyrants... it's who they are, it's what they do, it's how they roll.

10 posted on 08/30/2021 11:47:14 AM PDT by LIConFem (Read up on Russia's Oct, 1917 Revolution... And prepare.)
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“once 80% of adults are vaccinated”

And what will they do when the vaccine doesn’t keep up with the next mutation?

Will they require 80% vaccination every year to prevent lockdown?

Covid has displaced the flu. It’ll be our new annual event.


11 posted on 08/30/2021 11:47:57 AM PDT by fruser1
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To: TheDon

In other words, beatings will continue until moral improves.

Or until people refuse to comply.


12 posted on 08/30/2021 11:49:04 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: TheDon

“Two weeks to flatten the curve!”

We need a new battlecry...

TWO WEEKS TO FLATTEN THE TYRANTS.


13 posted on 08/30/2021 11:58:57 AM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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To: ChicagoConservative27

As long as the serfs know the power of the State and don’t forget it, the King will allow them some of their freedom back.


14 posted on 08/30/2021 11:59:56 AM PDT by Little Ray (Civilization runs on a narrow margin. What sustains it is not magic, but hard work. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

More likely they are worried about a Aus uprising with torches and pitchforks.


15 posted on 08/30/2021 12:02:12 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The truckers started to shutdown their freeways.


16 posted on 08/30/2021 12:03:12 PM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: ifinnegan

Yes it is. The article doesn’t say anything that they haven’t been saying all along.


17 posted on 08/30/2021 12:06:08 PM PDT by livius
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To: ChicagoConservative27

By end of the year??? Meaning Never!!!


18 posted on 08/30/2021 12:06:13 PM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: ChicagoConservative27

No shit. Covid, other coronaviruses, and the flu will mutate and circle the globe forever.


19 posted on 08/30/2021 12:07:48 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: fruser1

The PCR tests can’t differentiate between Covid and the flu.


20 posted on 08/30/2021 12:10:02 PM PDT by EEGator
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