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Covid: Anger as half of Australians in lockdown again
BBC ^ | 07/20/2021 | BBC

Posted on 07/21/2021 8:47:10 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

A third state went into lockdown on Tuesday. Stay-at-home orders are now in place in South Australia, Victoria and parts of New South Wales.

Many people have expressed frustration at being back in highly policed lockdowns 18 months into the pandemic.

And re-openings in the UK and the US have put pressure on the government.

Fewer than 14% of people are vaccinated - the worst rating among OECD nations.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been heavily criticised over the slow vaccination rate, but has resisted calls to apologise.

"No country has got their pandemic response 100%," he told reporters on Wednesday.

He again mentioned Australia's success in keeping overall infections low compared to those in many nations.

915 people have died of Covid in Australia. Mr Morrison noted that the UK had recorded more than 90 deaths in a single day on Tuesday.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: anger; australia; austrialians; covid; lockdown
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Anger my butt. If there was anger the people would be hitting the streets pissed off.
1 posted on 07/21/2021 8:47:10 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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Isn’t austrailia one of those woke countries with more than half the population jabbed already?


2 posted on 07/21/2021 8:50:45 AM PDT by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Time for Australian Patriots to march on to Canberra and put the government out of business.


3 posted on 07/21/2021 8:52:28 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Isn’t it wintertime in Australia?

Maybe it’s just the flu that disappeared last year


4 posted on 07/21/2021 8:53:42 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

In Australia!: The natives there are restless and on the move!

https://anti-empire.com/freedom-breaks-out-as-australian-crowds-defy-lockdown-directives-to-vegetate/


5 posted on 07/21/2021 8:53:46 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (If I wanted to live in China, Cuba, Canada or ?????! I would move there! Covid 19 über alles!!!)
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To: dsrtsage

CoupFlu has NEVER been about public health.


6 posted on 07/21/2021 8:53:56 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: dsrtsage

Fewer than 14% of people are vaccinated - the worst rating among OECD nations.


7 posted on 07/21/2021 8:54:44 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (If I wanted to live in China, Cuba, Canada or ?????! I would move there! Covid 19 über alles!!!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

8 posted on 07/21/2021 8:55:10 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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Fewer than 14% of people are vaccinated - the worst rating among OECD nations.

And same as Japan. Seems there are a lot of smart people in both countries.

9 posted on 07/21/2021 8:55:23 AM PDT by montag813
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To: montag813

I wouldn’t give the Aussie people any credit—they have had vaccine supply logistical problems—millions of the sheeple are begging to get jabbed.


10 posted on 07/21/2021 9:00:10 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
I've heard Australia described as "part Britain,part USA". Even if basically true that's a pretty simplistic assessment. But in the short time I've spent there (and fell in love on my first day there) I found the people to be less "European" than what I've seen in Britain itself.

I don't know the state of Oz's economy but Rat Party Headquarters sure did a good job of bringing *our* economy to its knees. I just saw the other day that the unemployment rate in Massachusetts in December 2019 was 2.8%...and in July 2020 it was 11.8%...all thanks to our Trump hating RINO Governor.

11 posted on 07/21/2021 9:02:38 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Trump: "They're After You. I'm Just In The Way")
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“Anger my butt. If there was anger the people would be hitting the streets pissed off.”

They ain’t French...


12 posted on 07/21/2021 9:02:55 AM PDT by polymuser (A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.)
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To: naturalman1975

Ping


13 posted on 07/21/2021 9:04:11 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Trump: "They're After You. I'm Just In The Way")
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Isn’t austrailia one of those woke countries with more than half the population jabbed already?

According to the article, in plain site above...

Fewer than 14% of people are vaccinated - the worst rating among OECD nations.

14 posted on 07/21/2021 9:04:47 AM PDT by rockabyebaby (THE BEST IS YET TO COME - (PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP)
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To: rockabyebaby; Fred Nerks; naturalman1975; LucyT; metmom; ChicagoConservative27
rockabyebaby :" According to the article, in plain site above...
Fewer than 14% of people are vaccinated - the worst rating among OECD nations."

According my reliable source in Victoria, the vaccine is currently restricted right now to those over the age of 60 years old,
and those who are in the healthcare professions, or in hospital.
The Pfizer vaccine has only become available recently to Australia, and the lockdown that was set to expire today in Victoria,
has just been extended for another five days.

15 posted on 07/21/2021 9:18:42 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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Anger my butt. If there was anger the people would be hitting the streets pissed off.

They've been disarmed by their Government. If the hadn't have been ...

16 posted on 07/21/2021 9:20:17 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: rockabyebaby
My daughter, who is a school teacher, was not eligible for the vaccine since teachers are not considered 'essential services'.
However, she volunteers as children's librarian in hospital and is therefore eligible for the Pfizer vaccine which she is planning on getting today.
She is still teaching her class online, through an Australian version of Zoom
17 posted on 07/21/2021 9:24:30 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: rockabyebaby

“Fewer than 14% of people are vaccinated - the worst rating among OECD nations.”

“He again mentioned Australia’s success in keeping overall infections low compared to those in many nations

915 people have died of Covid in Australia. Mr Morrison noted that the UK had recorded more than 90 deaths in a single day on Tuesday.”

Low vaccination rate...!ow infection rate.
Sounds like some kind of connection.


18 posted on 07/21/2021 9:25:47 AM PDT by Signalman
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To: ChicagoConservative27

All lockdowns accomplish is extend the pandemic over a longer time period — multiple years — until herd immunity is reached. While you’re stretching out that pandemic you are going to see mutated forms of the virus each year or flu season. Each will in turn get their crack at the non-immune in the population.

Australia’s problem is that the officials want people to vaccinate, but the population is really not on-board. Same here, but more people opted to take the vaccines and we still have 40% who haven’t taken the jab. But when you consider the percentage of the population that already had COVID and add them to the vaccinated population (allowing for some overlap) we are probably at herd immunity now.

So you have to ask yourself: With the current apparent rise in infection rates, what the heck is going on?


19 posted on 07/21/2021 9:38:52 AM PDT by Tallguy
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' But when you consider the percentage of the population that already had COVID and add them to the vaccinated population (allowing for some overlap) we are probably at herd immunity now.'

The speed of spread should have covered the US already. This will not go away. Either live with it or stay scared. People need to try to limit comorbidities, don't be fat, don't smoke and improve their health. Winter will bring these numbers up again, that is life.

20 posted on 07/21/2021 9:59:57 AM PDT by Theoria
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