Australian military to help enforce Sydney COVID-19 lockdown as cases rise

Reuters ^ | 07/29/2021 | Colin Packham Renju Jose

[ChicagoConservative27]

SYDNEY, July 29 (Reuters) - Australia's military will help enforce a lockdown in Sydney after the city of 6 million posted a record daily rise in COVID-19 cases on Thursday and state authorities said the outbreak was likely to get worse.

The lockdown of Australia's biggest city has increased pressure on Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who is now trailing in opinion polls, and heightened concern that Australia's A$2 trillion ($1.5 trillion) economy could slide into recession.

Despite an extended lockdown in Sydney since an outbreak of the highly infectious Delta variant, 239 new locally acquired coronavirus cases were recorded in the city over a 24-hour period, the biggest daily rise since the pandemic began.

[ChicagoConservative27]

The new world order ladies and gents!

[rarestia]

Yep! It’s here and in full 8K resolution. The problem is that too many people are disconnected from the world and won’t see it for what it is.

[rrrod]

Not much on TV about it but Australia is going full Nazi.

[JaguarXKE]

Makes The Andromeda Strain look like a picnic.

[God luvs America]

all this for 239 cases in a city like Sydney?? And they wonder why people are skeptical??

[eyeamok]

Coming soon to a town near you

[FatherofFive]

239 new locally acquired coronavirus cases were recorded

How many people actually died?

[circlecity]

They are playing an eyeball to eyeball game. What do they do if the military loses?

[Da Coyote]

“Not much on TV about it but Australia is going full Nazi.”
Coming soon to the U.S. compliments of the woke, and soon to be despised military. (From a retired officer who would gladly give the finger to any D.C. critter, any time.)

[wildcard_redneck]

We all live on Prison Planet.

I will not comply.

[Zathras]

That is why we have the Posse Comitatus Act.
It prevents the use of the military against Americans....
Unless you exclude Ruby Ridge and Waco.

[Tench_Coxe]

"Unless you exclude Ruby Ridge and Waco."

And soon to be whatever other excuse is made in the future.

[proust]

“Coming soon to a town near you”

Difference is, their public disarmed themselves long ago.

[Seruzawa]

Yes. That was a drug war exemption that allowed limited military involvement. But the DoJ (Janet Reno) had to lie to get the military involved. The military at the time wasn’t happy with it. But those warriors are all gone now and today we have totalitarians like Milley who are perfectly willing to use the military internally.

[eeriegeno]

It seems to me that Fauci needs to be hauled before the world court and hanged after his conviction!!!!!!

[ConservativeMind]

It’s a good thing that all of those people not under lockdown, such as doctors, essential workers, etc., are not possibly passing around COVID-19 in their efforts.

Right?

[rrrod]

Coming soon...

[PghBaldy]

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/australia/ Two people died 25 July. Total of 923 died since the beginning of the pandemic.

[Sirius Lee]

How many people actually died?

Why do you need to know that information, peasant?

[toddausauras]

I hope I never have to go down under again for work. 4 times is enough. Last time I was there in 2019 there was a giant mural of a woman in a burka in Canberra. Just... why? And getting in and out of OZ and NZ is ridiculous...like multiple security checks coming and going.