[naturalman1975]

I once had a lot of respect for Australia. Then COVID came along and the governments just went wing-nut on the populace.

This really isn't all that true.

The governments of two Australian states went this way - the socialist government in Victoria (where I live) put its capital of Melbourne under very long term lockdowns, and the socialist government of Western Australia sealed their borders from the rest of the country, but the rest of the country didn't go to anywhere near these extremes. Unfortunately, for various reasons some people - including some people here on Freerepublic - decided to depict the actions of the most left-wing Australian states as if they were the norm in Australia, rather than the exception. It's like judging all of America by what happens in California.

[Gay State Conservative]

Just saw you post. Reports we got here in the US indicated that Australia and much of Europe went nuts over the Wuhan Flu. And my Korean American girlfriend,who still has family there,told me that the ROK did as well. And it's well known that many US states...particularly the larger ones with democrat Governors (and Trump hating Republican Governors...like my state) were the worst of the lot.

Luckily,US Senator Rand Paul (a physician) was able to expose Fauci for what he was...and is: a democrat Party hack. https://vault.fbi.gov/