Australia and New Zealand go into COVID lockdown and reinstate restrictions

Did you read what you posted? They were arrested for assaulting police. So much for a peaceful march.

Karma Police wrote:

energeticlotuseater wrote:

Don’t dare disobey the lockdown orders in Australia. Even a peaceful march could bring the wrath of the state upon you.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.news.com.au/national/victoria/news/police-use-pepper-spray-and-handcuffs-at-melbourne-antilockdown-rally/news-story/b1f60609bf5ceef68c409857cd404c92

Did you read what you posted? They were arrested for assaulting police. So much for a peaceful march.

They were peacefully marching, the police said they weren’t allowed to peacefully gather due to COVID and tried to physically break up the peaceful gathering. The peaceful protesters then fought back.

This is similar to what happened at Tiananmen Square back in 89.

energeticlotuseater wrote:

Karma Police wrote:

Did you read what you posted? They were arrested for assaulting police. So much for a peaceful march.

They were peacefully marching, the police said they weren’t allowed to peacefully gather due to COVID and tried to physically break up the peaceful gathering. The peaceful protesters then fought back.

This is similar to what happened at Tiananmen Square back in 89.

I imagine it would happen again in Sydney today if a large crowd of a few hundred people tried to peacefully protest (allegedly because of Covid). The Australian government would blare “This is not a authorized gathering, disperse immediately” or something of the sort.

When the peaceful protesters refused to disperse, as many civil rights protesters have refused to disperse in the past, the Australian government would then “send in the boots” against their own citizens. But yes, olease tell me how free you are in Australia..as long as you don’t gather in large groups.

I like love love big pharma

A123 wrote:

As an Australian I have to say Australian response other than preventing some age care deaths who are already dead anyways is absolutely apalling

We have only 2 % fully vaccinated and vaccine acceptance is low

50% vacination rate won't be achieved for likely another year if ever as lockdown happen when 2-3 cases happen so nobody sees any reason to get vaccinated

Federal government bet everything on Astrazaneca - low effeciency blood clotting vaccine

and now when they pivoted to pfizer they have problem to get supply on short notice

You are ill informed.

Hind sight is a wonderful thing for the ignorant.

We 'bet on ' Astra Zeneca because we have the ability at CSL to manufacture 1M doses a week, which is happenning since March.

Our own Uni of Queensland/CSL was aborted due to giving false HIV positives, which would have played havoc with the real HIV testing. This vaccine is currently being re-engineered, biut not close to production yet.

Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines etc are manufactured overseas...there are 200 contries wanting to use that, multiplied by 2 for double dose.

What selfish moran would insist that we should have 52M doses , whilst other countries in Africa, Pacific, Asia etc must wait?

This, while our infection rate is so low that we are now only in the second lock down since the start.

...and if the Premier had actually locked down the specific localities 10 days ago when it started, as most people were screaming at her to do, then we wouldn't be locking down the whole city.

But morans like you would have been complaining that you cannot have a coffee at your cafe

If you are over 60, go and get your AZ vaccinne, there are 13M doses and counting. If you are under 60, go see your GP to assess the risk and take the AZ, otherwise book in for the Pfizer.

I have had both (Pfizer) shots, whats keeping you? And I could get that at over 60..

The point is that people are happy to weigh the risk of infection, and lock down and wait for the Pfizer vaccine, or like some friends just say, "I'll wait a little bit, its not urgent"

"its not urgent" because we have done a fantastic job maging this and at the same time growing our economy, having full stadiums and big runs.

If our Premier has slipped up once, it is actually now, where the consensus is thgat she waited too long to lock the localities, now too long also to lock the city, and the lock downs dont actually go far enough.

...so how 'locked down' am I?

Last night I went to supermarket at 9pm to get some nibblies. The toilet roll aisle was empty and a mess...such are the crazy people like you.

Oh, I went for a run earlier

The supermarkets are open!!

Today as I continue with my renovations, I will be going to the big hardware store to get some plasterboard for ceiling...no issues.

Tomorrow, I will take my Ute to have suspension fitted, cycle home from there, go to office with other car, go to customer site (University), return to office for virtual training from overseas.

Come home, shops, make dinner etc etc

I may cycle back Tuesday morning to pick up ute, or maybe Uber if its raining.

Gee...cannot wait tio get 'released'!!

....oh, and my girl friend (friend with benefits) is allowed to come make a booty call...

...gotta love this city

...gotta love this lock down

I am Sam wrote:

...so how 'locked down' am I?

Last night I went to supermarket at 9pm to get some nibblies. The toilet roll aisle was empty and a mess...such are the crazy people like you.

Oh, I went for a run earlier

The supermarkets are open!!

Today as I continue with my renovations, I will be going to the big hardware store to get some plasterboard for ceiling...no issues.

Tomorrow, I will take my Ute to have suspension fitted, cycle home from there, go to office with other car, go to customer site (University), return to office for virtual training from overseas.

Come home, shops, make dinner etc etc

I may cycle back Tuesday morning to pick up ute, or maybe Uber if its raining.

Gee...cannot wait tio get 'released'!!

Great. Try peacefully gathering or, God forbid, peacefully protesting said COVID restrictions. Looking at recent history it appears the Aussie government doesnt take too kindly to that unauthorized behavior.

a girl wrote:

Armstronglivs wrote:

I rest my case.

Please do and don't bother posting anymore. You are an extremely bad person.

On this board, I'll take that as a compliment.

energeticlotuseater wrote:

Armstronglivs wrote:

But you don't have the facts. The situation in NZ is nothing as you have described. You are "disagreeing" with something that exists only in your imagination.

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/covid-19-alert-issued-australia-new-zealand-flights-2021-06-22/

New Zealand imposes restrictions:

“But gatherings of more than 100 for events such as weddings and funerals are barred.”

Australia, while not themselves calling it a lockdown, is effectively enforcing a lockdown,

“Travel was limited to essential tasks for residents of seven council areas in Sydney's east and inner west, with home visits limited to five guests and masks mandatory indoors, even in offices and gyms. Some schools moved to online-only teaching.”

It’s just Orwellian semantics going on down under.

Restrictions on gatherings of over a hundred (and only in Wellington) is a response to a single case of community transmission. It will last till Tuesday. It is the only restriction in place at Level 2. You would prefer we do nothing to try to ensure there are no more cases? Of course you would. That would then make us a failed country like yours, with millions of infections and 600k deaths. You are such a loser.

energeticlotuseater wrote:

trollism wrote:

It's for a few days, in fact the NZ 'restrictions' end in a few hours.

I like how you insult me with an unregistered account, it's funny. But it's a real problem with the website when those of your ilk are around.

Never left your own country, but able to speak so confidently about the rest of the world. It's a fascinating thing.

They were still restrictions imposed by the government, my point stands.

My account is registered.

Before COVID I traveled abroad every year (sometimes twice a year) for the last twenty one years.

With your aunt or some other caregiver?

energeticlotuseater wrote:

Armstronglivs wrote:

But you don't have the facts. The situation in NZ is nothing as you have described. You are "disagreeing" with something that exists only in your imagination.

According to the Australian and Kiwi government COVID lockdowns and restrictions are in fact taking place as we speak.

Stop spreading misinformation.

You don't know what a lockdown is. We haven't had one since April last year - and that was for only 7 weeks. Lower levels are not "lockdowns". At level 2 we are able to do anything we wish and go anywhere we please, subject to the restriction in numbers over a 100. It will last till Tuesday and is only in Wellington. Those who have been to sites visited by an infected person are being required to self-isolate for 15 days. New Zealanders - Wellingtonians - are doing this because we don't wish for the disease to take hold in our community - unlike yours and so many others. Our government leads us in this; it does not impose what mentally-impaired individuals like you seek to characterise as "tyranny".

We live in an era of a pandemic. In that pandemic New Zealand has had only 26 deaths (most in a single rest home), our economy functions and life is lived as normal, because we have for the most part kept the disease out of the community. Mostly this has been achieved by closing our borders - which we did early. We accept the price of occasional restrictions as public health measures because we wish to live better lives- and not die of Covid - unlike what we see in so many other countries like yours. It is thinking like yours that is the cause of your country's massive public health failure. As much as anything, that is a disease of the mind. You are a very unwell person.

In Australia you are not free to spread Covid by gathering in large groups during a public health crisis. That freedom is reserved for the US - with 4% of the world's population and over 20% of its deaths and infections.

coahc wrote:

The vaccine rollout has been a shambles but I haven't had to wear a mask in the Australian city that I live in since the virus changed our world.

What is happening is Sydney was inevitable as people are still coming into the country as we haven't completely shut the borders. My hope of having a winter trip to the Blue Mountains and Berry are crushed.

Stay safe everyone! Covid isn't going anywhere.

Oh well mask mandate as of 11:59pm tonight although no active covid cases in my city. Things are going to get interesting.

Whta fantastic job?

Australia is a complete clusterfuk

All state broders are closed at the moment or in the process of closing

Sydney locking down is the world news

Darwin in lockdown

Victoria is opened but their opening would be considered harsh lockdown in states

2% fully vaccinated

Morans really believe Australia donated their doses to Africa

no plan to move out of pandemia

A123 wrote:

2% fully vaccinated

Morans really believe Australia donated their doses to Africa

no plan to move out of pandemia

Really...which moran said that? The one in the mirror?

We barely have enough to vaccinate our own...how about you guys, and Europe, quit hogging the stuff...if the whole world isn't vaccinated, we are not beating this.

energeticlotuseater wrote:

Great. Try peacefully gathering or, God forbid, peacefully protesting said COVID restrictions. Looking at recent history it appears the Aussie government doesnt take too kindly to that unauthorized behavior.

What a stupid response..moran

Now why would I attend a gathering of Covid deniers , anti vaxxers and break the law?

I have told you I support the govt, in fact they should have gone harder earlier.

...and anyone abusing our great cops should get a night in the cooler...morans.

Gotta love this city

Yeah, about that . . . wrote:

STEVE THE ADDICT^^^^^^""""-""""-'-"--^' wrote:

Florida and Texas, which actually care about people and human rights are laughing at these slow, full of themselves and incompetent govermment institutions.

As of yesterday, in the previous seven days no state in the U.S. had a Covid-19 death rate higher than Florida's. But yeah, the FL gummint (DeSantis et al.) figure that if they just keep quiet about it, they can skate.

And there are lots of folks like you, so they very well might.

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/?fbclid=IwAR2sasyY5S10H69-5YHCMLENrC3eV66jOTZ75pZT8qNbxvND3N28b5SDv-0#cases_deathsper100klast7days

Youre still worried about covid?

Armstronglivs wrote:

energeticlotuseater wrote:

I imagine it would happen again in Sydney today if a large crowd of a few hundred people tried to peacefully protest (allegedly because of Covid). The Australian government would blare “This is not a authorized gathering, disperse immediately” or something of the sort.

When the peaceful protesters refused to disperse, as many civil rights protesters have refused to disperse in the past, the Australian government would then “send in the boots” against their own citizens. But yes, olease tell me how free you are in Australia..as long as you don’t gather in large groups.

In Australia you are not free to spread Covid by gathering in large groups during a public health crisis. That freedom is reserved for the US - with 4% of the world's population and over 20% of its deaths and infections.

Translation- You are not free to peacefully gather and protest unless the Australian or Kiwi government authorizes said protest. Yes, that’s true freedom.