did the protestors spread the virus?

Tweeting this week, Liberal senator Sarah Henderson said:  "Daniel Andrews blames law abiding Victorian families for doing the wrong thing rather than 10,000 illegal protesters?"

Some of Senator Henderson's Liberal Party colleagues, including Matthew Guy, Georgie Crozier and Tim Smith, as well as Evan Mulholland of the Institute of Public Affairs, tweeted similar criticisms, while headlines have also declared that the "upsurge in COVID cases [is] linked to Melbourne Black Lives Matter protests".

But these assertions contradict the guidance of officials of the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services, who continue to report that the current burst of cases does not stem from the rally. They have said that while one protester "may have been infectious at the rally", two others who have since tested positive for COVID-19 were not infectious at the rally, nor is there evidence they contracted the virus at the rally.

Rather, Victoria’s Chief Health Officer, Brett Sutton, has linked the increase in cases to family gatherings, citing family spread as the "main cause" of 120 cases in the week to June 22.

People have not followed our advice around physical distancing, hygiene and limiting the number of people you invite into your home," he said in a statement.

Australia's Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Nick Coatsworth, also dismissed claims the spike could be linked to the protests, telling reporters that "there is no evidence that there has been chains of community transmission that we are aware of through the Black Lives Matter protests".

According to official Australian Government advice, "most people who are infected will develop symptoms within 14 days of infection". It has been 20 days since the Black Lives Matter protest in Melbourne.

In retrospect, Rudd showing the belly was not a good thing in the long run... just inspired them to demand more and more.  Should've learned that from the 'feminists'.. give 'em an inch and they take an entire state... and every other -ist learned from them how it's done.

Appeasement hasn't worked yet and never will... sometimes the field of freedom must be fertilised with blood... sad but true - while we of the West spent hundreds of years becoming more 'civilised', lesser cultures view this as weakness (and showing the belly) and thus take advantage at every opportunity.

Time to cut the ties to mother's apron and make them make their own way as equals... sink or swim on your own merits and devices... if you prefer to substance it up and wind up in prison repeatedly - your choice - choice-mobile, son - that's what it's all about.

Grappler Deep State Feller wrote on Jun 23^rd, 2020 at 8:27am:


I can see where some aborigines are going with their claims involving Black Lives Matter. They are concerned that they are going to be an endangered racial group on this continent. It is their last hurrah to make a name for themselves in marking history as defenders of their own race.

And as much as I would like to see indigenous people make their own way in the world and endure the hard life that the rest of Australians have to do, we might have crossed the point where reconciliation can take place in Australia -- at least for a while. It seems that the majority of Australians are making allowances and giving privileges towards indigenous people for the sake of not wanting to look like outsiders/colonisers.

The indigenous people know that they have Australians (of non-aboriginal ethnicity) by the testicles since the 1970s. Aborigines can play that "poor bugger me" attitude and try and get as much international support as they can among recently decolonised nearby regional countries. I can only imagine that the Chinese might be in talks to fund some kind of unrest among the indigenous extremists in Australia.

It would take a real global shift back in favour of the Western nations (and the United States) before we can see our western ideals be reinstated as the best cultural background to emulate. Aboriginal cultures and customs can be continued by the adherents. Aboriginal cultures and customs can be recorded to print, audio, and video media. But, the aboriginal culture really has no values that can be helpful to the modern Australian society. Indigenous people should join the rest of Australian for a common cause rather than get in the way.

Gnads wrote on Jun 26^th, 2020 at 11:02am:


Probably because people can claim to be aboriginal if they have aboriginal ancestry that goes back 5 or 6 generations. They might look like a bronze Eurasian. But if their great-grandmother was aboriginal, they can consider themselves aborigine.

It is no surprise then that having an average 3 children per aboriginal family (biracial or not), their numbers will grow. Some people who did not claim to be aboriginal in 1999 are probably considering themselves aboriginal now, through advanced DNA tracing. That just adds to the numbers.