Bobby. wrote on Aug 3^rd, 2020 at 9:41pm:

I don't think we even had any masks a month ago, the Chinks stole them all and we don't know how to make them.

Masks are an afterthought by our experts and leaders, we will get there though.

https://www.9news.com.au/national/coronavirus-victoria-439-new-cases-of-coronavi...



Victorians who test positive to COVID-19 will no longer be able to leave their home for exercise, Premier Daniel Andrews has declared.
It comes as out of the 3000 doorknocks in the state - in more than 800 cases - the infected person was not at home.

"So from now, there will be no exercise, if you supposed to be isolating at home. You will need to stay in your home or on your property. Fresh air at the front door. Fresh air in your front yard or backyard or opening a window. That's what you're going to have to do.
"It's difficult to enforce this if people have a lawful excuse and if some people are going to use that to try and justify other decisions - they were at no point getting exercise. They were doing something else."
Chief Health Officer professor Brett Sutton previously said people were allowed to leave their home for exercise due to human rights principles.


Huge new on-the-spot fines in Victoria
Victorians who breach quarantine will now face fines of up to , Premier Daniel Andrews has revealed.
The Premier said it was the "largest on the-spot fine on the statute books in Victoria".
"If there were repeat breaches, if there were particularly selfish behaviour like, for instance, going to work when you had the virus, then there is the alternative pathway and that is, of course, taking you to the Magistrates' Court, where the maximum penalty that can be applied to you is," he said.
"We don't want it to come to that."

Bobby. wrote on Aug 4^th, 2020 at 12:59pm:


yeah


wont work.


politicians always think simplisticly.
if we dial up the fines high enough, the virus will disappear.

it wont .

it wont disappear until people at an individual level minimise their risk and isolate(and dont get it) or accept the virus and get it and move on towards herd immunity

this drawn out, death by 1000 cuts and gesturing is insane and counter productive .

people are all individuals with different psychologies and different ideologies and you cant micromanage that away

its as insane as dan saying he will control the food people put in their mouth to micromanage obesity out of existence.
in fact, that would be easier

"A growing group of anti-maskers have been "baiting" and antagonising Victorian police, and in one instance smashed the head of a female officer into concrete until she was concussed, authorities say."

Nasty stuff.

"Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Shane Patton said a 26-year-old police officer and her partner approached the 38-year-old woman, who was not wearing a face covering, in the Frankston area last night."

Ah.

Sophia wrote on Aug 4^th, 2020 at 3:24pm:

Someone summed things up rather nicely (and accurately) in the letters to the editor in today's West.

To summarize, he said:

"We now have a generation of people who were brought up with "You can't tell me what to do", "I'll do what I like" and "I don't give a stuff", as shown by all the people ignoring lockdowns, not social distancing, not wearing masks when required to and lying on travel declarations, etc., etc.

To suddenly expect these people to become caring and concerned citizens who look after each other is being way too optimistic. The chickens (or the coronas) have finally come home to roost."

Hit the nail right on the head.

I had to go driving today in Melbourne for a medical appointment.
( allowed under the regulations)
No sign of any lockdown -
the traffic was heavy -
many people were in the street with no masks on.

What lockdown?