Sorry to hear of the loss of your aunt, Lisa.

As to why this is happening? Well, in my (and many other peoples' opinion) the airlines, airports, travel agencies, tourism and universities (overseas students), other big businesses, etc. making money again is far more important than peoples' lives.

Especially when the majority of those dying are the elderly and people with medical issues - that way our government(s) can also save money by not having to pay for age pensions and medical care, etc.

The gradual removal of all Covid protections, starting with the removal of quarantine for international travellers and ending with the removal of mandatory masks in hospitals and other healthcare settings (because wearing masks is uncomfortable for the staff  ) was calculated and deliberate.

I've said this before but I really do believe that in the early days of the pandemic Australia and other countries (reluctantly) closed their borders, had lockdowns and introduced quarantine and testing for international travellers in the hope that the pandemic would be over in a year. Or two at the most, like the original SARS 20 years ago.

When that didn't happen governments (no doubt under enormous pressure from the businesses listed above) finally gave up and we ended up with the failure that was "vaccines only then let it rip".

The media (and the pollies) have also played a big part in this disaster by going almost totally silent about Covid so the majority of the population think "it's over".

I'm going up to Belmont Forum in about an hour and I can almost guarantee not one single person there would know that 138 Australians died from Covid last week and 20,410 have died since that start of the pandemic (most of them in the past 12 or 18 months) and over 2,000 are in hospital right now if I asked them.

You have no idea about the case of Larry’s aunt, Nails you needle phobic.

a lot of urban folk sure do have a lot
of anxiety about dying.
a lot of them have probably never seen a dead body
they've probably never evern seen a dead pet body
its off to the vet and then run away.

this is very unatural

death is a very normal part of life.

when you get to your 60's , you need to make peace with that fact.

instead of death anxiety, you need to work on death acceptance.

I have seen three dead bodies. I don’t recommend viewing bodies—open casket etc. The person is gone, only a husk is left behind. I have seen two people, my parents, die.

I took my chihuahua and my terrier, when they were ill and beyond help, for the last merciful needle and I was petting them as they died.

You know nothing.

The virus arose in the wet market, not a lab.

Jovial Monk wrote on May 10^th, 2023 at 6:18pm:



And superman can fly down at any time and save the world.


You sir, are a dead set moron. 

But... but... Covid is over, isn't it?

Oh, wait...

https://twitter.com/LilliaMarcos/status/1655937418162483206

Quote:


Hope the masks are not too uncomfortable for the school staff like they apparently are for hospital and other healthcare workers these days.