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Dec. 18th, 2020 05:46 pm2 images doing the rounds today on social media... that impeccably accurate source of news & information
A Bull shark swimming down a Queensland street? Well, it might not be the main street, but after extreme flooding, this IS what can happen
And in the wake of Sydney's Covid19 outbreak in the Northern Beaches area (MY area!!), an image of the Spit Bridge - the main route into & out of the area, alternately raised, drawbridge-style, or just closed off... Which is complete & utter bollocks, of course. Not only do we not live in North Korea, or any form of oppressive dictatorship, but the Bridge - which does raise, drawbridge-style - is not the only way in, or out of the region, so it's a bit simplistic & naïve to think that's the answer. Not to mention how simplistic & naïve you have to be to believe the photo is real. My sister did...
Neither Long-Suffering Partner, nor I have been in any of the identified hotspots, but the list is growing by the hour & now includes the Shopping Mall I usually go to for lunch when at work on the other side of town!!. Fortunately, the time period they've flagged is outside the time I would normally be there & they didn't specify the food court area... it's a biiig Centre, so it could have been anywhere in there
That said, L-SP & I were only talking the other day about how we didn't think Australia had experienced the pandemic badly enough. What we mean is, because we have been able to keep it relatively under control - flare-ups notwithstanding - we haven't even had 1000 people die from it over the whole time & while that's a good thing, it also means we've become complacent & kind of blasé about the virus... Masks are a rare sight, social distancing seems to now mean 15 centimetres instead of 1.5 metres & everyone is more concerned about their own wants, desires & agendas than about the need to take these basic preventative measures. It's kind of the opposite of the USA situation, where wearing a mask is a sign of your political beliefs & not wearing one is a declaration of some twisted personal freedom. Australia's not that belligerently partisan, but our casual laissez-faire isn't the best attitude either. It was only a matter of time before this laziness allowed the virus to break out again. Australia obviously needs things to get a lot worse before behavioural change takes a proper hold & we accept that there is no going back to the old normal
A Bull shark swimming down a Queensland street? Well, it might not be the main street, but after extreme flooding, this IS what can happen
And in the wake of Sydney's Covid19 outbreak in the Northern Beaches area (MY area!!), an image of the Spit Bridge - the main route into & out of the area, alternately raised, drawbridge-style, or just closed off... Which is complete & utter bollocks, of course. Not only do we not live in North Korea, or any form of oppressive dictatorship, but the Bridge - which does raise, drawbridge-style - is not the only way in, or out of the region, so it's a bit simplistic & naïve to think that's the answer. Not to mention how simplistic & naïve you have to be to believe the photo is real. My sister did...
Neither Long-Suffering Partner, nor I have been in any of the identified hotspots, but the list is growing by the hour & now includes the Shopping Mall I usually go to for lunch when at work on the other side of town!!. Fortunately, the time period they've flagged is outside the time I would normally be there & they didn't specify the food court area... it's a biiig Centre, so it could have been anywhere in there
That said, L-SP & I were only talking the other day about how we didn't think Australia had experienced the pandemic badly enough. What we mean is, because we have been able to keep it relatively under control - flare-ups notwithstanding - we haven't even had 1000 people die from it over the whole time & while that's a good thing, it also means we've become complacent & kind of blasé about the virus... Masks are a rare sight, social distancing seems to now mean 15 centimetres instead of 1.5 metres & everyone is more concerned about their own wants, desires & agendas than about the need to take these basic preventative measures. It's kind of the opposite of the USA situation, where wearing a mask is a sign of your political beliefs & not wearing one is a declaration of some twisted personal freedom. Australia's not that belligerently partisan, but our casual laissez-faire isn't the best attitude either. It was only a matter of time before this laziness allowed the virus to break out again. Australia obviously needs things to get a lot worse before behavioural change takes a proper hold & we accept that there is no going back to the old normal
