Covid-19 NZ AU bubble suspended

[YancyW]

Australia Covid: Arrests at anti-lockdown protests

Thousands take to the streets in Sydney, with further protests in Melbourne and Brisbane.

www.bbc.com

Seems like the lockdown is going well....

 

[CJW]

Another point I heard brought up is that with Australians alienating themselves from the rest of the world, other illnesses that are passed around globally could hit Aus. hard when they do get back to normal.

I thought politicians in the US liked power but citizens down under have lost all control unless they do something drastic.

 

[sestoppelman]

Yes the hospitalization and ICU rates are being reported by state rather than overall. Some media are being misleading and irresponsible in inferring that vaccination prevents getting infected and spreading it.

You mean like Uncle Joe Sippy Cup?

 

[Cervus elaphus]

You mean like Uncle Joe Sippy Cup?

Good guess

 

[Pheroze]

Australia once reveled in being the 'lucky country' on COVID-19. Now weary Aussies 'feel like prisoners'

For much of 2020, Australia's success in controlling the virus was the envy of the world. By March of that year, as Italian hospitals drowned in cases and the UK dithered about restrictions, Australia decisively closed its borders -- and the tactic initially paid off. But more than a year on...

www.cp24.com

 

[Cervus elaphus]

Australia once reveled in being the 'lucky country' on COVID-19. Now weary Aussies 'feel like prisoners'

For much of 2020, Australia's success in controlling the virus was the envy of the world. By March of that year, as Italian hospitals drowned in cases and the UK dithered about restrictions, Australia decisively closed its borders -- and the tactic initially paid off. But more than a year on...

www.cp24.com

The residents of NSW are very unhappy about being locked down (again). I think NZ fared better in the initial pandemic with a short sharp closing of borders and movement restrictions, mind you it is a small population country and fairly isolated down here in the south Pacific. Covid-19 is more infectious than any other pandemic I've experienced and I don't think there are many good answers. Singapore is treating it like the annual flu, and we may gain some information about herd immunity.

 

[Tim Blackwell]

Very glad I got across the ditch to hunt Chamois in the rut. I was lucky to get there and back when I did, with only minor headaches.

Who knows how long it'll be before we can travel and hunt more widely internationally...

 

[Cervus elaphus]

Very glad I got across the ditch to hunt Chamois in the rut. I was lucky to get there and back when I did, with only minor headaches.

Who knows how long it'll be before we can travel and hunt more widely internationally...

It may end up like rabbits, impossible to eradicate but possible to control.

 

[Tim Blackwell]

It may end up like rabbits, impossible to eradicate but possible to control.

I think so mate.