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sarisataka

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17. This thread- wow

Reply to ansible (Original post)

Fri Jul 30, 2021, 09:33 AM

Jul 2021

Is this the same board that a year ago was cheering on people to defy lockdowns and curfews for protests?

That argued that the protesters did not need to wear masks because they were outdoors despite being in the middle of a pandemic?

Is the same board that vehemently defended Texas Democrat's just a week or so ago not wearing masks on their flight because it was a chartered aircraft and the mask guidelines did not apply?

But now believes a military enforced lockdown is sane and is is sane and reasonable?

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Is Australia going too far in its covid response? They're deploying the military now [View all] ansible Jul 2021 OP

They want to prevent ending up like we are. LisaL Jul 2021 #1

I think they want to prevent ending up like India. Pobeka Jul 2021 #7

We now have more covid infections daily than India. LisaL Jul 2021 #8

Haven't looked, do you know off the top of your head the max daily confirmed for India? Pobeka Jul 2021 #10

Around 44,000 daily. LisaL Jul 2021 #11

At the peak, India was about 400k a day. That was about May 7. Pobeka Jul 2021 #13

Yep, we are rapidly increasing in cases with everything remaining open, LisaL Jul 2021 #14

No, this is what a sane society does to protect its citizens Mysterian Jul 2021 #2

Their vaccination rate is also still low, since their vaccine rollout LisaL Jul 2021 #4

True. If they don't take extreme wnylib Jul 2021 #6

We are not doing so hot ourselves. LisaL Jul 2021 #9

But at least some of us are wnylib Jul 2021 #15

We also have a lot more "natural" immunity than they are, since we had so many infections. LisaL Jul 2021 #25

Lockdowns work. multigraincracker Jul 2021 #3

Yikes. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2021 #5

A bit too dystopian for me. Ace Rothstein Jul 2021 #12

Consider the Covid-19 public health struggle from a war and military mindset sanatanadharma Jul 2021 #16

This thread- wow sarisataka Jul 2021 #17

It's up to the Australians. Elessar Zappa Jul 2021 #18

Yeah, well said. BannonsLiver Jul 2021 #22

From what I recall, virtually everyone in those protests were masked. Crunchy Frog Jul 2021 #26

I fail to see sarisataka Jul 2021 #30

Different set of circumstances in Australia. Crunchy Frog Jul 2021 #31

No. roamer65 Jul 2021 #19

What do you propose? Do we invade them? Tarc Jul 2021 #20

Who said they weren't? Your slip is really hanging low today. Scrivener7 Jul 2021 #23

Looks like I have a fan this morning Tarc Jul 2021 #27

they already tried using the cops oioioi Jul 2021 #21

This is what the good ol' USA should be doing. Stinky The Clown Jul 2021 #24

It's always telling when the OP never returns to provide any responses or rebuttals Tarc Jul 2021 #28

Not sure I get your point about the OP Stinky The Clown Jul 2021 #32

No. They care about the health and safety of their population. CottonBear Jul 2021 #29