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Re: Australia: 82K tests, 111 cases, 1 death, 900.000 people locked down

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Post by schappim »

linuxandrew wrote: post #9

I might just be living under a rock down under, but I don't really get what's satirical about that news segment. Is it the lockdown whilst having low case numbers? Only one death in Sydney on that day? Just keep in mind Australia has, unfortunately, low vaccination (< 15%) due to low supply. The low case numbers are due to the sharp lockdowns. The sharp regional lockdowns are to contain the virus so the rest of the c…

Low vaccination was because we backed the wrong horse (AstraZeneca) for the right reasons (more mature tech).

When we had to about face, the alternates were not readily available. :-(

Re: Australia: 82K tests, 111 cases, 1 death, 900.000 people locked down

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Post by bananapub »

and?

australia has low vaccination rates, low immunity due to avoiding massive disaster last year and so is using (hopefully) short lockdowns again to extinguish the spread within the country.

what's the "satire"? is the suggestion that instead australia should just do nothing at let ~1% of people die and the healthcare system collapse?

Re: Australia: 82K tests, 111 cases, 1 death, 900.000 people locked down

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Post by hjhhvcxx »

schappim wrote: post #7

This data is old, and the title is inaccurate. Today in Sydney (22/7/21, 11:01 am) we had: - 85K tests - 124 cases - 48 in community whilst infectious (39%) For those interested in Australian COVID-19 data, this site is pretty good: https://www.covid19data.com.au/

Lockdowns haven't been shown to be effective in stopping the disease, only in delaying it while incurring economic damage.

This on top of the absolute destruction of liberty over 124 cases of a disease with a 2% hospitalization rate and less than 1% fatality rate across all ages and heavily slanted towards old, fat, and diabetic people, in a city with millions, is an absolute tragedy for freedom and it's frankly absurd

In March 2020 the "two weeks to flatten the curve" was perhaps acceptable because we didn't know much about COVID and it might have been an existential threat.

Now we know it's not one but power hungry governments won't let it go, and sites like this one censor you if you disagree..

Shit I'll only use throwaways on this site because I don't want to get blackballed for saying that the only thing lockdowns do is cause deaths of despair

Re: Australia: 82K tests, 111 cases, 1 death, 900.000 people locked down

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Post by jnnnnbxss »

bananapub wrote: post #13

and? australia has low vaccination rates, low immunity due to avoiding massive disaster last year and so is using (hopefully) short lockdowns again to extinguish the spread within the country. what's the "satire"? is the suggestion that instead australia should just do nothing at let ~1% of people die and the healthcare system collapse?

But Australia has socialized medicine, surely they can handle the No, lockdowns are an ineffective human rights violation and supporting them against this disease in 2021 is conspiracy-level paranoia

Re: Australia: 82K tests, 111 cases, 1 death, 900.000 people locked down

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Post by jnnnnbxss »

senectus1 wrote: post #8
AndrewSChapman wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/job-market-soften...

The jobless rate fell to 4.9 per cent in June but some economists have predicted a rise back above 5 per cent this month as a result of the lockdowns. and yet still the envy of most the developed nations.... Covid is going to screw us all. I prefer our decision to manage how we get screwed, rather than the UK/US examples of "Some of you may die, I'm willing to accept that loss"

Everyone dies, that's life. I'm willing to bet that lockdowns kill more people through secondary effects than this stupid chest cold coronavirus and we just haven't seen all the data yet

And they destroy lives, and are a major human rights violation

The way the West has given in to this totalitarian strategy promoted by the CCP-controlled WHO is truly chilling

Re: Australia: 82K tests, 111 cases, 1 death, 900.000 people locked down

#18

Post by SwiftyBug »

hjhhvcxx wrote: post #15
schappim wrote: post #7

This data is old, and the title is inaccurate. Today in Sydney (22/7/21, 11:01 am) we had: - 85K tests - 124 cases - 48 in community whilst infectious (39%) For those interested in Australian COVID-19 data, this site is pretty good: https://www.covid19data.com.au/

Lockdowns haven't been shown to be effective in stopping the disease, only in delaying it while incurring economic damage. This on top of the absolute destruction of liberty over 124 cases of a disease with a 2% hospitalization rate and less than 1% fatality rate across all ages and heavily slanted towards old, fat, and diabetic people, in a city with millions, is an absolute tragedy for freedom and it's frankly absu…

Maybe I'm too dumb to follow your logic, but what interest do these governments have in locking down entire states again?

Re: Australia: 82K tests, 111 cases, 1 death, 900.000 people locked down

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Post by SwiftyBug »

schappim wrote: post #11
linuxandrew wrote: post #9

I might just be living under a rock down under, but I don't really get what's satirical about that news segment. Is it the lockdown whilst having low case numbers? Only one death in Sydney on that day? Just keep in mind Australia has, unfortunately, low vaccination (< 15%) due to low supply. The low case numbers are due to the sharp lockdowns. The sharp regional lockdowns are to contain the virus so the rest of the c…

Low vaccination was because we backed the wrong horse (AstraZeneca) for the right reasons (more mature tech). When we had to about face, the alternates were not readily available. :-(

What do you mean with "the wrong horse"? AstraZeneca is an effective vaccine and it's available as much as the others.
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