Bucks is right on the money and I read all of it. Must be an ex pies thing as once they leave they see things for what they are. Jayden Stevenson also. If I recall even our own coach tore down covid signs last year. He too probably thinks the same, but toes the party line.
So Bucks is right in everything he Tweeted or just the first one you linked too?
Not sure you followed WP, but I will repeat. I know 3 people who had it. One a friend married to an officer in Werribee, one a close mate returning from Dubai who copped the UK strain, whom I saw days after his release, and one an old family friend who went in to the Alfred for a cancer check up and came out with covid.
All survived without an issue, with 2 stating they had hangovers worse. Is this the same for everyone? No. Does it exist yes. Do I agree with fleeting outdoor transmission that kills low risk people from randoms 2 plus metres away, and with an elimination strategy. No. It's farcical.
And as I said I have a cousin who was on the Ruby Princess. I won't go into to what they were told when the ship docked but she is very clear on who is to blame for that little fiasco. Anyway both she and and her husband both got COVID. Luckily for her husband he got mild COVID, no more than a bad cold.
My cousin however wasn't as lucky and ended up in hospital for 10 days fighting for her life for the first 3 days.... Yes she survived but she now has permanent damage to her lungs and will have long term health issues for the the rest of her life. A fit and very healthy person in their 50's ....
Pretty sure the 8 people up in Sydney on ventilators think it is little bit worse than a bad hangover or bad cold.
As for fleeting transmission? So if you could can: you please explain how the one of the cases from the MCC members got COVID when they were no where near the bloke from the Maribyrnong apartments? How did they get it exactly?
Perhaps you fit into one or more of the categories I mentioned earlier, along with MT, but IMO locking down whole states instead of tier one locations is laughable. You, yourself said the truckies weren't being truthful in their movements, so now that has passed what is it this time? what was it the previous 4 .
Andrews has no confidence in his contract tracing system which is the truth unfortunately, as they seek an elimination strategy each and every lockdown.
On the truckies they were in Victoria between the 8th to the 10th so that means allowing for the 14 days incubation period which is standard across the world the time has indeed not passed 8 + 14 = 22 not 19
As for contact tracing if it isn't working then why is there 280+ exposure sites listed and '000s on people in isolation (close contacts, contacts of close contacts etc)? If it wasn't working there would be 10 site listed and there would 100 in isolation and not '000s. Do you think Sydney's contact tracing is going great guns at the moment? They are struggling to keep up with the number of the daily cases that's what Gladys said
The entire state is in lockdown because it is no longer confined to Metro Melb which is what was feared and is what happened.
People who were infectious have travelled throughout the state. Phillip Island, Mildura, Geelong, Barwon and all the stops in between
Although it is beyond frustrating being another lockdown I'd rather be where we are right now than what is happening in NSW. They will be in lockdown longer than Victoria at this stage
And as always I ask the question what alternative do we have? Let the virus rip through and hope for the best? And once there is loss of life because of it who are we going to blame?
Every expert around the world says vaccination is the way out of lockdowns but if people can't (due to our botched vaccine roll out) or simply won't get vaccinated then what do we do?
Suppose it all comes down to what or who you value most
No easy answers.....