aquascoot wrote on Jul 18^th, 2022 at 2:53pm:


Cool story.

Instead of 'one use and throw away' surgical masks maybe people should be using high quality and much safer K/KN95 or P2 masks like my aunt and I do.

We can get about 8 hours use from a single KN95 mask which lasts about 2 weeks seeing as we don't go out very much these days. I keep the masks in brown paper bags between uses and the bags get replaced every few days (I use them for putting small amounts of rubbish into before throwing them out).

flip page x2.

Carl D wrote on Jul 18^th, 2022 at 2:33pm:


I’m stunned that they plea or try to encourage mask wearing…. Why is it… they were able to mandate it earlier but not now?
After all I had read and heard how stern and strict McGowan was with WA…this is a complete about face turn! Weird.

You not flipping pages enough Carl 
Here let me help ****

Sophia wrote on Jul 18^th, 2022 at 4:04pm:


Yes, a lot of us here in WA are very disappointed with Mark McGowan for finally caving in to big business like the rest of the State Premiers.

Perhaps a bit of a clue as to why Mark did a "complete about face" was when he was on the inaugural Qantas Perth to Rome flight a few weeks ago with his new "best friend", Alan Joyce?

Was only about 6 months ago when McGowan and Joyce were at each others' throats after Joyce compared WA to North Korea over McGowan's refusal to open WA's border at that time.

And then we have Perth Lord Mayor, Basil Zempilas and his chorus of coffee shop owners who were constantly whining to have the border opened followed by the dropping of mask mandates because they "thought" mandatory masks stopped people going into the Perth CBD.

But, like everywhere else in Australia they soon found out that dropping mask mandates resulted in lots of sick staff and customers which really isn't too good for any business, not just CBD coffee shops.

Talk about a bunch of slow learners.

Oh, I just read where someone believes there could be some sort of 'pact' between Mark McGowan and Daniel Andrews to hold off on mask mandates and other Covid restrictions protections until after Andrews bags another term in government come November.

Would not surprise me one bit.

Hey, Marky Mark...

https://ww2.health.wa.gov.au/Media-releases/2022/July/COVID-19-update-20-July-20...

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Cases, hospitalisations and deaths still rising... are you still afraid to mandate masks in case we lose our "social licence?"

"457 people with COVID-19 in hospital, 22 in ICU."

Wasn't it the WA branch of the Australian Medical Association who said last week that 350 hospitalisations would be the "tipping point" where our hospitals would be overwhelmed and mask mandates would need to return?

What are you waiting for?

greggerypeccary wrote on Jul 20^th, 2022 at 12:59pm:


I may have mentioned this previously but it's amazing how if you go to places like Japan or Asia and you don't wear a mask in public you'll get dirty looks from everyone.

Here, it's the other way around and that needs to change.

Wish I could get a shirt made up with this picture on it, I'd be wearing it every day.

Oh, dear...

WA Health Department stuck with 2.25 million ineffective rapid antigen tests

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Perhaps it might have been better if the WA government gave us all free K/KN95/P2 masks instead of dodgy RAT's because I've heard that even the ones that are still approved are only about 60% effective in detecting the newer Covid variants - especially Omicron and it's multitude of sub variants.

I still have 25 RAT's here that came free from the WA government a few months back - 15 nasal swab type and 10 saliva type and I haven't used any of them so far.

Maybe I should sell them for $10 each and make myself a nice $250?