Carl D wrote on Dec 15^th, 2021 at 9:33pm:


We Australians like to think we’re a tough lot but the truth is we’re a bunch of bedwetters. It’s time we found our balls.

For months we have been told that when Covid restrictions eased case numbers would naturally increase but there was no need for panic.

And so what happened? Case numbers increased and we sharted our britches.

This is the inconvenient truth that Covid has exposed.

There are two Australias: One is the rugged, relaxed and confident character of our national mythos and the other is the anxious, angry and cosseted character who demands unconditional protection from all life’s slings and arrows.

When you get right down to it, there are essentially just two basic options for dealing with this disease: One is that we lockdown and lockout forever and the other is that we accept that eventually most of us will get Covid in some form or another.

This is what health experts have been saying ad nauseam as they pushed for higher vaccination rates and prepared us for life after lockdown. It seems that most of us nodded our heads but few of us actually listened.

Joe Hildebrand



So, Carl, please take the plastic sheets off the mattress and grow a set.

Let's hope that Mark McGowan is smart enough (and I'm sure he is) not to allow what I've heard is happening in Queensland, South Australia and probably Tasmania now as well where people are getting tested for Covid prior to boarding the planes in Sydney and Melbourne and after they arrive in the abovementioned States they're allowed to wander around wherever and whenever they want to until the test results come back which could be days later.

And, when you also have the slackness described in these two Whirlpool forum posts happening its no wonder that Covid has 'escaped' and well on the way to making the abovementioned States end up like NSW and Victoria.

Thank goodness Mark McGowan has held off with opening WA up until February 5th so he can see the 'mistakes' being made by the rest of Australia and hopefully avoid them here.

And, here we go...

Queensland couple test positive after arriving on flight from Brisbane

Quote:


Fingers crossed this isn't going to ruin our Christmas like what's happening everywhere else in Australia.

Hint for Marky Mark... when you announce a border closure you need to do it IMMEDIATELY. Not 3 days later.

Anyway, we can't have a Covid outbreak here in WA just yet, wouldn't want to miss all of those staged videos and photos of joyous reunions at Perth Airport from February 5th like we've seen from all those now Covid infested other States, would we?

Karnal wrote on Dec 18^th, 2021 at 10:38pm:

Alec Baldwin has still killed more people than the Omicron variant.

Meanwhile, WA's daily 'rag' The West Australian continues with its long 'tradition' of ramping up the fear factor to sell more newspapers.

Who here in WA can forget their huge

YOU WILL GET VIRUS

headline from March or April 2020?

Today's 'effort' is

XMAS COVID CASES ALERT

then below it we have Majority back Feb 5 to end hard border as now it's Mr 77%

Wow, I didn't know until today that the population of WA was only

811

which is the number of people they surveyed. Probably in the wealthier suburbs too, I'll bet.

Of the 811, 46% believed February 5 was the "right time" to let COVID-19 in.

18% believed the date was "too late" (despite the Omicron surge in cases elsewhere).

The remaining 36% believed the border opening was "too soon".

Not surprisingly, older West Australians believe the virus is being let in too soon while the younger ones support the February 5th reopening date.

As I've said before - if Mark McGowan goes ahead with this very risky reopening I hope he won't be making all the same mistakes the other States have made but at the moment it looks like that's exactly what is going to happen.

* 1162 interstate arrival and departure flights and 260 international flights scheduled for Perth Airport in the week beginning February 5th.
* Just 227 interstate and 61 international flights this week for comparison.

What could possibly go wrong?
But, I'm sure Qantas, Virgin and all the other airlines will be thrilled.

Bit of a worry too when the new Health Minister is also telling us it's time to open up. Wonder who's pulling her strings?

I think you'll find the WA government will renege on the February 5 border reopening.

Already the AMA state president has already signalled that a review of the issue is 'highly likely'.

What will follow over the next few weeks will likely be a gradual shifting of political rhetoric towards reopening the border closer to March if not later.

Carl D wrote on Dec 22^nd, 2021 at 12:52pm:

The best place to watch is not another Australian state, but New Zealand.

They have announced:
extending border restrictions to end of February,
booster shots brought forward to 4 months after the second shot,
48 hour testing prior to entry into the country,
all passengers on any inbound flight with even one passenger testing positive for omicron are to be treated as close contacts and forced into quarantine.

My guess is WA will be watching NZ as a political 'canary in the coalmine'.

Frank wrote on Dec 22^nd, 2021 at 1:38pm:



you cant be too careful