Carl D wrote on Jan 24
th, 2023 at 9:58am:
aquascoot wrote on Jan 24
th, 2023 at 9:41am:
And that as such the only sensible strategy applicable to covid-19
Is one of personal responsibility

déjà vu. Again.
Yes, we've seen how well this "personal responsibilty" works, haven't we?
I see it every time I go shopping - only about 5% of people wearing masks and maskless people coughing and sneezing, some not even bothering to cover their mouths while they're doing it.
But, what more can one expect from a population the majority of whom seem to believe Covid is "just a cold" and the pandemic is over which is due to an almost total lack of information given by our governments and health departments.
Just because a person coughs or sneezes, doesn't mean they are infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Right? Looks like all the fear-mongering is working!
I think personal responsibility would have worked a lot better than the childish knee-jerk immature solutions by our leaders. Solutions that were impossible to monitor, enforce, or even manage. This was a manufactured viral apocalypse, legitimized by fear, omissions, repetition, coercion, lies and force. These mandates and restrictions were doomed from the start. No rational-thinking person is going to allow anyone to take control over the most private aspects of their lives, INDEFINITELY! People will eventually rebel, and start airing their grievances publicly. Only the impractical mind of a child would;
expect people to keep 2 meters away from each other at all times. Especially, in shopping malls, buildings, outdoors, sporting events, churches, funerals and weddings, beaches and parks, etc. Insane!
expect people to wear stuffy, useless, and uncomfortable masks indefinitely. In buildings, outdoors, at beaches and parks, Kindergartens, and even in cars and buses. But NOT at gyms, swimming pools, or eating in restaurants(go figure.). Insane!
expect people to continue taking vaccines and boosters indefinitely.
force and coerce people to keep taking vaccines, if they want to continue working in selected work industries. Jab or job! Or, to hold our individual liberties to ransom, provided that the population reaches a targeted percentage of vaccinations. Insane!
destroy the business dreams of Australians, and create a very serious food, job, and petrol crisis, that still continues hurting the average Australian family every day. Insane!
Our leaders have done more harm in the name of good, to destroy the hopes, dreams, and happiness of all Australians, than any virus ever could. Especially, a virus no more lethal than the measles or hepatitis A.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_human_disease_case_fatality_rates
This insanity had to stop. Rational people were beginning to realize, that man vs virus, will always be a lose-lose situation. Even if everyone were fully vaccinated, the only thing that would change is who to blame for its failures.
The average age of deaths from/with Covid-19 in Australia, is 85yo(with multiple comorbidities). At this age, I doubt that Covid-19 was the only cause of death, listed on the death certificate.