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Is Vic going into another lockdown?
tom60:
IMHO lockdowns will continue with each outbreak until 80% of the population is vaccinated. At that point the Fed's will declare lockdowns unnecessary; but it will be the state governments who decide. They will likely base their decision on the popularity gained by having a lockdown vs the unpopularity of a lockdown and adverse economic impact.
Vaccination doesn't guarantee you won't catch and transmit COVID. Nor does it guarantee you won't die of COVID. It just significantly reduces the likelihood. Therefore the 20% who decide not to get vaccinated run a greater risk of contracting COVID and the associated health/fatality consequences. In the first few years they may also find a number of their freedoms restricted (eg, travel) in an effort to prevent COVID spreading.
WAI4WD:
--- Quote from: tom60 on Aug 18, 2021, 10:08:10 AM ---but it will be the state governments who decide. They will likely base their decision on the popularity gained by having a lockdown vs the unpopularity of a lockdown and adverse economic impact.
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This is the part that bothers me most. They claim to agree at this time, but when you have 20% of Sydney and Melbourne infected, I want to see how WA responds to that, and other states, as to whether they stand by their words now.
I feel that holidaying outside your state in the near future may be unlikely, even with 80% vax.
yvesjv:
It is official.
NSW hit 633 yesterday and 3 deaths
Gladys stated: "There were 633 cases of community transmission and at this stage there are at least 62 of those that were infectious in the community during that time."
It is spiralling methinks
tom60:
--- Quote from: WAI4WD on Aug 18, 2021, 10:10:49 AM ---
--- Quote from: tom60 on Aug 18, 2021, 10:08:10 AM ---but it will be the state governments who decide. They will likely base their decision on the popularity gained by having a lockdown vs the unpopularity of a lockdown and adverse economic impact.
--- End quote ---
This is the part that bothers me most. They claim to agree at this time, but when you have 20% of Sydney and Melbourne infected, I want to see how WA responds to that, and other states, as to whether they stand by their words now.
I feel that holidaying outside your state in the near future may be unlikely, even with 80% vax.
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Politicians have more positions on a subject than the Karma Sutra. To them nothing is black or white.. just 50 shades of grey.
Here in the west we are currently COVID free and life is "normal". However we have the lowest vaccination rate and are therefore more "at risk" of community spread. Closing the state borders has created a 'chicken and egg' situation. Closed borders means no COVID, so there is little incentive to vaccinate. Low vaccine take-up means closed borders. A poor vaccine program; mixed messaging about AZ; and a lack of pfizer hasn't helped. My belief is once 80% is achieved the state government will open the borders to all who can prove they have been vaccinated.
jack-fc:
--- Quote from: jack-fc on Aug 17, 2021, 09:18:46 AM ---
Providing we are not back in lockdown by Friday, I'm heading bush for a week or two - well away from these idiots... However, the last four trips we had planned were smashed at the last moment by lockdowns or border closures, so look out country Vic - probably back in lockdown Thursday night!
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OK then; it's Thursday night and the ute is fuelled, water tanks full, all checks done, all camping gear loaded, fridge running and loaded with yummy food and beer, it's almost 8pm and country Vic not yet 'snapped' back into a 'circuit breaker' lockdown, so we're all ready to depart at sparrows tomorrow for parts northern! ;D
We are more excited now than we were in 2019 (last decent trip pre-covid) when we headed off for a 17000 km trip that covered every mainland state with the highlight being from the Alice west to Marble Bar via Desert Queen baths.
So sad how our expectations have continued to steadily diminish due to #&*+ing covid - this trip is a few hundred kms north to the Murray River; still within frosty Vic. Ah well, we know some spots on the river that are extremely unlikely to be overrun with 'locked down' Melbourne people, unlike our home town... We will be a hell of a lot safer out in the bush than at home in country Vic!
And now that I've learnt how to post pics and comments from my smartarse phone, I may just make those of you in Melbourne and NSW jealous with pics n comments re our daring, adventurous and remote journey into the unknown wilds of northern Victoria...
(then again, I might be enjoying the serenity too much to bother!)
Cheers, Jack
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