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Covid

Australia. Please Mr Prime Minister

180 replies

GADDay · 21/03/2020 06:23

The infection rate is soaring.
The shops are chaotic.

We had a golden opportunity to shut this thing down but people just can't or won't implement social distancing.

I just went to the supermarket. Huge signs explaining social distancing - the floors marked with massive crosses. Not a single soul followed the instructions. An elderly lady was coughing up a storm and nobody batted an eyelid.

The cafes, hairdressers, nail bar were all busy.

What will it take for our PM to implement a lock down? Before it's too late.

The curve is doomed with cases doubling every 3 days.

I despair - people just don't think it can happen to them. Even now.

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IDoNotHaveABlackCat · 03/04/2020 23:37

Thank fuck it rained. Imagine dealing with this shit and empty dams.

It's shit Maitland no two ways about it.

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ClareVH · 04/04/2020 11:57

It makes me so angry. These people are so selfish. Don’t they realise they’re helping to kill people?

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justilou1 · 08/04/2020 01:42

My husband works full time on a government contract. He was told last week that his job was “Essential” and secure until the end of the year when the contract expires. Monday morning he was told he was now reduced to one day per week and paid accordingly. No consultation. Because his workplace can’t prove that they have lost money due to Covid-19, we are not eligible for Work Keeper’s Allowance. Some people have been reduced to zero hours. Government funding allocated specifically for his department has been shifted to pay executives, etc, the other side of the business is anticipating loss of sponsorship from 30th June. I can’t see how this is even legal, let alone moral. We are expected to suck this up, as they know that competition for jobs in this industry is immense in good times.

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Mimishimi · 08/04/2020 02:10

It's the Nazis

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justilou1 · 08/04/2020 04:25

Don’t joke.... we’re so close to that kind of system

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