individual,

I know what you mean; but the sillier and more irritating the posts, the harder it is to talk sense to the poster. And, their opinions are just as firmly held as yours, no matter how mad you think they are.

Like you, I hope that a resolution to reboot our sovereignty, our industrial capacity, and back away from China will prevail after the China virus is beaten. The problem is, I don't have much faith in politicians unless they are under pressure. And Australian voters are not much good at pressuring. Or, more truthfully, they are too bloody complacent and ovine.

ttbn and the other Trump lovers, is my opinion of Trump and his leadership qualities on this virus issue not true? Like during the bushfire crises, you don't want to talk about the failings of the conservative leadership, oh no, its not the appropriate time, oh dear when is the appropriate time? We are not the leaders, Morrison and his motley crew put their hands up for that job, and now they have to wear the consequences. The problem with Morrison is rather than lead, he prefers to be led, this has put Australia 7 to 10 days behind the curve, a very bad place to be. Morrison firstly seen the problem as an economic priority, minimise profit loss for business, when it was overwhelmingly a health issue. Remember a week ago Scumo' declared he was off to the football! Australia had the luxury of being behind most of the world with the spread of this virus, so Morrison, could have noted what was right, and what was wrong with how to deal with this health crises, he didn't take it seriously, and that's put us where we are now.

Now for another of your favourites, your pin up gal in NSW, Big Nose Berejiklian, her government in allowing 2700 passengers to walk off the cruse ship 'Ruby Princess' in Sydney without testing, without any proper procedures was a criminal act of incompetence, 4 passengers out in the community later tested positive to the virus. The consequences of this conservative governments stuff up may well be peoples lives are lost! Tut tut, don't talk about it, it might upset Gladys, but I doubt it.

'Now for another of your favourites, your pin up gal in NSW, Big Nose Berejiklian, her government in allowing 2700 passengers to walk off the cruse ship 'Ruby Princess' in Sydney without testing, without any proper procedures was a criminal act of incompetence, 4 passengers out in the community later tested positive to the virus'

well Paul anyone willing to do a filthy deal with the Greens/Independants and others to kill the unborn up to birth is not fit to govern in my eyes.

"There is a saying "America sneezes, and the rest of the world catches cold", how prophetic is that saying today. Under Trump, America is doing more than sneezing, it coughing up its lungs!"

You do realise that the virus originated in China and if not for the lies and utter contempt for human life shown by the China Communist Party, there'd be no crisis?

Or did "The Socialist" magazine decide that was something you didn't need to know?

You do realise that the virus originated in China
mhaze,
I'm in two ways about that analysis, it was in China where the virus was first identified. Many, many Westerners travelled to that region so, don't rule out of it originating from a supposedly cleaner Nation !

I want to say, I know there are many on the Forum who are in the "high risk category for complication from the coronavirus", and we all have love ones, young and old, who are also at risk, no one is immune from the dangers of this virus. I wish everyone well and I hope we all come out of this with as little impact on our lives as possible. Please treat it seriously, and follow all instructions given by the medical experts, and political leadership, to try and keep yourselves and others as safe as possible. Don't listen to rubbish talk and scuttlebutt that is crating unnecessary fear and panic in the community. Economically and of secondary impotence I hope those who lose their jobs, and/or their businesses and suffer an impact from that, they to are looked after and come out of this crises able to resume and go on with a normal life once more.

Whether or not you believe coronavirus originally was a Chinese virus, or an American virus, unfortunately it very much now an Australian virus, and making its home here rapidly. One thing is for certain, it will impact our lives for sometime to come, it will be many months until a vaccine is developed, or the virus takes it natural course. Please take care one and all.