"Having given governments license to lock us up to keep us safe, there will be no end of pestilences from which we need protection. And people will yearn for it. The Stockholm Syndrome writ large". (Peter Smith)

Dear mhaze,

Why is it that the rightwingers have been the biggest whingers during this pandemic?

Under 'house arrests'? What dribble. Most will think they are complying in order to stop an explosion of the virus into a largely unvaccinated community but not you. The typical selfishness and disregard for others that basically frames the right wing viewpoint.

As for this: "This despite the fact that the evidence that lockdowns don't work just keeps getting stronger each month."

Lockdowns are very effective and have allowed Australia to be one of the standout nations for controlling the virus. The evidence is right before your eyes but you look elsewhere.

You record on this has been utterly abysmal.

Nine months ago you were saying "Lockdown failed. We must follow the Swedish model and learn to live with Covid..."

You smirked about the extent of the second wave in Sweden until it blew up to be substantially worse than the first.

You described covid as a bad flu.

Here we are with an economy which hasn't been shattered as you claimed it would, with unemployment below pre covid levels, and here you are asking to be listened to again?

Nah.

With the Gold Standard (according to Morrison) of the Berejiklian government rusting before our eyes, serious questions need to be answered. Why did it take until last Friday for Berejiklian to apply a lockdown to Sydney, was she under pressure from the burger and pizza mob not to do so. Why was Mr Limo driving infected aircrew around with no ppe or vaccination. That's one for The Hazzard, he can add it to his Ruby Princess debacle! Couple for Morrison, why doesn't Australia's largest city have dedicated quarantine facilities, a year after it was known hotels were not satisfactory, not fit for purpose. Why is only 4% of the adult population fully vaccinated, despite Morrison's claim that Australia will be at the head of the queue. What queue was he talking about, the sick queue!

My Old Man, now long gone, always said, "Son, the Conservatives are useless in a crises, be it war or a depression." I was stating to doubt the Old Man, gee Dad they seem to be doing a good job in this pandemic crisis. Well like the jackal's they are, the Old Mans words are ringing true once more! Lets hope we don't pay a heavy price for Conservative incomperdence this time around.

Good on the Labor people in WA and the NT for taking quick decisive action once again against the pandemic.

SR wrote: "Why is it that the rightwingers have been the biggest whingers during this pandemic?"

Well I put it down to two reasons...

1. Those on the right tend to look at the facts rather than the spin

2. Those on the right are very compassionate toward those who are forced to bear the cost of these failed policies whereas those on the left are anxious to ensure that the elite get their due.
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/04/08/bill-a08.html

NB: that's just one example. There are literally dozens of articles and studies showing what a disaster this has been for the lower classes and what a boon its been for the credentialed classes.

Oh, one more point. Despite the fear-mongering, there are no more people in hospital due to the WuFlu today than two months ago. But its no longer about the risk of the disease but just the disease itself. Indeed the media and the authorities don't even talk about the severity of the disease any longer. At the height of the scare there were daily updates as to how many were in hospital, in ICU, on ventilators. Now that data is hidden away in an obscure part of the health dept website and isn't even mentioned by the media.

Why? because doing so would show how over-blown the whole scare is.

Judging by some of the posts the new strain is desperately needed in Sydney & Melbourne !

One definition of insanity is continuing to do something that doesn't work and expecting different results. The constant lockdowns prove the insanity of our politicians. They don't work. The virus will be with us for a long time, and peasants need to accept that just as they have accepted the incompetence of the politicians they keep voting for. No work. No money. No freedom to travel in your own country. Suck it up, idiots.