I wouldn't go so far as to say they're freedom fighters but they were perhaps the last gasps of democratic freedoms in this country. Equally they are people who looked at the data and past the government spin and decided that the government imposed house arrest wasn't good fo them, their family and their community.

Its a very simple equation here. If you're concerned about the virus, go and get vaccinated and leave everyone else alone to make their decision. If you don't think that vaccination equals protection then go and protest the government attempts to force you to get vaccinated. If you agree with the 'experts' that vaccination equals protection, then act like you're protected - no mask, no distancing, no house arrest.

When is terrorist a freedom fighter? When he's on your side.

Paul,
You swung the hammer with dexterous accuracy there!
The nail was hit squarely on the head.

When he's on your side.
Paul1405,
No, on yours !

I do feel for the families who have lost loved ones due to COVID-19 and I am still left with a gap to why suddenly why freedom is an issue, when it was an issue years ago, in fact in Australia for a long time.

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2019/jul/19/australians-faith-in-politics-has-collapsed-how-can-we-reimagine-democracy

So with the article 'Australians’ faith in politics has collapsed – how can we reimagine democracy?' how do Australians and others in other places address this issue?

As one put it: "We have never enjoyed real democracy (and I would argue freedom) in Australia, rather a pale imitation, an indirect democratic variation where people are only given a chance to have a say every election. It's not that democracy has broken, rather that we have never had it in the first place."

Freedom must fit somewhere in there and it's time to start talking about freedom as people come towards a Federal election next year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqMCZBjvmD4

This is interesting...
It appears that the Victorian Government has been setting up more quarantine hotels.

https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/victorian-government-adds-new-hotel-to-quarantine-program/news-story/71610c24dabbe3428f6320f395c17e02

Hope they manage it better than they have been so they don't need to lock down Victoria again- Victoria people are sick of the Daniel Andrews government.

If it wasn't for the mismanagement of the Australian border by the government especially Daniel Andrew's Communist Government and Bureaucracy the people wouldn't need to wear masks and isolate. The Australian people would be able to get back to productive work