So much mis-information spreading like Covid. Almost an ex-post rewriting of the narrative to change reality.
NSW Health labelled it at a later date as a 'superspreader event' - but that did not make it illegal. No 'shutdowns', home limit numbers etc were enacted until the following Friday, then on Saturday 26th all of Greater Sydney. Almost like re-writing the narrative to divert attention.
Or perhaps mixing up two separate events.
Legal birthday party on 19th vs illegal party held at Meriton Suites, Waterloo after the lockdown commenced Saturday June 26th
Yes, like the Hoxton illegal gathering that kicked it off big time up here.
Please post any links that confirm your posts.
"The birthday party in the suburb in western Sydney took place on June 19, three days after the first community case was reported and before the outbreak had prompted any restrictions on gatherings."
Ah yes. What was it - 46 cases from the '30' attendees? And the organiser 'forgot' about her father from Melbourne attending! No video though.
And here is where the mis-information about the 30 figure may have come from, Brad Hazzard who is not known for accuracy in initial comments such as about the twin removalists getting their CV+ results more than a day before they left for regional NSW:
“I can report that of the more than 30 people that were at that party, 24 of those people are now positive for Covid-19,” Brad Hazzard told reporters on Monday.
“And not one of those 24 people were vaccinated. I could also advise that six health workers who attended at that party, who were fully vaccinated, not one of those people has been infected with (the coronavirus).
“I can also report that there was one aged care worker at the party, who’d had the first dose, and that aged care worker was also not infected at the party.”
6 + 24 = 30 which is the figure many keep running with and claiming 'illegal gathering'.
30 + 1 = 31
No record though of anyone, even Brad Hazzard calling it an illegal gathering as it was not.
There is not one article with the search 'Hoxton Park Party illegal' that states the Birthday Party was illegal, nor using 'lied', 'misled', 'mislead', 'hid' or 'hide' etc.
If someone can locate such an article then please provide a link.
There is one article from July 10th mentions both the illegal Meriton Suites party in Waterloo and the legal West Hoxton Park birthday party.
Illegal party-goers in Randwick and the Central Coast are among the 167 penalty infringement notices issued by NSW Police, as Deputy Commissioner Gary Worboys takes aim at people celebrating amid the worsening COVID crisis.
www.abc.net.au
A birthday party in West Hoxton — held before the lockdown, on June 19 — has been linked to 45 infections.
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A gathering at another Meriton Suites, at Waterloo, which was held on the first day of Greater Sydney's lockdown, has so far been linked to 35 cases, with 10 new infections identified on Friday.
The West Hoxton Park birthday party was fully legal when it was held on June 19th.
Gladys stated at the June 18th 11am briefing that 'no functions need be cancelled'.
The first 'shutdown' for people living in the Waverley, Woolahra & Randwick LGAs, or people who could work from home instead of working in those LGAs etc - was to begin nearly a week later.
NSW Contact tracing knew about the father from the day after the positive test result on Wednesday June 23rd. However, in full accordance with the existing rules, he flew back to Melbourne on Sunday June 20th. Jerome praised him for his conduct, and as of the date of his Vic CV test coming back positive - NSW contact tracing had not contacted him as it was only a day after the first NSW +ve test from the party.
