A 'we' behaving this way, or is it simply the politicians?
Well the two I would categorise as the worst don't have to have an election for quite some time. And I still wouldn't be surprised by the size of the cohort who think government money grows on trees, who don't travel themselves, and don't see why you should, and whose children aren't losing their jobs because of this.
Yes, but the bureaucratic answer to this would be to stop travel, or hugely increase the departments that are doing the testing. Nothing logical ever came from government...not that I can recall anyway.
Yes indeed. Under oath in the first Patel Inquiry the DG of QLD Health admitted only 40% of the Department's salaries were spent on clinical and Allied Health staff. Almost certainly it has declined since then.
I agree with you and possibly masks may have been still a requirement in indoor settings instead of leaving it up to the individual to only return the rule a short time later. I know my sister stopped wearing a mask when it first changed and when I asked her the reply was the other staff where not wearing them.
That would mean the requirement to isolate until results are negative would need to be removed. I suspect the Govt does not want that because it’s an easy 1-3 days lockdown without formally calling a lockdown.
There's a reason they used the wording 'measures may include'
The plan is full of holes unfortunately and gives the Premiers enormous wiggle room
That's politics for you
The politicians certainly have a hand in it. But overall I’d say the general public is still very “Corona-crazy”. Just need to look at the lines for testing centres in Sydney over the last few days. Yes, a lot of them were for travel, but there were plenty of nutjobs who have worked themselves up into a fit over what has proven to be nothing more than a mild cold.
Queensland opinions can be exclusively for Queensland...and NSW tourism money for NSW....
Come on Dick, close the border if you’re so worried. In school holidays.
That'll teach COVID not to come back.
It's scary that the politicians also don't care what they say. We're devolving down to having exclusively lowest common denominator politics and unfortunately, I can't see any circuit breaker around the corner.
But may turn out to be the worst thing for certain politicians...
Having just read the readiness plan, and details of the COVID-Ready kit (Not grab bag as you call it) it actually looks like common sense. And I am always a fan of promoting common sense.
