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'Are they on the same planet?' Global envy as Australia holds world's largest sporting event since start of pandemic with full capacity 52,000 rugby crowd packing into stadium with NO masks or social distancing
Australia has become the envy of the world after hosting the largest sporting event since the coronavirus pandemic began. Thousands around the globe who tuned into the State of Origin decider were stunned to see over 52,000 eager fans packed in Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium with no social distancing and very few face masks. International viewers watching in countries with hundreds of thousands of active infections marvelled at the spectacle as almost all major sports worldwide are now played behind closed doors.
@chilling was there.
Queensland has not had a single community transmission of Covid-19 in months and there are now only 94 active cases in all of Australia - the vast majority were acquired overseas
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8962231/Americans-Europeans-cooped-lockdown-marvel-State-Origin-crowd.html
Australia has become the envy of the world after hosting the largest sporting event since the coronavirus pandemic began. Thousands around the globe who tuned into the State of Origin decider were stunned to see over 52,000 eager fans packed in Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium with no social distancing and very few face masks. International viewers watching in countries with hundreds of thousands of active infections marvelled at the spectacle as almost all major sports worldwide are now played behind closed doors.
@chilling was there.
Queensland has not had a single community transmission of Covid-19 in months and there are now only 94 active cases in all of Australia - the vast majority were acquired overseas
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8962231/Americans-Europeans-cooped-lockdown-marvel-State-Origin-crowd.html
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They got it right with clear rules, quickly implemented that were adhered to by the majority. The prime minister of SW Australia made daily announcements making everything very clear without complicated exceptions. When he stated stay at home the towns were like ghost towns, the shopping malls deserted except for essential food shopping. Interstate borders were closed.
To date a total of 907 deaths across Australia which is quite remarkable in the grand scheme of things for such a large continent.
Most of the cases in SW Aus were brought in on the cruise liners or travellers from overseas. So only Aus residents can now travel to Aus, no messing, if you are not an Aus you’re not coming in. Even then you are forced, even driven to isolation to specified hotels, is compulsory and paid for at your expense. This has scuppered our plans for January but if that is the rules we will wait.
I am not saying the sporting event was correct in allowing such a big crowd but I can see Aus getting back to normal sooner than most.
It’s better to watch on the tv anyway, easier to get to the loo.
Meanwhile, just a 21hr car journey away. Oh, btw, well done in your globetrotting. Nice to see.
OR you accept as being a member of society you conform to the guidance outlined and therein lay the problem...
Rules are made to be followed
Guidance is there to be interpreted...and boy didn't we interpret in a very liberal way..
Aus has a very conformist culture-they tend to follow the rules- so with a tougher stance taken by their govt, there was no way aussie peeps would break the rules
Unforch as a society we "have reaped what we have sown" ( btw I despise this govt and have made many mistakes on this matter but..)
Officials in South Australia have revealed that an apparent lie triggered the harshest coronavirus lockdown in the country, after contact tracers were led to believe that someone was infected by a highly contagious new strain of Covid-19.
The lockdown will now be lifted just two days after it was announced, following news of the false alarm.
The state announced the urgent introduction of lockdown measures for six days on Wednesday after a cluster with 36 infections was detected, including a locally acquired case. The government ordered people to stay at home and shut businesses to combat what was considered a highly contagious outbreak of Covid-19.
South Australia state Premier Steven Marshall told a media conference in Adelaide that one man at a pizza bar tied to the outbreak told contact tracers he had only bought a pizza there, after which he tested positive.
Authorities assumed the man, who has not been named, was infected after only the briefest of exposures, leading them to fear the worst about the strain of virus involved.
But upon further questioning, it turned out the man had actually worked several shifts at the food outlet alongside another worker who tested positive.
"Their (the man's) story didn't add up. We pursued them. We now know that they lied," Marshall told reporters.
"To say I am fuming about the actions of this individual is an absolute understatement. The selfish actions of this individual have put our whole state in a very difficult situation."
While the outbreak was still worrying, Marshall said restrictions would be lifted early with a stay-at-home order ending at midnight on Saturday when most businesses would also be allowed to open.
Asked what punishment the individual might face, Police Commissioner Grant Stevens said there was "no penalty" for lying to tracers under the current law, though that would likely be reviewed.
"I think it is stating the obvious to say that this person's actions had a devastating impact on our community," said Mr Stevens. "The hardship is not lost on us."
Mr Stevens would not be drawn on the man's likely motivation for misleading contact tracers.
Home to about 1.8 million people, South Australia has recorded 25 cases from the latest cluster, linked to a returned traveller from the UK. The number of new cases in the state was still expected to rise over the next few days as Authorities are still trying to locate thousands of people who may have had "dangerous contact" at the Woodville Pizza Bar.
The country as a whole has been relatively successful in containing the virus with only around 95 cases currently active.
The state of Victoria on Friday reported its 21st day of zero cases, a well-earned reward for a marathon lockdown of the country's second-largest city, Melbourne.
Australia has recorded about 900 deaths and 28,000 infections in total.
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/south-australia-lifts-strict-lockdown-071558955.html