Re: CV and mad panic behaviour
Reply #3602 –
Yep, pride goeth before a fall. From “We don’t do lockdowns” to “Ok, we’ll do a half-arsed lockdown” to “Oops, we should have done it sooner and the cat’s out of the bag now”.
Scotty from Marketing is also copping a whack in the media. When Victoria locked down, he was none too impressed and resisted giving a benefit to Melburnians who were out of work and when he did provide one he made it clear that it would be payable only after savings were exhausted. But he was straight on the front foot when NSW locked down, declaring it won’t be asset-tested for Sydneysiders. Some are calling him the PM of NSW.
Scotty's biggest recent blunder was congratulating Gladys for not imposing a lockdown a day before she announced that folk would have to stay at home. No wonder he's keeping a very low profile
More importantly, the documentary "Cracking COVID" will screen on the ABC on Tuesday 13 July at 2030. After listening to Peter Doherty and Sonya Pemberton on the wireless this arvo, I think that it will be an interesting and enlightening doco.
I should add that Doherty reckons that it's pure luck that NSW hasn’t experienced more COVID breakouts and they will have to impose very tough restrictions if they are to get this one under control. Too little, too late.