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Re: CV and mad panic behaviour

Reply #5491 –
If only we treated others with more empathy and compassion:

Victoria‘s shameful response to true stories from the front line of the fight against Covid, news.com.au.

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A young man stood up in front of all of Victoria and spoke bravely about a deeply personal experience. What followed was disgusting.

Imagine for a second how daunting it would be to stand up in front of Victoria’s press gallery and tell your harrowing story about being infected with Covid-19, knowing that perfect strangers will use the footage to spread dangerous misinformation and label you a liar and a paid actor.

That is what happened this week to a young man suffering the harrowing effects of long Covid — symptoms that turned him from a world-class college athlete into a shadow of his former self and left him unable to get out of bed months after contracting the virus.

Will, who spoke genuinely and with good intentions beside the Premier Daniel Andrews this week, has since been subjected to the most vile comments by conspiracy theorists and anti-vaxxers who still, 20 months into the pandemic, find new reasons to believe Covid-19 is harmless.
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Michelle, who is the ICU nursing unit manager at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, was targeted a day earlier when the Andrews government wheeled her out to share horrifying anecdotes from the front line of the fight against Covid.

Re: CV and mad panic behaviour

Reply #5492 –
Quote from: madbluboy on
Get on the beers.
I'm all for a drink, but I'm dead surprised one of the conditions of opening up public events might be that they are either completely dry or light beer only like the MCG public areas.
The Force Awakens!

Re: CV and mad panic behaviour

Reply #5493 –
Quote from: LP on
I'm all for a drink, but I'm dead surprised one of the conditions of opening up public events might be that they are either completely dry or light beer only like the MCG public areas.

...which begs the question, are they there to enjoy the Melbourne Cup, or create an excuse to get on the turps and get shizen faced? I suspect my question is rhetorical.
Only our ruthless best, from Board to bootstudders will get us no. 17

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Reply #5494 –
Quote from: Baggers on
...which begs the question, are they there to enjoy the Melbourne Cup, or create an excuse to get on the turps and get shizen faced? I suspect my question is rhetorical.
Well my recommendation is to stay home and watch this for free!

https://archive.org/details/The.Day.The.Earth.Stood.Still1951
The Force Awakens!

Re: CV and mad panic behaviour

Reply #5495 –
Quote from: LP on
Well my recommendation is to stay home and watch this for free!

https://archive.org/details/The.Day.The.Earth.Stood.Still1951

Spotted One, you bloody ripper. You're on the Christmas list!! Now everyone knows what I'll be watching -- again -- tonight. Can't thank you enough, Squire. :)
Only our ruthless best, from Board to bootstudders will get us no. 17

Re: CV and mad panic behaviour

Reply #5497 –
Quote from: PaulP on
I don't use twitter much, but I've just spent 10 minutes doing searches and advanced searches on the wikileaks twitter account, and found nothing. Do you have a link that takes you to the actual quote / tweet ?

No Paul.  A COVID-denier posted the link in response to a warning about a contact site on one of our local community pages.  The post was deleted after some forthright comments.  It seemed genuine - I don't know how hard it is to fake a twitter post - and was written in typical Assange-speak.
“Why don’t you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don’t you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don’t you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?”  Oddball

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Reply #5498 –
Quote from: DJC on
No Paul.  A COVID-denier posted the link in response to a warning about a contact site on one of our local community pages.  The post was deleted after some forthright comments.  It seemed genuine - I don't know how hard it is to fake a twitter post - and was written in typical Assange-speak.

Hmm. If you've followed the story of what's been happening with Julian, how he's been treated, his physical and mental health etc., you may understand my skepticism.

Re: CV and mad panic behaviour

Reply #5499 –
Ecuador must've got sick of the bills.   ;D
 

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Reply #5500 –
NSW going off.
Arguments over admittance restrictions already.
This could be a really messy day.

Victoria will probably get a good idea about 'how not' to reopen.

Re: CV and mad panic behaviour

Reply #5501 –
Quote from: Lods on
NSW going off.
Arguments over admittance restrictions already.
This could be a really messy day.

Victoria will probably get a good idea about 'how not' to reopen.

We're off to a great start. Melbourne cup before schools.
2012 HAPPENED!!!!!!!

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Reply #5502 –
Shiny happy people .. thanks REM

Re: CV and mad panic behaviour

Reply #5503 –
Quote from: Lods on
NSW going off.
Arguments over admittance restrictions already.
This could be a really messy day.

Victoria will probably get a good idea about 'how not' to reopen.
Is it caused by the naivety of the general public, many have an expectation that opening up means going back to the way things were before?

I'm not sure if even the media has been selling that message.

I wonder if it's just a manifestation of the fear of change, and how difficult some people find dealing with change of any sort even perhaps when that change is a clear improvement! I bet @Thryleon sees this sometimes working in IT, you change a system or device to something that is markedly better and easier, faster and more accurate but some users just want the old one back.

 I'm not asserting the societal changes as a result of Sars-CoV-2 are better, but I am pretty sure they are largely unavoidable. I'm also cynical enough to realise some will attempt to profit form that change, whether it is financially or politically.

So to deal with this what should be done, perhaps just do as the new NSW Premier has asked and be kind! But isn't that also one of the arguments for getting the jab if you can, and many didn't listen to that? ;D
The Force Awakens!

Re: CV and mad panic behaviour

Reply #5504 –
It's early in the day in Greater Sydney.
We'll have a better idea how folks are responding as the day goes on.

My daughter has about a week to go before her second shot, then a couple of weeks for it to fully kick in.
She originally wasn't scheduled to get her first shot until November but as the supply increased she was able to get it moved forward.
It will be a little difficult, and perhaps a more dangerous time, for the younger ones like her who are in a bit of limbo for a few weeks.
Caught between two jabs.
Some of her friends will be out and about and mixing.
Case numbers, we are told, will increase.