Comments by "John Woodrow" (@johnwoodrow8769) on "Strict social distancing regulations ‘run the risk of creating resentment’" video.

@AD-zz1fr Have you considered taking up boating/fishing. You learn a lot about resilience, risk mitigation, preparedness, confidence, mental toughness etc in a small boat on your own 20 kilometers out in the middle of the ocean. Or maybe try racing motorcycles. Certainly far greater risk activities than a 1:1000 change of being taken by a bug. Yes the virus represents a significant risks to a small and specific percentage of the population. To the vast majority with VERY low risk (US testing is showing 50% of cases didn't even know they have had it) the way some people are carrying on, what a bunch of pussies.
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Have you considered your demonstrating that stupidity. Which caused most problem. A bunch of relatively young healthy people keeping some distance apart enjoying themselves in the sun, or allowing 4000 people with known infection to walk off a ship in the middle of the Sydney CBD.
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As I'm not stupid enough to have got on a cruise ship after the 5th February when the Diamond Princess affair in Japan exploded across world headlines, and I don't live in a nursing home where the staff are not only not being tested routinely, they haven't been tested at all. As such with next to zero chance of death, I'll be sticking with my resentment. And its certainly not temporary. At the next state and federal elections I'll be voting for anyone other than these clowns who have trashed Australia. Whoever I vote for may be even more stupid, but I'll be doing it just so the idiots making these decisions also know what the unemployment queue is.
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Resentment is up and running. Up to a certain point most people were willing to accept direction on the basis there are the experts, they know best. But now that they have way overstepped the mark, anyone with half a brain knows they are making stupid calls. So then people start thinking, I've just gone along up to this point without question, but if they can make such stupid calls as sitting in the sun or going fishing, why should I have believed their previous decisions were reasonable and appropriate.
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@CBAANP Exercising is not essential, so lets ban it also. Safe activities such a fishing are just as important to the mental and physical well being of some people as running is to some gym junky. Is horse-racing essential? Only to government income.
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@AD-zz1fr And you think a pile of insults that might cut it in a teenage Facebook exchange makes you look like some superior intellectual. One of the reasons people go fishing is to get away from idiots like you.
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@AD-zz1fr No matter how you try and angle it, the Government stopping people from doing something that has no impact on the outcome of this virus is not only silly tokenism to distract from their own incompetence, it actually undermines the credibility and authority of those supposedly in charge. This issue is not just about those directly vulnerable to the virus. It is way more complex than the simplistic view many want to push. Using just two people, one from each side of the issue as an example of the complexities involved. If you were to ask me who I have the greatest symptom for, a highly vulnerable to the virus chain smoking obese 50 year old with diabetes from a life of living on McDonald's and Coke who hasn't cared less about their own health despite being told for years of the dangers, or the young person who had just secured a job after a long period of unemployment, was optimistic for the fist time in many years, and now finds themselves back on the unemployment queue and faced again with years of depression and hopelessness in order to protect the life of the chain smoker....... do you really need to ask where my concern lies. You may think the best approach is just follow whatever the Government and their advisers say, they know best. Honestly I don't think they have a clue and are just making it up as they go. Regarding the risk to myself, I fully expect to catch the virus. Was tested a week of so ago and was actually disappointed it came back negative. This thing will only end when the majority of the population (greater than 60% to be precise) have had the virus. Government telling you otherwise are lying to you. I'm 67 years old, have looked after myself, expect to go ok when I catch it.
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So are you saying its got nothing to do with factors like a population the size of both Sydney and Melbourne combined crammed on top of each other like sardines, the mayor of New York telling everyone to ignore the potential virus treat and join in Chinese New Year (which they did in their hundreds of thousands) and the known death risk factors of obesity and diabetes with New Yorkers making the average Australian look positively anorexic.
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@darylephillips6778 So the Government did a good job in ensuring the country was well prepared way in advance for this highly predictable pandemic? And the Government ensured our health system was well equipped to handle such a pandemic eg. PPE. And the Government shut the boarders in a timely manner? And the Government has given a consistent message? And the Government has clearly communicated the end game and brought everyone on board? And the Government has had tight control over people arriving by ship in the middle of Sydney? And the Government immediately secured aged care homes and introduced testing for all staff? And the Government hasn't introduced draconian measures that have zero impact on the nations' health outcome and are nothing other than stamping their authority? And the Government hasn't a clue what the incidence of the virus is in the broader population? And the Government doesn't misrepresent the situation and their highly flawed limited testing? And you really believe where we are is all the result of the Government, you really are funny! We are where we are despite the Government.
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Have backpackers been shown to have been spreading the virus? It's just a total unfounded distraction to the government's incompetence. Virtually all Australia's current problems originate out of two sources, cruise ships and aged care homes. Both sources have been the responsibility of government. Even the lack of PPE for health care workers, again who is responsible for that ridiculous situation. Backpackers?
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@spello8191 Sorry to disappoint. 67 year old Australian self funded retiree. And on that point, I'm totally embarrassed when I hear some of the responses from pensioners and retirees to the suggestion that are going to have to give up some of their current financial benefits to pay for all this. No way is the usual response. Must make the young doing all the sacrificing to protect the elderly feel real good knowing how much its 'appreciated'.
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Buy and ride a motorcycle and you'll soon realize there is nothing new going on. They've just found a new group to target and harass.
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@AD-zz1fr But only stay somewhere if they are biting. If not move around till you find the fish. Not only is it a smart fishing technique, its also good public health to keep moving.
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Quite a few boats out today, on the George River and Botany Bay. Fantastic day for it if out of the wind. All these people had obviously forgot, not allowed to have fun for the next 12 months. Easy to figure who are the smart ones.
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Whatever you do, don't teach the kids to drive. Someone was fined $1600 for doing so and rightly so. Such totally irresponsible behavior could have easily overwhelmed our hospitals. Who knows how many deaths there people were risking. From the virus, not the crap driving.
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