Comments by "annoyed aussie" (@annoyedaussie3942) on "Australia update" video.

@ykook7000 I agree with your last statement, I am in QLD and same applies to WA we both locked down with only 1 known community case of the Delta variant and a high compliance rate I believe. That variant terrifies our state officials.
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@jennywindsor9100 I read the article, inappropriate behaviour yes probably but giving someone a kiss isn't exactly rape. His suspension is for not reporting that he was under investigation as is obviously required, not for the alleged offence which never proceeded.
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@its_Today_ I am joking about the blaming Victoria bit. I just checked the current cases for NSW and at 77 with 30 or so in the community they are in trouble. QLD has the border shut to greater Sydney since June 21, so I think that policy has served us well. It's slightly more relaxed than previously when the entire state would be considered a hotspot other than border regions , so a little more risky but so far so good. I am glad Victoria has a hard stance now and never wants what happened before. I don't know much about Greater Sydney lockdown so can't really comment other than to say I hope you're somewhat wrong.
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We have become like other places in one respect, all rules about mask wearing outside and in shops but go into a bar packed with hundreds of people at up to 1 for 2 square metres for a 100 square metres establishment and you can take your mask off. I live in the Valley and most wearing masks in the queues outside nightclubs with social distancing of 30cm. So the masks on this occasion I would suggest are about being ready, keep the troops (citizens) on standby.
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@samoak123 that means 30,000 deaths if vaccines are as good as they say considering our vaccination rate. When fully vaccinated yes probably , maybe only 5,000 die or whatever. Singapore is discussing this.
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@maureenrhysjones4643 Nobody is stopping you migrating to the UK and no quarantine when you get there , so go.
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@its_Today_ Those travellers were Queenslanders I think or maybe a Queenslander and a Victorian. I blame Victoria though, why they so desperate to escape.
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So you advocate that Australia should have killed 50,000 people and crushed the economy worse like UK or US as examples. Interesting idea but very low support for your idea.
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@7YBzzz4nbyte just using actual data from other countries and UK and US weren't the worst for deaths. The original commenter is saying let it rip. The Australian and NZ government deficits for last year around 7% , UK and US around 15%, Australian economy shrank 1.1% last calendar year compared to 2.7% for the US. So unsure of what the original comment is talking about given the terrible performance by those countries that person seems to admire.
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@Mis-AdventureCH Lockdowns, contact tracing , effective isolation of positive cases , border quarantine and testing are the reasons why a country has done well or lack there of poorly, I don't know why you talking about treatment protocols. Not sure what treatment has to do with anything regarding spread. You stated you were on 3 task forces, so you got your way it would seem in the jurisdictions you worked for. The Western Pacific WHO region took a different approach to you and your colleagues in either PAHO Pan-American Health Organization or European WHO regions I am guessing. Don't knock what other countries do, we are in a relative sense happy with our performance in our region , you are happy the other regions I mentioned did what you want. Note South Korea is in the same region to Australia, they also did 100,000 covid 19 tests by the end of February 2020, Australia was in second place on that measure per capita with 10,000 tests. The economic performance of South Korea for 2020 was in line with Australia with a 1% GDP decline but run up government debt slightly faster it seems. Anyway you are happy with your region and I am happy with mine as most are with less than 10% of the death toll on a per capita basis compared to regions that took a completely different approach even if you exclude China.
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@Mis-AdventureCH Which government , you haven't told me where you were from and you represented a government it would seem , in fact 3 of them.
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@Mis-AdventureCH Your last answer explains a lot regarding your previous comments. Australia isn't in lockdown and in Australia the states run their own shows with federal guidance and complete communication between States and the federal government, a bit easier because only 7 versus 50 for the US. Greater Sydney which is in lockdown is about 25% of the national population and they are, New South Wales is fairly slow to lockdown compared to my state Queensland which takes a more cautious approach, very similar to Western Australia and New Zealand. Our states will restrict travel from any hotspot which is anywhere that has any cases at all basically. So if in New South Wales it gets out of control they won't be able to travel to any other state for some time. New Zealand in effect is like another state so far as travel goes and under normal circumstances a completely open border for citizens born in either country. My state Queensland with a population of 5 million only 7 deaths, vast majority of people are happy with this and are ok with the travel restrictions as required. We have had few lockdowns actually because we always act quickly. Best of luck to you and hope your country's problems reduce. I understand your health system isn't that functional and working in it could be rather frustrating. The US spends more on publically funded healthcare as a proportion of GDP than Australia but life expectancy 5 years lower and doesn't seem to be universal coverage. No idea how it can be fixed but just the numbers indicates disfunction and most likely some of what you are talking about. Take care.
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@trogdortheburninator8149 The problem with your argument is that the open border countries in general have far worse economies and government deficits, for 2020 Australia economy shrank 1.1% , US 2.7% government deficit Australia about 7% of GDP and US 15% of GDP , the UK even worse on both counts. You can't have a vibrant economy when lots of people dying including many who are not old overweight smokers. Why not wait a few months until everyone has had an opportunity for 2 doses of vaccines?
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There's not many of you, you are like a regional centre in a big state.
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Every single jurisdiction in the world has been stuffed if there's a major outbreak, NSW is no different.
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