Comments by "annoyed aussie" (@annoyedaussie3942) on "COVID developments, UK US and Canada" video.

My opinion is in general and not particularly on this issue is being dead or causing the death of another is not true freedom
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@yingyang1008 I think as an Australian (includes other Australian plus Kiwis) I have a fairly unique perspective. It's actually just a parallel or to use a sci fi term alternative reality. We believe that keeping diseases and problems away from us makes us safe. In Australia we have about 4 or 5 major quarantine zones normally with respect to agriculture and any outbreaks create other quarantine zones or rules. My city Brisbane is home to or at least discovered in Hendra the Hendra virus a bat virus with a similar mortality rate to Ebola but very few cases and no known human to human transmission however certainly spread through a horse population which some people caught the virus from. Australia and New Zealand are free from many agricultural viruses that are endemic around the world and we want to keep it that way. While human viruses might have differences the principles are the same it's only the specific containment measures that differ because humans aren't livestock or plants or fungi or soil. Western Australia just happens to be the island on an island separated by desert from the rest of Australia. I think the very hardline reaction is not a coincidence.
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@yingyang1008 hell no but try crossing the Western Australian border. Not all draconian efforts are identical but they can be equal in intensity. A rich Queensland politician made a court challenge against the state of Western Australia that basically the state was unreasonable to stop the entry of him. The court found in favour of the State of Western Australia. From a comment of a Western Australian apparently 3 people currently serving prison terms for quarantine type breaches.
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@yingyang1008 you mustn't have heard of Western Australia or New Zealand.
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Dam now when I can travel again chewing gum and non mask wearing in Singapore are almost criminal. I don't chew gum normally and I will work out the mask thing if needed.
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