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Mum is 91 Dad 88. IF I recall your Nonna and family live out of Melb suburbia. Whole different lifestyle for starters BUT my point is my parents are polar opposite to your Nonna's POV. By the way your expressing your POV through your Nonna, how do you know the type of background Russellw has ? yet you play the back in my day flex. The youth back in those days came through its tuff times and the youth will here as well. As for the variances of our States more so yours in Lockdown, thats nothing compared to wondering when a bomb hits your place or next door or a whole block etcetc.... What a stupid summary, sorry thats the way I read it.
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Those who've lost their livelihoods and relatives have my sympathy but those whining 'cos they can't go out for a feed or visit a mate can go and do the other thing with my blessing. Let me add that I grew up with parents who lived in London during the war and spent a lot of time with both grandfathers who served in it and heard plenty of the 'you think you have it hard' comments from them during my life. They taught me an appreciation for the things we too often take for granted but also to face adversity with as good a cheer as can be mustered and while it might sound all a bit 'British stiff-upper lip', the fact is that they were for all intents and purposes 'normal' folk despite the experiences they had been through. My own personal experiences, which you, with the arrogance that comes of youth, have no knowledge of, gives me the insight to call it as I see it.
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I think that the comparison with WW2 is valid in some respects. At that time people lost a lot of individual freedoms and I'm sure quite a few complained about it. Most however saw the threat as real and recognised the need for restrictions.
I've heard some media personalities like Alan Jones and Andrew Bolt commenting on the loss of our freedom and they appear to be doing their best to convince us that this will never end and we will never get our liberty back. Their audience is fairly small and the number of people who believe their garbage is likely much smaller. Qld is 10 weeks away from an election which will be a plebiscite on how popular the restrictions are. I'm tipping the Palaszczuk govt will be returned. |
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Claiming that trials can, and inferring will, be manipulated and inferring that you'll magically know when it's safe to 'consider' but will ignore medical experts advice until then. The Internet and resultant conspiracy theories have a lot to answer for. Do you and your family get the annual flu jab? |
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If nothing else this is a test of our resilience. It's tough as we are social beings and even worse for those who have lost their jobs, lost or been separated from loved ones, but people of my age and younger have not seen anything close to hard times generally speaking.
A huge amount of people volunteered for the world wars and I'd like to think if in the same situation now we'd still be up for it. But I'm not so sure given how some are handling this pandemic and life before that generally. For sure it is tough for some at the best of times but I think mostly it is not that bad. We have numerous means of keeping connected even if it's not in person. Certainly nothing like that back then. |
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Good posts Russell, FTE, Marty.
My great uncle was Surgeon in Royal Army, came home one day to see his house had vanished in the blitz (bomb). Luckily family were not home at the time. The deprivation didn't stop with the war, severe rationing postwar, Dad had very few toys, they could hardly spare steel for die-cast cars, he remembers the shop shelves being bare. That doesn't stop a people. For me, I've had a pretty good upbringing and life, only the 90's recession when I was a young adult that presented any challenges but that wasn't anywhere near WW2 or the Australian Great Depression stories from mum's side, this situation is doable, 5 months isolation now for the family and we are OK. Keep calm and carry on. Vic numbers under 200, those with no known trace 24. Geelong 109 now down from 180. This is moving in the right direction.
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Yes very good to see Vic numbers trending down under 300 last few days and now under 200.
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![]() Never said the trials will be manipulated. If you can read you will see I said they could. Big difference. I don't personally get the flu jab. Don't see the point. Only ever had the flu once when I was a kid so don't see the point. I figure if I have gone over 30 years without getting the flu my immune system must work pretty well. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. My parents get it though. And my kids have had their shots if that's the next brain dead angle you try to take. |
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I don't think it's known yet, it's still a bit early to know what the virus is capable of long term. If you and your nanna want to encourage youngins out to door to live their lives, go for it, but in a few years perhaps there may be some regret there if we discover most of them have been left with heart damage?
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Whats the infection rate of under 30s in Australia? |
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David Limbrick MP has just finished speaking and now Brad Roswell MP from the LNP is talking now on the below livestream talking about the infringements on our democracy here in Victoria:
https://www.facebook.com/reignitedem...3100237248821/ https://www.facebook.com/reignitedemocracyaustralia/ There's a couple of MPs in the fight - 13:50 is David Limbrick. Last edited by Franco Cozzo; 21-08-2020 at 08:59 PM. |
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But not the answer you wanted, so it's quick think of another one.
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https://www.aihw.gov.au/getmedia/a8e...px?inline=true If you don't want to get a flu shot then that's ok, noone is going to force you to get one, but perhaps realise and acknowledge that rather than your immune system being an unstoppable force, your friends/family/workmates/people in your community/etc are providing something of a circle around you and protecting you from getting sick. If you don't want to contribute back to that circle to protect others, so be it, but see it for what it is. |
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That "little bit of nausea" had devastating consequences to it's victims. You are advocating a medical experiment on 100% of the population. Think about that..everyone gets it...if something is not right then all of us get the consequences of it not being "quite right". If you can't see what is wrong with that then ...well.......what if the cure is worse than the disease.... It would add a new meaning to "we are all in this together".... ![]() |
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When was the first time you got one? |
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Relative privation Fallacy.....for simple minds.
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The thalidomide thing was what kicked off the introduction of requiring manufacturers to prove their drugs were effective and had proper clinical trials before being given FDA approval. I'm not really on your "side" (for lack of a better word) on this one but to play the devil's advocate.. a better example would probably be the contamination of the early polio vaccines. https://www.tga.gov.au/sites/default...ine-041214.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/co...s-history.html Mind you, that incident also kicked off regulatory changes to make sure that sort of thing doesn't happen again either |
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Studies are being done on people to determine how many of them are infected with various flus and whether they're symptomatic or not and they're finding most people get infected but are asymptomatic. Doesn't mean you can't pass it on to someone who will die from it though. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/l...034-7/fulltext https://www.npr.org/sections/health-...l-have-the-flu |
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I for one am really starting to take exception to your “know it all, holier than thou” crap Zilo!
Seriously, is than any need to end your posts with continual snide, derogatory comments such as “for simple minds”? Who the feckin hell do you think you are??
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Russell the chief admin, head chef or whatever needs a spell.
Comments ridiculous in this entire thread. |
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Looks like some people aren't waiting. Ready to produce 40m doses starting Nov.
Indonesia inks deal with China on virus vaccine supply https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/19...Uz51a1_lrCgS_I With all these different types of vaccines going around, I wonder if countries will recognise vaccines that may not be officially sanctioned for use locally. If I have to prove that I am vaccinated before travelling to the UK, would they allow me entry if I have had a non UK jab. |
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