Melbourne Lockdown, May 21.

[mjp]

Sorry to hear this on the news.

Sympathy to all those business owners out there forced to close their doors - hope everyone is OK.

[The bulldog tragician]

I think this one will hit very hard. Our resilience is again pushed to breaking point. It’s a bleak grey day here in Melbourne in so many ways.

[bulldogsthru&thru]

I think this one will hit very hard. Our resilience is again pushed to breaking point. It’s a bleak grey day here in Melbourne in so many ways.

I agree. The first (well second) time was in a way excusable because we were new to this. But I can't handle this again. This shouldn't have happened again.

By the way the northern suburbs have a lot to answer for

[The bulldog tragician]

I agree. The first (well second) time was in a way excusable because we were new to this. But I can't handle this again. This shouldn't have happened again.

I feel the same.

[comrade]

Way flatter about it this time. No one actually believes it'll only be 7 days, do they?

[bulldogsthru&thru]

Way flatter about it this time. No one actually believes it'll only be 7 days, do they?

The numbers don't look good. But it shouldn't get to the levels of last year.

[comrade]

The numbers don't look good. But it shouldn't get to the levels of last year.

By letting Indian travellers back in to the extent we did, with lax contact tracing, poor QR compliance and vaccine rollout, we've let the fox into the hen house.

[Bulldog Joe]

By letting Indian travellers back in to the extent we did, with lax contact tracing, poor QR compliance and vaccine rollout, we've let the fox into the hen house.

Having been in SA and Qld in the last month the QR compliance with respective state apps is much more stringent.

You can't even walk into a shop in Adelaide without proof that you have checked in and every location uses the one app.

[bulldogsthru&thru]

Having been in SA and Qld in the last month the QR compliance with respective state apps is much more stringent.

You can't even walk into a shop in Adelaide without proof that you have checked in and every location uses the one app.

Yeah our contact tracing capabilities are clearly not up to scratch. I couldn't even check-in to Marvel on the weekend. Firstly, it forces you to use the app which is just plain stupid. Secondly, the app (for me at least) just hangs every time I try to check in. I've updated it countless times and it never works. Let me use the web version straight away!

[bulldogtragic]

Having been in SA and Qld in the last month the QR compliance with respective state apps is much more stringent.

You can't even walk into a shop in Adelaide without proof that you have checked in and every location uses the one app.

Same in NSW & ACT. The apps for both make it so very easy.

[bulldogsthru&thru]

By letting Indian travellers back in to the extent we did, with lax contact tracing, poor QR compliance and vaccine rollout, we've let the fox into the hen house.

I don't know why people were even allowed to travel outside of Australia.

And this latest outbreak isn't really anything that can be controlled by state governments. It happened as a result of someone getting infected in hotel quarantine. It clearly doesn't work and the federal government is just avoiding responsibility of a purpose-built quarantine system. The poor vaccine rates are just putting us further behind as we watch sport in the US with packed arenas.

[1eyedog]

My business was only just recovering from the back end of last year and now this. Gutted.

[bornadog]

My business was only just recovering from the back end of last year and now this. Gutted.

Good luck mate

[comrade]

My business was only just recovering from the back end of last year and now this. Gutted.

Not sure what sort of business it is but there anyway we can support it here on WOOF? Do you sell online or anything?

[1eyedog]

Not sure what sort of business it is but there anyway we can support it here on WOOF? Do you sell online or anything?

Thanks mate, appreciate it. I work in the environmental sciences space and service planning permit applications. Unfortunately all last year we were not an essential service as we are pre-planning i.e. we were not allowed to squeeze into the building / construction industries. I work on-site a lot and often in regional Vic so last year really screwed me. Hopefully I can still get to site while this goes on and hopefully it does only last a week or two. I'm ok it's the people I employ casually who have families that I'm worried about (again). I only just finished putting them all back on 6 weeks ago.