Melbourne Lockdown, May 21.

[Bulldog Joe]

ACT & Tassie too. QLD & NSW yet to call it. Hope this clears up ASAP from a footy perspective.

Tas called it effective from 2.00 pm.

Doesn't give any chance to beat it so stranded in Melbourne and back to telephone and video.

[jeemak]

I dont need to think about shit like that atm haha

Is it too early for a G & T?

I'm on my fourth for the day.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

I'm on my fourth for the day.

'Purple mouth' approves of this

[jeemak]

Started prepping my family for this last week, there was something I didn't like about what was going on and here we are.

Heartfelt thoughts going to all of those directly impacted by this economically and mentally.

[Bulldog4life]

Trusting all woofers stay safe and healthy. Hopefully this mess can be sorted quickly.

[DOG GOD]

Thinking of all those Woofers in Victoria. Hoping that this is a 7 day lockdown only and the state can get on top of this.

[EasternWest]

Is it too early for a G & T?

I don't need lockdown for this.

[bornadog]

People, get vaccinated.

[jeemak]

Yep, on Monday (once the lines cool) I'll be booking in for my jab as things have opened up to over 40s.

[bornadog]

Yep, on Monday (once the lines cool) I'll be booking in for my jab as things have opened up to over 40s.

I thought you were in your 30s?

I got the jab on Monday. Lucky because no one was around and before the outbreak.

[Grantysghost]

Yep, on Monday (once the lines cool) I'll be booking in for my jab as things have opened up to over 40s.

Same.

[jeemak]

I thought you were in your 30s?

I got the jab on Monday. Lucky because no one was around and before the outbreak.

Not any more mate, those glory days are behind me!

[Vred]

So over it. Victoria seems to be the only state that can't keep it under wraps, not gonna play the blame game but *!*!*!*! it's all so tiresome.

This is the single reason I haven't quit my main job to focus on my catering / food truck yet, things are just too unpredictable, but on the flip side of that coin, it keeps me in a job I hate with all of my soul (whats left of it).

Go away corona, ffs.

[jeemak]

So over it. Victoria seems to be the only state that can't keep it under wraps, not gonna play the blame game but *!*!*!*! it's all so tiresome.

This is the single reason I haven't quit my main job to focus on my catering / food truck yet, things are just too unpredictable, but on the flip side of that coin, it keeps me in a job I hate with all of my soul (whats left of it).

Go away corona, ffs.

Our hotel quarantine and our lockdowns are kinda in line with other states post the shit show of 2020 (check it out, plus or minus). Politics aside, let's not get too down on where we live.

One day Vred you'll get to live in the predictable world of food truck ownership and everything will be OK. Until then mate, you have our community watching your back.

[merantau]

Let's cut to the chase. Quarantine, along with Defence, Immigration and Foreign Affairs among other powers, , is a Federal Government responsibility. It is written into the Constitution and there is a reason for this. It is because it is considered to be vital for the safety of the NATION.

So, early in 2020 citizens returning from China were flown into the asylum seeker detention camp on Christmas Island which has housed just one family of four for the last three years. There were no issues arising from this.

There are empty detention camps dotted over the outback that were under the control of the Fed Govt's Border Force. They are empty. Why haven't they been re-purposed?

It is negligent to use hotels for quarantine. It is suspected that the man who brought Corona to Victoria from SA hotel quarantine got the virus when he, and a person in a room across the corridor, opened their doors simultaneously and neither was wearing a mask.

The vaccine roll-out into Aged Care facilities was supposed to have been completed by March 30. Nearly 2 months later there are Aged Care centres that have not received their first shots. Aged Care is a Federal Government responsibility. We have a Federal Aged Care Minister who, several months ago at the peak of the crisis in NSW, did not know how many people had died in Aged Care. He is still in his job.

The USA has vaccinated 50% of its population. I heard last night on the 7.30 Report that we have vaccinated 5%.

How many re-call the PM's response when Corona first appeared as a serious threat? His first preference was for herd immunity! Thankfully, the health experts dissuaded him from this course of inaction. I am thankful that the Fed Govt took action to save people's jobs and livelihoods. However, the lack of action in creating a fit for purpose quarantine system now threatens the health and economic future of the nation once again. Thank God the price of iron ore is at an all-time high!