What happened next was entirely predictable we went from hundreds of cases, to thousands, to ten thousand… the case numbers rocketed up so fast that they stopped being counted. “live with the virus,” and enjoy a big christmas lunch. state governments seemed to have their hands tied by the federal, and health experts’ pleas for everyone to be careful were barely heard in the face of federal encouragement to enjoy the holidays. just in time for omicron to come along and infect everyone at christmas and nye, all while the federal government refused to even suggest people should be careful or limit holiday gatherings. So everyone went back to work, and because the government said it was safe, also went back to partying and socialising and holidaying and travelling all over. he told us it’s time to “live with the virus.” scott morrison, the prime minister, decided we were going the american route of “fuck you all, actually” and declared there would be no more lockdowns, no more mask mandates, no more income support, everyone get back to work. but overall, we did a good job as a country, especially compared to the two big empires that usually set our policy. we were no NZ, and there were still issues, mostly with the federal government refusing its responsibilities regarding quarantine facilities and under sourcing pfizer vaccines because government MPs had investment in astra zenica, and they cut unemployment payments in half at the end of 2020…. i need to vent.įor the last two years, australia has had what was generally accepted to be one of the best pandemic responses worldwide, using lockdowns, health advised mandates, and income support, to very successfully contain and limited outbreaks, keeping infection, deaths, and disability from the virus low. You know, I was going to just be lazy and snarky and link to a news article about the announcement… but… fuck it. When using a search engine such as Google, Bing or Yahoo check the safe search settings where you can exclude adult content sites from your search results Īsk your internet service provider if they offer additional filters īe responsible, know what your children are doing online.Yep, “children driving forklifts” is definitely the radical, forward thinking kind of action that might just turn this whole thing around! Use family filters of your operating systems and/or browsers Other steps you can take to protect your children are: More information about the RTA Label and compatible services can be found here. Parental tools that are compatible with the RTA label will block access to this site. We use the "Restricted To Adults" (RTA) website label to better enable parental filtering. Protect your children from adult content and block access to this site by using parental controls. PARENTS, PLEASE BE ADVISED: If you are a parent, it is your responsibility to keep any age-restricted content from being displayed to your children or wards. Furthermore, you represent and warrant that you will not allow any minor access to this site or services. This website should only be accessed if you are at least 18 years old or of legal age to view such material in your local jurisdiction, whichever is greater. You are about to enter a website that contains explicit material (pornography).