Those people in Wuhan were lied to by the CCP, but they worked out there was person to person transmission by watching people around them get infected and die. Folks were finding out on social media who was sick where and where the lock downs were - and if you watch
China in Focus you can watch where the current lock downs are. Wuhan had a lot of crematoriums however many more ones were built right form the beginning. We will probably never know any where near the real numbers of deaths in China, but it was enough that their usual funeral/burial body disposal methods were overwhelmed. On Twitter a whistle blower came out discussing how many more crematoriums were being built. They built new hospitals in days. That shows you it is really serious.
In February in Australia we saw Foreign Correspondent where China was welding up doors to buildings, people were being dragged off the street by officials in full body suits, having total lock downs and people walked along the street just fell down dead and no one went to their aid. On Chinese social media folks were discussing that they had to go out to buy food but if you when out you could catch the virus and die and so it was a choice to be made. Australia was lucky not to be the first site of the spread of SARS-CoV-2. We also watched documentaries of what was happening with illness resulting lock downs in different countries. We saw a sobering one in Italy in February and we knew what was coming. So I think it's lucky not to be so adversely effected right out of the gate.
We could see what Italy did in the town of Vo by testing.
South Korea had mandated by law that all bodies were to be destroyed to prevent further infections.
We had more warning than the first places there were hit first or had no solid public health messaging. We got to learn, wash your hands, put on your mask, wash your hands without not getting it right didn't result in as much death as it did in other countries.
When I was exposed and spent close contact with someone who had just arrived from the UK in Feb and was really sick with a cold, for several hours, I went home and did 14 days quarantine to make sure if I had it I didn't spread it. I did that because of the prior information that Australians had available to them. So I consider myself very lucky. 1. I didn't get it. 2. I had the knowledge to make sure I didn't spread it if I got it. I quarantined myself from my partner and used a separate bathroom because of what I had read at that time.
You are right Australians are smart. I know plenty of folks who had potential exposure and got tested and quarantined. I know medical folks who put in the long hours in terms of managing the situation. Australian parents removed 40% of children from schools 4 weeks before shut down. Many Australians had started to work from home. Lots of Australians were buying masks and socially distanced. We had some idiots that muddied the health messages but overall folks really put in the effort.
Important things happened = they realised that 1 in 4 Covid19 positive people were not at home in Victoria, when they visited them to see how they were going, they brought in wage relief so folks could afford to stay home. They bought in a payment so folks could afford to stay home after they were tested and got results. Insecure working conditions got to be seen as a contributing factor to virus spread.
I got tested and got my tests results back the same day.
As a casual relief teacher I was aware that I couldn't go between one school with 2500 students and 400 staff.
This morning our doctor friends contacted us, they had started to go out without masks, but have reassessed now due to the case at a High School in Woodville, the waste water testing results and the fact the borders are opening - they are going to lock down again until 2-3 weeks passes - and they let us know what they are doing and what their thinking is. So we are very fortunate to have the social connectedness that we have - and folks update as as their minds change from new knowledge. Of course for high risk folks it's different than for low risk folks.
They care about each other enough to do what is necessary to keep everyone safe
That's true.
When we saw a documentary of what was happening in Italy and immediately we started organising to get everything to be delivered and contacted local businesses to buy from them and then shared that information. We have assisted and supported high risk folks and did problem solving and trouble shooting to find out resources that they needed. So through multiple online forums we helped out. And other folks contacted us to give us information to share with other folks. Someone rings up to ask a minor question you stay on the phone until they get whatever it is off their chests and in the process give support and information and gain support and information. Everyone I know has supported a variety of communities. Being solid and being there is really important for social cohesion. So I have a list of folks that I check up each week or every second week. I listen as much as possible, occasionally someone needs a couple of hours, but as time went on most folks needed 15 minutes for a check in.
It's true Australian parents had removed 40% of children from schools 3-4 weeks before shut down. Many people I knew had cut down there interactions and a lot of lucky folks were able to work at home.
And if one person turns up unashamedly wearing a mask and socially distances, then it makes it easier for others to do the same. So I did the model best practice thing. Last night we went wearing masks to an indoor group and whilst we were the only ones there wearing masks, some of them came up and showed me the photos of them wearing masks on planes and other situations, so we are able to positively reinforce each other. There's a couple of folks that go into most of the bigger hospitals in Queensland so they are more at risk than other folks but with masks the risk is minimal. You do need some social interactions.
And we did the lock down in Melbourne in July it had similar numbers of infections like they did in France. Victoria and France are poles apart now.
That's how you get 000 days.
It is indeed.
Unlike the US where it's about being right -not alive
I have watched Fox News, MSNBC and CNN etc and I can see how, if you are not someone is in to Science, has a high level of critical literacy skills and is a bit stressed out and doesn't really watch the news that much how the divide formed. The information given out is very different depending on where you get your news and I really feel for those that don't understand and have been so badly misinformed. It's heart breaking. For everyone. I so feel for everyone.
