Re:Covid in Sydney: Military deployed to help enforce lockdown
by SpicyLemonZest on Friday July 30, 2021 @03:49AM
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Are they a proven tool? The article says that "despite five weeks of lockdown, infections in the nation's largest city continue to spread".
Re:Covid in Sydney: Military deployed to help enforce lockdown
by boatmansloth on Friday July 30, 2021 @04:03AM
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NSW basically did a fake lockdown and took their sweet time in even getting to that point. Other states like Victoria and South Australia have locked down quick, hard, and within two weeks effectively eliminated community transmission.
Re:Covid in Sydney: Military deployed to help enforce lockdown
by senectus1 on Friday July 30, 2021 @10:34PM
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WA says "yes"
when you do it properly, and lock down hard and fast. this half arsed and poorly communicated bullshit is whats screwing NSW right now. not to mention the poor compliance.
Re:Covid in Sydney: Military deployed to help enforce lockdown
by ThomPete on Friday July 30, 2021 @03:50AM
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They are a proven tool if you want to isolate yourself from the rest of the world yes and live on an island so you can.
They are not a proven tool for actually dealing with the endemic nature of this virus. Australia will realize sooner or later that they can't actually avoid getting most of their population exposed to covid.
A multifaceted issue like the pandemic requires multiple approaches and this is how we have controlled the virus. And we have controlled it well.