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Victorian lockdown blues

By Lyn Bender - posted Friday, 7 August 2020


1, Parliament is cancelled ;

2. but footy pubs and schools are fine.

3. The so called war cabinet replacing COAG has been on vacation and only resumed after the school holidays .

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4. Dr Paul Kelly Acting Australian National Chief medical Officer, has warned that the reproductive ratio in Sydney at 1.4 is higher than Melbourne at 1.0 due he believes to people becoming complacent.

But haven't they been encouraged to live alongside the virus. Get out there and open up the economy. Get out from under the doona

5. Scott Morrison appears rather complacent.

6 The COVID Safe App is an expensive Linus security blanket that we are encouraged to cling to " COVID fail. . The Australian coronavirus tracing app that can't find anyone." reports the New Daily

At the very least we need to have the conversation about zero cases and eradication. Slogans declarations announcements and assertions are not a conversation.

Dear Prime Minister The COVIDSafe app is not like applying sunscreen before going out in the sun as you claim. It does not keep us safe as you claim. It is not the 'ticket to easing restrictions' as you claim.

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Perhaps Scott Morrison should take more guidance from New Zealand than from the current US administration.

In a health crisis we need more substance than shifting labels on old ideas.

New Zealand has so far been highly successful in its eradication program.

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Lyn Bender is a psychologist in private practice. She is a former manager of Lifeline Melbourne and is working on her first novel.

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