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As a result of listening to The ABC News breakfast this morning and the complete mischaracterisation of the Victorian second wave and the inane questions asked by the stand in presenter, I thought i would put a few things into context. Firstly has anyone heard of insurance?
I have and I understand it's a way to mitigate loss in times where the extra ordinary happen. Buying insurance involves some money and also a deal of planning. It's all about risk. So what do we do as a country when there is a risk? We make laws and we spend some money planning
all sorts of things to mitigate that risk. That is why we have a Police force,Border force and a whole raft of other forces who are there for when something might happen. So what did we do about Novel Viruses? In Feb 2003, we had Sars https://www.who.int/health-topics/severe-acute-respiratory-syndrome#tab=tab_1
and in 2012 we had Mers https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/middle-east-respiratory-syndrome-coronavirus-(mers-cov)
Both 7 or 8 years apart. SO what did the Australian government do? What planning did they do for another outbreak of a Novel corona virus? They are after all responsible for Quarantine and Health in Australia. So along comes Covid-19 in 2020 (8 years after the last coronavirus
outbreak. This one was reported on 31st Dec 2019. It's nasty and has infected and killed a lot of people. The only way to stop it is to stop contact and to isolate and let it run it's course. What did the Federal government do about Covid-19? Well on 27th March they abrogated
their responsibility in a National Cabinet meeting to the States. Around noon that day Victorian public servants were tasked with setting up Quarantine in Hotels. They had exactly until 11.59pm on 28th March to do that. The federal government had had 7 years to provide some
planning or insurance against such an eventuality. Yet they abrogated their responsibility to the States. Giving them 36 hours to set up an entirely new system. I am not excusing the mistakes made, but is it any wonder that mistakes were made?
What do we see from the press. The blame game full on against the people who actually made the whole thing work and in 3 months defeated it. yet not one press Journalist has put this into context and where the responsibility really lies. With the federal government. The
Federal government is a disgraced incompetent outfit and the press are no better. They should all hang their heads in shame. And where is the leader of the country? On bloody Holiday again! The Prime Abrogator.
Please also read this tweet which showed that plans were in train in 2009. https://twitter.com/twensor/status/1340791862328586240?s=20
