That's a bit rich coming from a country that has had over 606,000 covid deaths, isn't it?
And continued covid deaths on a daily basis.
As well as a western world that has hung onto their Pfizer vaccines because they were in much worse shape than a country that tried their hardest.
Nothing like a little hypocrisy.
Yesterday, we had zero new cases of covid in every state - except 1 new case in Qld and 23 new cases in NSW. The only place that is "locked down" is specific areas of NSW ... for obvious reasons.
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ETA: I just read the actual NY Times article. It is not written in the vein that the DM has portrayed (which omits pertinent facts). For example, I notice that the DM has neglected to mention ....
"The good news is that Australia (at the state level) has become extremely sharp when it comes to outbreak management. I was able to get tested late Wednesday night in a suburb of Canberra, and my negative result arrived a few hours later with a text message at 3:07 a.m.
In Sydney, my wife’s visit to a busy pop-up clinic had her in and out in record time."
"What I immediately thought (but did not say) was that I could have had a shot sooner. I’d given up my spot (which would have made me fully vaccinated by now) for the same reason I was talking to Andrew: I wanted to do my part, to keep the system fair, to serve that same collective spirit that made Australia do so well with Covid’s first phase."
.... and other positive comments.
What I Learned About Australia’s Lackluster Vaccination Effort From the Latest Covid ‘Hot Spot’ in Sydney
So instead of having the teenagers disembark the plane - they cancelled the flight for everyone.
Flight to Bahamas canceled when airline says Winthrop teens refused to wear masks
Much More at link
A group of Winthrop high school graduates are being blamed for canceling an American Airlines flight from Charlotte to the Bahamas because they reportedly refused to wear masks.
“Prior to departure on July 5, passengers traveling on American Airlines Flight 893 from Charlotte (CLT) to Nassau, Bahamas (NAS) were reported to be noncompliant with the federal mask mandate, became disruptive to other customers and refused to follow crew member instructions while onboard,” American Airlines said in a statement.
That's a bit rich coming from a country that has had over 606,000 covid deaths, isn't it?
And continued covid deaths on a daily basis.
As well as a western world that has hung onto their Pfizer vaccines because they were in much worse shape than a country that tried their hardest.
Nothing like a little hypocrisy.
Flight to Bahamas canceled when airline says Winthrop teens refused to wear masks
Much More at link
A group of Winthrop high school graduates are being blamed for canceling an American Airlines flight from Charlotte to the Bahamas because they reportedly refused to wear masks.
“Prior to departure on July 5, passengers traveling on American Airlines Flight 893 from Charlotte (CLT) to Nassau, Bahamas (NAS) were reported to be noncompliant with the federal mask mandate, became disruptive to other customers and refused to follow crew member instructions while onboard,” American Airlines said in a statement.
That's a bit rich coming from a country that has had over 606,000 covid deaths, isn't it?
And continued covid deaths on a daily basis.
As well as a western world that has hung onto their Pfizer vaccines because they were in much worse shape than a country that tried their hardest.
Nothing like a little hypocrisy.
Yesterday, we had zero new cases of covid in every state - except 1 new case in Qld and 23 new cases in NSW. The only place that is "locked down" is specific areas of NSW ... for obvious reasons.
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ETA: I just read the actual NY Times article. It is not written in the vein that the DM has portrayed (which omits pertinent facts). For example, I notice that the DM has neglected to mention ....
"The good news is that Australia (at the state level) has become extremely sharp when it comes to outbreak management. I was able to get tested late Wednesday night in a suburb of Canberra, and my negative result arrived a few hours later with a text message at 3:07 a.m.
In Sydney, my wife’s visit to a busy pop-up clinic had her in and out in record time."
"What I immediately thought (but did not say) was that I could have had a shot sooner. I’d given up my spot (which would have made me fully vaccinated by now) for the same reason I was talking to Andrew: I wanted to do my part, to keep the system fair, to serve that same collective spirit that made Australia do so well with Covid’s first phase."
.... and other positive comments.
What I Learned About Australia’s Lackluster Vaccination Effort From the Latest Covid ‘Hot Spot’ in Sydney
