Paddler Ed
Well-Known Member
Has any country got the management of it 100% right? No
Have some done better than others? Yes
Did some act quicker, rather than reacting later? Yes
Are there things that places would do differently? Yes
Could the messaging be better? Yes
Instead of throwing sh!t at one another like a bunch of monkeys, it's really time to reflect on what has worked and what hasn't, because as many have said, this is not going to be the last time that this sort of thing happens.
So, from what I can see in Australia
-Australia shut borders quickly and enforced 14 day quarantine rules but didn't get it right with the cruise ships
-I'm going to hypothesize that the nursing home outbreak and the abatoir outbreak (after the cruise ships, these are our biggest clusters) were due to those not having any job security (casual workers) still coming into work whilst unwell because they didn't fit into the residency statuses that got the financial aid or didn't have any sick leave
-There are mixed messages between Federal and State parliaments, with different rules applying in different States (we get more social mixing from Friday in NSW, but that already changed in some of the other states who reacted quicker to the Federal change)
And in the UK:
-Borders weren't shut until recently/quarantine (not self, but "you are going into quarantine" type rules)
-Messages are mess - Boris/Westminster is wanting one thing, the Scots and the Welsh are wanting another
We won't mention the USA....
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I've just been chatting with a mate back in the UK - she had a little lad at the end of February, and as her husband is a paramedic he hasn't been able to be involved in anything as he's living at their house in isolation with the dog, and she's at her parent's house....
Have some done better than others? Yes
Did some act quicker, rather than reacting later? Yes
Are there things that places would do differently? Yes
Could the messaging be better? Yes
Instead of throwing sh!t at one another like a bunch of monkeys, it's really time to reflect on what has worked and what hasn't, because as many have said, this is not going to be the last time that this sort of thing happens.
So, from what I can see in Australia
-Australia shut borders quickly and enforced 14 day quarantine rules but didn't get it right with the cruise ships
-I'm going to hypothesize that the nursing home outbreak and the abatoir outbreak (after the cruise ships, these are our biggest clusters) were due to those not having any job security (casual workers) still coming into work whilst unwell because they didn't fit into the residency statuses that got the financial aid or didn't have any sick leave
-There are mixed messages between Federal and State parliaments, with different rules applying in different States (we get more social mixing from Friday in NSW, but that already changed in some of the other states who reacted quicker to the Federal change)
And in the UK:
-Borders weren't shut until recently/quarantine (not self, but "you are going into quarantine" type rules)
-Messages are mess - Boris/Westminster is wanting one thing, the Scots and the Welsh are wanting another
We won't mention the USA....
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I've just been chatting with a mate back in the UK - she had a little lad at the end of February, and as her husband is a paramedic he hasn't been able to be involved in anything as he's living at their house in isolation with the dog, and she's at her parent's house....