CV and mad panic behaviour

[Thryleon]

What would your preferred solution be, Thryleon?

To what?

[LP]

Gladys says hello! :o

[Mav]

To what?

If you were placed in charge, how would you deal with Covid without resorting to restrictions? Would you just trust that there’d be no spike in infections? Perhaps you wouldn’t care whether one occurred because it’s no big deal? But what would you do?

It’s easy to fixate on the costs of a course of action if you don’t have to worry about proposing alternatives. For instance, funding the military in Australia is a massive cost. There isn’t anyone trying to invade us now and absent the arrival of white colonists we’ve never been invaded before. So we could save a lot of money by disbanding the military.

[Mav]

As LP noted, NSW is now facing a surge: 10 new cases. Perhaps Victoria overreacts to spikes but after a massive death toll when one got away from it, this is understandable. NSW has been lucky so far, but as the Atlantic article notes that may just have been due to the dumb luck of having no superspreaders in the past. If they’ve crapped out this time, Gladys’ reluctance to impose anything more than mask mandates might bite her in the arse.

[Baggers]

As LP noted, NSW is now facing a surge: 10 new cases. Perhaps Victoria overreacts to spikes but after a massive death toll when one got away from it, this is understandable. NSW has been lucky so far, but as the Atlantic article notes that may just have been due to the dumb luck of having no superspreaders in the past. If they’ve crapped out this time, Gladys’ reluctance to impose anything more than mask mandates might bite her in the arse.

...and let's see if the anti-Vic sentiment from the HUN (Rita P in particular) is taken up re NSW and their Premier!!

[capcom]

For instance, funding the military in Australia is a massive cost. There isn’t anyone trying to invade us now and absent the arrival of white colonists we’ve never been invaded before. So we could save a lot of money by disbanding the military.

Defence spending is 2.1% of GDP ...

[LP]

As LP noted, NSW is now facing a surge: 10 new cases. Perhaps Victoria overreacts to spikes but after a massive death toll when one got away from it, this is understandable. NSW has been lucky so far, but as the Atlantic article notes that may just have been due to the dumb luck of having no superspreaders in the past. If they’ve crapped out this time, Gladys’ reluctance to impose anything more than mask mandates might bite her in the arse.

 It'll be different now, it's in a Liberal state and it is in Scotty's backyard, he'll call in the army!

[Mav]

Defence spending is 2.1% of GDP ...

So, it’s just US$34 billion per year. Imagine what we could do with that. Free uni courses, much better healthcare, schooling, infrastructure etc.

[LP]

Is Gladys is playing Federal sponsored roulette with people's physical wellbeing and welfare purely for political gain, or is it a balanced approach?

If the crape hits the fan it'll be labelled irresponsible roulette, if it levels out they call her a genius, despite the outcome being mostly left to chance!

They can't pull the trigger, so they are going to creep up to the cliff edge and hope they have time to change their mind before they fall!

[capcom]

So, it’s just US$34 billion per year. Imagine what we could do with that. Free uni courses, much better healthcare, schooling, infrastructure etc.

And destroy alliances, international commitments in a threatened world?  This isn't the utopian land of Star Trek.  Or surrender monkeys.