07-14-2021, 02:11 AM
97 new cases in NSW and the lockdown has been extended by 2 weeks. Some public health officials are calling for a lockdown that’s harsher than Victoria’s as the Delta variant is more transmissible, otherwise new cases will just stabilise.
The Liberal opposition have lost their biggest weapon: pointing to NSW to show “Dictator Dan” didn’t need to lock down as he did. They can still argue this, of course, but it ends up a bit like the “What have the Romans ever done for us?” skit. They’ve gone from a black and white issue to a very gray one. Instead they might choose to attack him for not locking down harder and more quickly even if that would be hypocritical given their trenchant criticism of lockdowns and restrictions. Of course, they may well argue both even if they are mutually exclusive, especially if they can micro-target different audiences.
The Liberal opposition have lost their biggest weapon: pointing to NSW to show “Dictator Dan” didn’t need to lock down as he did. They can still argue this, of course, but it ends up a bit like the “What have the Romans ever done for us?” skit. They’ve gone from a black and white issue to a very gray one. Instead they might choose to attack him for not locking down harder and more quickly even if that would be hypocritical given their trenchant criticism of lockdowns and restrictions. Of course, they may well argue both even if they are mutually exclusive, especially if they can micro-target different audiences.