you're there? What are we, toddlers?
Unfortunately from the likes of it people are just idiots. They are fed misinformation, don't believe science, and don't want to stay home. I'm doing the right thing and most of my neighbors are, but when I see on the news the reports of the beaches and other gatherings I feel awful for the ICU nurses and doctors who will have to work with these patients and when it's all done the hospital staff will have to go to therapy for PTSD.
The misinformation is often coming straight from the government.
The Victorien government (my state) has fed all sorts of information like:
- Schools should be closed (despite no evidence of children transmitting the disease in Australia) - they recently backflipped on this but much later than other states
- You shouldn't play golf or go fishing (no rationale whatsoever for this, since golf/fishing is more of a socially distant activity than, say, getting a haircut or buying a power tool, yet retail was allowed to continue merrily)
- You shouldn't drive for non-essential reasons (we were never even close to hospital capacity so this makes no sense whatsoever. It's not like I'm going to catch the virus from car exhaust.)
When you have that sort of government bullshit and paternalism, you can see why the populace is going to rebel.
Bloop you really should run for Premier if you think you can do a better job.
You seem to think that only children go to schools. Do you understand how many adults are involved in keeping a school running on a day to day basis? Hint it's not just the teachers.
- cleaners and maintenance staff
- tradies fixing toilets, playground equipment, lights and electrical equipment, IT staff constantly on call for laptops and networks.
- mums and dads who run the tuckshop
- people who run the uniform shop
- admin staff who run the office, secretaries for the principals and leadership groups
- counselors, learning support teachers, volunteer tutors, librarians.
- couriers and delivery vans constantly dropping off food, stationary and classroom supplies
And then you have the hundreds of parents waiting in the playground at 3pm to pick up their little darlings because the buses are not running.
No, you cannot just keep the schools running through a pandemic when every adult has to maintain their distance. It's just not possible.
Golf/fishing, fine. I have no issues with that. Go for your life. But schools? You don't seem to have a clue.