Australia's largest city Sydney locks down for third week

People don't want the vaccine there ,so what chance have they got ,can't keep the doors locked forever

Athletes, including those for the Olympics, can’t train in locked down Sydney but it is all steam ahead to go to Tokyo which has far more cases daily than the whole total of this outbreak over a month in Sydney. Which led to this draconian lockdown. I guess Australian athletes can’t catch the virus when they are overseas, it only is dangerous in Australia.

we extended the lockdown to give us the best chance of not having another lockdown,”

What the hell does that mean?

I don't think the virus will ever disappear from the world.

When will these draconian lockdowns ever stop? Life must go on. Keep the vulnerable and elderly taken care of, and let the rest of us get back to it. There's more to life than worrying incessantly about the Rona.

we extended the lockdown to give us the best chance of not having another lockdown

That's what you said for the first lockdown and that was more than a year ago. Stupid.

igfklinToday  02:15 pm JST

I don't think the virus will ever disappear from the world.

I agree, although that’s only happening because it is still everywhere welcomed and invited and not at all fought against with the necessary measures. But say something…they would rather eat some more viruses spoonwise than to admit their errors and complete mismanagement for the last one and half year.

Of course it will never disappear. The best we can do is to dilute its presence with vaccinations. Quicker the better. Make it compulsory if need be.

Strange that 5+million peoples movements are severely restricted - severely - for weeks on end in an attempt to stifle the virus which has infected only 300 people in 3 weeks.

Forward to Japan where greater Tokyo and surrounds report totals of 1,000s of cases per DAY, but no-one bats an eyelid in Australia at sending a team of 1,000 (athletes, officials etc) to Tokyo.

Common Australians(atm Sydneysiders) are truly locked down, locked out and locked in.

Olympians are free to travel overseas to a hot-spot - no locks.

Why is that?

Strange that 5+million peoples movements are severely restricted - severely - for weeks on end in an attempt to stifle the virus which has infected only 300 people in 3 weeks.

Oh, I can clear it up for you, and make it much less confusing. The point of confusion is very clear once you see it; you got your cause and effect backwards. It's because the people's movements are restricted that the virus has only infected 300 people in the past three weeks.

I'm truly curious, with no sarcasm, how (well) Australian economy and social life are virus-proof, adaptive to frequent/abrupt lockdowns or other restrictions suddenly imposed. As the country is a vast in landmass, telework, schooling and various non-physical outreaching services must be common.

Strangerland - Thanks.

But the point I was making was not on the efficacy of a lockdown re controlling the spread, but rather on the 2 tones of thought.

Lockdown at home to stop the spread. Like you aint going anywhere - esp not with a basic $1000 / person fines for leaving the zone and much other heavier penalties. And yes these fines have been heaped on.

But enter the olympics into the equation and "no worries mate you're free to travel abroad".

Leave the city - Bang!

Leave the country and enter a raging hotspot - Goodo!

That's the quandary.

People don't want the vaccine there ,so what chance have they got ,can't keep the doors locked forever

um we DO want the vaccine. Pfizer is not even being offered to people under 40 yet so many of us have not even been given to opportunity to obtain a vaccine. We have supply issues in Australia due to us banking all our hopes on Astra Zeneca, but then that started causing blood clots… health experts warned against giving it to anyone under 60. So we want it, we just can’t GET it.