Yep, mandatory masks in Sydney from tonight, like many of you bastards already endure
It’s not elite-level police state yet like the US/UK, or like our southern neighbouring state Victoria had recently
Masks not required outdoors or in your car, at least
Just public transport, supermarkets, restaurants etc
And no city-wide lockdown and mass firings and businesses going under either
The covid cult here are really vocal atm for just that, ‘go hard go early’ etc
The northern end of the Northern Beaches is pseudo-locked down, where one of my best mates has been trapped since before Xmas
Unluckily he lives less than a km inside the zone
Our right wing state premier is trying to keep the response proportionate under huge pressure from the left wing media and social media
She seems very resistant to implementing a police state, so far
Hopefully our Public Health is as good as they say they are, and nail this outbreak without going much harder
I’d hate to see the freaks win here
Victoria announced at 3:30pm on New Years Eve they were closing the border at midnight the next day,
which resulted in thousands of Victorians on summer holidays here making a mad rush for the border.
NSW is a big state so could be a 6-12 hour road trip for many, just to the border
They were told not to go through Sydney, so had to go the long route there
Thousands driving dangerously, speeding, passing, fatigued etc
And then cueing up at the border for hours while the police logged everyone.
And now thousands who didn’t make it on time are trapped here in limbo
Can’t even cross the border and go into quarantine, like they were told
That’s some empathic governing