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Thought all beaches were closed for any activity - certainly are down here - just taking your dog out on one will get you a $1000 fine and the Police are out in numbers along the main beach areas. Don't get it myself - exercise is fine - as long as you don't do it on the beach??? That's a bit stupid IMO.Quote:
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Three beaches and the adjoining car parks on the Gold Coast are closed due to people sunbaking and crowding. All other beaches are open.Quote:
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Wot? Actually laying down one's Beach Towel & getting a tan in a Car Park?
A bloody dangerous place to do that I reckon. Squelch. [biggrin]
US Acting Navy secretary resigns over the sacking of the USN Carrier Captain. People power in an election year. But in the circumstances, understandable.
BREAKING NEWS The acting Navy secretary resigned after his bungled response to a coronavirus outbreak on an aircraft carrier set off an outcry. Tuesday, April 7, 2020 4:10 PM EST The departure of Thomas B. Modly, the acting Navy secretary, marks the latestin a string of events that began last week, after The San Francisco Chroniclepublished a letter in which the commander of the aircraft carrier TheodoreRoosevelt, Capt. Brett E. Crozier, pleaded with the Navy to help contain thevirus that had spread rapidly through his ship.
The New York Times back story on Boris.
And now for the Back Story on …
A nation’s leader in intensive care
Stephen Castle, The Times’s London correspondent, has been covering Britain’s coronavirus outbreak and Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s personal experience with Covid-19. I spoke to him about what he’s seeing on the ground.
Walk us through Boris Johnson’s condition and how his case has progressed.
We heard on Tuesday that he was stable overnight and was still in intensive care. Critically, they said he had gotten some oxygen but had not been on a ventilator or required invasive treatment.
His girlfriend Carrie Symonds, who is pregnant, tweeted about feeling symptoms, but we have no suggestion that she has suffered anything as serious as Boris Johnson.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is being treated for Covid-19 at the intensive care unit of St. Thomas Hospital in London. Andrew Testa for The New York Times
What’s the mood right now in Britain?
There was quite a lot of surprise and a certain amount of shock of the announcement this week.
Really until Thursday and even into Friday, the plan was for him to come out of self-isolation on Friday, which would have been seven days from when he was diagnosed. Then he himself did a sort of rather shaky at-home video explaining his situation, in which he didn’t look terrible, but he didn’t look great either. That was as far as we knew.
What are the big questions about leadership in this time of crisis?
It has caused something of a power vacuum. We’re in a rather unpredictable position where we’re slightly unclear how the government is being run. As you know, there is no written constitution.
The foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, is deputizing for the prime minister, but there does seem to be this feeling at the moment that everything is kind of going wrong for the government at an incredibly critical time for the country.
Have a look at this,its sort of on topic:bat::Rolling::Rolling:
Check out the vid.[biggrin]
It would be interesting if those Smoke exhaust fans started.
Queensland prisons in early lockdown as prisoners climb roof in virus protest
How can coronavirus lock downs end safely and effectively ? The WHO explains.
How can lockdowns end safely and effectively? A WHO official explains | World Economic Forum
The wind surfers are still flying at Brighton/Sandgate. Shops on the front are selling take away fish & chips to eat on the beach front. Plenty of room to isolate properly. Every one seems to be sticking to the rules.Quote:
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What was happening is crowds were driving to the coast from Brisbane, and making it difficult to maintain distance rules on the Gold coast beaches they congregated at. Also there were no flags to swim between, even though some life savers had volunteered to be there in case needed. The Gold Coast Mayor asked numerous times for Brisbanites to stay home, and in the end closed the beaches concerned out of frustration. Here at Brighton/ Sandgate our beach [ mud] is open, as long as people maintain the correct distance, and number assembled. Common sense is prevailing, so far. Absolute glorious days on the front, the wife and I are going for a walk to get our take away lunch and eat it in seclusion . Happy days.