Thread: Corona Virus

Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares

Vic has banned all sales of Guns. What is this going to get violent as the masses go mad?

As the reports did also say .... there has been a large increase in the purchase of guns and ammunition. Which is why they clamped down.

Presumably the same sort of people who stripped the shelves of toilet paper.

Originally Posted by Tote

Queensland have also closed all gun dealers. Too bad if a cocky needs ammo to run his farm. .

Regards,
Tote

Having grown up on a farm, and being the one from a young age designated to be the one to dispatch foxes, rabbits and sick animals, I can promise you that a 20 pack of 22LR will be sufficient for a couple of years.

Ammunition is not actually a heavy use item on any farm I can think of in Australia.

Originally Posted by Saitch

Our only pub has started home delivery. What should I make of that?

Probably a mixed dozen, a carton of ales and 2 bottles of Wild Turkey.

Originally Posted by Arapiles

As the reports did also say .... there has been a large increase in the purchase of guns and ammunition. Which is why they clamped down.

Presumably the same sort of people who stripped the shelves of toilet paper.

The wife and I overheard a couple of Vietnam vets talking in the local mower shop a couple of weeks ago saying that they and some other Vets were arming themselves.

We have the usual form of density (kg/m3), but with just a little bit of effort, the seemingly less dense can suddenly coalesce into a solid lump of it too.

Astrophysicist gets magnets stuck up nose while inventing coronavirus device | Australia news | The Guardian

Someones mum must be so proud... ...and there is likely also a face-palming dad.

Originally Posted by travelrover

The wife and I overheard a couple of Vietnam vets talking in the local mower shop a couple of weeks ago saying that they and some other Vets were arming themselves.

How do you know that they were Vietnam Vets? Did the have stickers on their wheelchairs or walking frames?
You do realise than Vietnam Vets are now in their late sixties/seventies, What a terrifying proposition a few old men with rifles.

The MoH here has released the 3rd party reports that were used to advise the process of our current lockdown which is now almost a week in (as of midnight tonight)

COVID-19 Modelling reports | Ministry of Health NZ

Some of the references will make good secondary reading.

Interesting to see the dates of these reports and then read the titles to see a series of escalations in response.

Edit to include the timelines and titles:

27 February 2020 -- Draft Modelled Estimates for the Spread and Health Impact of Covid-19 in New Zealand: Revised Preliminary Report for the NZ Ministry of Health

6 March 2020 -- Rationale for Border Control Interventions and Options to Prevent or Delay the Arrival of Covid-19 in New Zealand: Final Commissioned Report for the New Zealand Ministry of Health

16 March 2020 -- Potential Age-Specific Health Impacts from Uncontrolled Spread of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the New Zealand Population Using the CovidSIM Model: Report to the NZ Ministry of Health

20 March 2020 -- Supporting the COVID-19 pandemic response: Surveillance and Outbreak Analytics

23 March 2020 -- Potential Health Impacts from the COVID-19 Pandemic for New Zealand if Eradication Fails: Report to the NZ Ministry of Health

24 March 2020 -- Confidential Report Potential Worse Case Health Impacts from the COVID-19 Pandemic for New Zealand if Eradication Fails: Report to the NZ Ministry of Health

They were certainly in their late sixties and talking about a unit reunion the week before where the discussion on arming occurred. One had a Vietnam Veteran sticker on his land cruiser. I have seen these guys around the area over the years and have no doubt they are veterans.

Anyway, yes scary!