Thread: Corona Virus

It's called the "me me me" generation. Or maybe the "i don't give a **** about you" generation. The unfortunate thing is they are breeding.

Originally Posted by Arapiles

[QUOTE Originally Posted by bob10
It's the lack of concern for others that worries me, sometimes. And yes, it happens everywhere. It seems the old fashioned values of fair go and look after the less fortunate , and take responsibility for your actions belong to a different era. We'll probably never know why those who disregard the COVID restrictions did so, some probably thought they had a valid reason, some just thought they would get away with it. But not one seems to have stopped to think of the consequences of their actions. We still don't know the full story of the first two, who came up for work. Perhaps they were told they could, but whatever happened, we must hope that the reason is sorted , and doesn't happen again.

A couple of Easters ago we found ourselves camped in a caravan park next to a family of ****wits. They parked their cars on our site, their unleashed dog **** in our campground, it snarled at our kids when they went to use the toilets, they had loud music going continually, they built a bonfire the size of a small house, used a chainsaw to cut up timber in the park itself and when I asked them to shut up - at 2.00am - the husband jumped into his 4WD and threatened to run over the tent with my kids in it. Oh, and the wife took photos of my car's number plates and said that she was a lawyer, that I was obviously a paedophile and she was reporting me. They were kicked out of the park the next morning for their infringements the previous day and that was before park management knew about the overnight issues, which park management were horrified by.

Anyway, I'm betting that those people don't pay much attention to covid rules.[/QUOTE]

I've heard similar stories up here, as well. Alcohol is usually the dominant factor. What an example to their children.

Originally Posted by 4bee

Yep, I'm with you, under the heading of SELFISH INCONSIDERATION.

I had an experience the other day which brightened my day, and was really a feel good moment. I went to Woolies to get some ingredients for the soup I made for dinner, and found myself in the checkout lane with a woman. She chatted away happily, and was excited the chocolates were half price. So she bought one for her taxi driver, she said, She normally buys him a scone, but the choccies were half price , you see. Then she leaned over and said in a quiet voice " I didn't get dressed all day yesterday, " as though it was the most wicked thing she had done. Before I could say anything, she said " I was in my slip all day, but it doesn't matter I'm,90 years old, and live alone". It was said in the utmost innocence, and I smiled for most of the day. And I thought , to hell with the selfish ignorant grubs . They wont spoil her day, or mine.

Originally Posted by bob10

I had an experience the other day which brightened my day, and was really a feel good moment. I went to Woolies to get some ingredients for the soup I made for dinner, and found myself in the checkout lane with a woman. She chatted away happily, and was excited the chocolates were half price. So she bought one for her taxi driver, she said, She normally buys him a scone, but the choccies were half price , you see. Then she leaned over and said in a quiet voice " I didn't get dressed all day yesterday, " as though it was the most wicked thing she had done. Before I could say anything, she said " I was in my slip all day, but it doesn't matter I'm,90 years old, and live alone". It was said in the utmost innocence, and I smiled for most of the day. And I thought , to hell with the selfish ignorant grubs . They wont spoil her day, or mine.

Just when I got to the bit where your luck seemed to be in for the day bob, you disappointed me.

Still I bet there are a few 90 year old goers in this country.


You might have struck one.

India and Brazil seem to be examples of countries where many people, particularly in rural areas, are dying of undiagnosed Covid because they are not tested. Some experts think the true Covid death toll could be up to 10 times the official figure.
In Australia, we may never know how many people have had Covid, have recovered, but were never tested because they just thought they had a cold.
For example, there seems to be an outbreak of what is being described as Rhinovirus happening here at the moment, but people just take Panadol and go to bed for a few days and then are okay. Not tested for Covid, so we don't know if that was the real problem.
I have also spoken with people who had fevers, coughs and similar symptoms, but chose not to get tested for Covid because they didn't want their families forced into quarantine if they tested positive. I have encouraged them to get tested.
I saw the Vic health officials saying today they assume there are more Covid positive people in Melbourne, but we will never know unless they get tested. Covid fragments were found by sewage testing at Heidelberg, but there are no known cases there. If it is just historic cases shedding Covid fragments, that still means there were undiagnosed cases which have since recovered.
We may never know.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

India and Brazil seem to be examples of countries where many people, particularly in rural areas, are dying of undiagnosed Covid because they are not tested. Some experts think the true Covid death toll could be up to 10 times the official figure.
In Australia, we may never know how many people have had Covid, have recovered, but were never tested because they just thought they had a cold.
For example, there seems to be an outbreak of what is being described as Rhinovirus happening here at the moment, but people just take Panadol and go to bed for a few days and then are okay. Not tested for Covid, so we don't know if that was the real problem.
I have also spoken with people who had fevers, coughs and similar symptoms, but chose not to get tested for Covid because they didn't want their families forced into quarantine if they tested positive. I have encouraged them to get tested.
I saw the Vic health officials saying today they assume there are more Covid positive people in Melbourne, but we will never know unless they get tested. Covid fragments were found by sewage testing at Heidelberg, but there are no known cases there. If it is just historic cases shedding Covid fragments, that still means there were undiagnosed cases which have since recovered.
We may never know.

That's a bit rich, coming from someone who went galavanting interstate during a lockdown.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

............... Covid fragments were found by sewage testing at Heidelberg, but there are no known cases there. If it is just historic cases shedding Covid fragments, that still means there were undiagnosed cases which have since recovered.
We may never know.

The only thing that the testing result shows is that someone had a dump in that sewered area who had been exposed to the virus at some stage. That's all.

They could have come from anywhere doing an 'essential service' even during lockdown.

DL

I did some sewerage testing at the Bolo this evening. Won't drink that **** again.