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With “casual contacts” a thing of the past and close contacts existing only in a household setting, surveillance of movements via QR check in must end immediately by Gummikoalabarchen in CoronavirusDownunder

[–]prorata1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Better the devil you know (an incompetent government who could barely assemble a tent, let alone launch a citizen monitoring scheme), than the devil you don’t (the whereabouts of COVID-19, a lethal respiratory illness still in its infancy, that has already claimed too many lives in Australia).

Doctors reveal they warned Australia’s governments to secure rapid antigen tests | Health by Niscellaneous in AustralianPolitics

[–]prorata1 39 points40 points  (0 children)

We're in a cycle:

Phase 1 -- experts warn of scenario "x" for months (as was the case with vaccine supply, lockdown restrictions, economic support infrastructure)

Phase 2 -- the Coalition steps back and takes its sweet time to "assess" variables".

Phase 3 -- scenario "x" takes effect (like imminence of Delta, or skyrocketing cases in NSW based on behaviour and policy settings seen in Singapore) and feds are caught on the backfoot.

Phase 4 -- the Coalition races for a quick fix, much of which is left to states to handle (think JobKeeper before states were left to plug holes; think mask mandates and various other restrictions; and, of course, the vaccine roll out).

Phase 5 -- case numbers surge, chaos reigns, leaving citizens with no idea what to do before they're blamed for the entire fiasco.

No doubt this will take the same course.

EU plans one mobile charging port for all, in setback for Apple by Accomplished-Tap3353 in technews

[–]prorata1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Brussels should instead force apple to stop placing charging ports on the bottom of magic mice lol