Tag: Omnicron

COVID-19

NSW, the land of hope, freedom and glory – » The Australian Independent Media Network

It’s always been apparent and obvious, to me at least, that opening up too soon without retaining other precautions such as masks and distancing was a recipe for an eventual return to more stringent restrictions, sooner or later. Perrottet may think that his hope-filled, glass-half-full approach to the virus and his almost crusading zeal to bring about a free and happy conclusion to two years of COVID-19 misery is the way to go. I have reservations about that, and I’m possibly in reasonably good company. To me, rather than bringing about a new freedom to the NSW people, it seems more likely that the state government has simply given up and feels it can no longer cope with this health emergency.

Source: NSW, the land of hope, freedom and glory – » The Australian Independent Media Network

COVID-19

Omicron Surge Gives Hospitals Reason to Let Journalists In

Medical workers tend to a patient at a Brooklyn hospital that has seen a rise in coronavirus-related cases on Dec. 15, 2020, in New York City.

Australians love reality shows maybe it’s time to witness “hospital reality” and what Covid wards look like filled with the non-jabbed, while patients without Covid, but with serious conditions, are being turned away. Maybe it should be shown on the big screens of Melbourne when anti-vaxxers and freedom marchers are protesting about their inconvenience.

Most CEOs were not OK with it. Their decisions to ban reporters, taken one by one and with an impact that was collective, helped turn the sudden battle against Covid-19 into a long war with hundreds of thousands of victims whose terrifying plight could not be witnessed. This spared Americans from the medieval inconvenience of seeing the suffering and death of a plague in their midst. In its first months, the pandemic was defined by empty streets and grounded planes, by 6 feet of distance between nervous people, and by the strained faces of hospital workers who were swamped and frightened.

Source: Omicron Surge Gives Hospitals Reason to Let Journalists In