@countessalmirena wrote:
I find calling a woman a โbin chickenโ disrespectful, offensive, and rude. I donโt think Ms Berejiklian acted quickly enough; nevertheless, that sort of nastiness is uncalled for.
I haven't seen the video either but would agree.
It seems to me that it is a difficult time to be a top politician because you're damned if you do, damned if you don't.
Things sometimes go wrong, life isn't perfect, but I don't think any of the politicians wanted the current situation.
What I am finding interesting is how attitudes can change. Roll us back to last year in Melb where we were in lockdown and numbers finally started to drop. My friend in USA admired our effort. She was worried about rising numbers in Wis and wished the politicians in US would be more proactive but it was a dog's breakfast over there, with even mask wearing becoming a hot potato politically.
Fast forward to now. The numbers in US have not significantly fallen they are still getting massive rises in numbers every day, mainly amongst the young, but my friend tells me life has returned to normal. I have some facebook friends in USA who post photos and it certainly backs that up, fairs, street parades, people at tourist places, hardly a mask in sight.
My friend in Wisconsin is now a lot more silent on the issue but I get the feeling she isn't so sure now that US took the wrong stance.
And who is to say? We have had much lower death rates, we, even here in Vic, had a glorious 7 month stretch of practically no covid around and only a minor hiccup in Feb. We are in the enviable position of the end in sight to some extent, we can vaccinate and avoid the worst results of the types of outbreaks of last year.
Just harping on past errors of politicians isn't always helpful. Criminal negligence is one thing but mistakes in judgement that show up best in hindsight, that's a bit different.
