It was the same here in SA with our lockdown, at first face covering, then moved to masks all round, possibly because of the lack of masks available in the short term. Homemade masks were ok in the beginning.
Then homemade masks were not allowed for aged care workers/hospitals, only visitors.
Now it’s back to masks if you can’t Social distance.
It will probably be completely different in WA too, different states, different rules, it is very frustrating.
This is an interesting article.
I’m not wearing one, I’ve got PTSD, the idea of putting one of those things on is already taking my breath away.
I’ve been terrorized enough in my life.
I’ve got one of those cards that people can get when they can’t wear one for whatever reason.
I hardly ever go to the shop, it feels like I’m in some dystopian nightmare, zombies with masks everywhere.
Even outside on the street FFS. People are shuffling along, almost pressing themselves against the wall when you walk past.
What really gets to me is the changing of stories and most of all, people don’t even notice the story is changing.
Whole generations of kids have been traumatized under the guise of keeping the elderly safe.
Every old person that has died with Covid has been milked in the media to spread fear.
They had these ads on tv showing some kid hugging grandma and then grandma ending up dying in the ICU.
I call that psychological abuse. The worst thing is, they’ve never asked the elderly what it was they wanted.
They were just locked up and no family allowed. These people know they are at the end of their life, could they please spend that little time with the people they love?
Now they are dying after getting the vaccin and the story is…
It’s quite normal people of this age group die, approximately 880 people of that age die in an average week, nothing to worry about 
They have now given themselves the right to lock us away in a hospital at the other end of the country when they suspect you’ve got Covid and are not able to properly quarantine yourself at home.
Are they going to take away kids in households with little room, traumatize them ever more?
The whole bloody world has gone totally bonkers if you ask me.
Had to think about this guy for awhile. Can’t believe people would be so paranoid. I don’t believe for a moment there is some conspiracy to thin the population. What I do believe is the FDA is over educated. All they believe in is a drugs are the only answer without any after though what the drug does to the human body. Wasn’t it Sweden that reached herd immunity without any restrictions or quarantine?
The only conspiracy in this country is from politics. How do I get enough money to be reelected. I’m in the 1b vax plan because of age. I’m not in any hurry to get vaxed till American’s are told they no longer have to mask. Then I can have some faith in the vaccine’s.
I don’t know how many have heard this but after all the condemnations of Hydroxycloroquine + zinc + azithromyacin ? (zpac) they have now admitted that the claims of it being effective in early stage treatment were absolutely correct. Even Facebook has ceased censoring claims of its effectiveness. I’ve followed this for quite awhile, read some of the studies, and listened to front line doctors attest to the effectiveness. Screw their vaccination.
Edit: lots here https://c19study.com/
Where is Big Pharma gonna get their billions in profits from if they allow this @Mikser? I’m thinking “no” unless of course there is an almighty “revolt from the peasants” 
. More than happy to be proven wrong though …
EDIT: I need some help please. I was wondering if I’m thinking about this too simplistically and if there’s something I’m missing. I was looking at the WHO website tonight and their dashboard showed their “official” global COVID* figures as follows:
COVID* confirmed cases @ 105,805,951 with deaths @ 2,312,278.
I’m thinking if 2,312,278 people have died from this that would mean the death rate (rounded off) is about 2.19%. So, if the death rate is 2.19%, wouldn’t that mean the “survival” rate (the people who didn’t die) is 97.81%? This may sound stupid but have I missed something here or does my simplistic reasoning make sense? I only ask as I’m curious and more than happy to be set right 
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And one last question if I may. Can someone who has some psychology training (or a knowledgeable amateur) explain to me why some people point blank refuse to engage in sensible discussion on this topic? I come across people all the time who, once you try and give an alternative take on COVID* just jump up and down and tell me “no, no, you don’t know what you’re talking about” and simply refuse to engage anymore. It’s so frustrating and confusing. Why are some people like this? I realise these are difficult times for a lot of us 
but it would be interesting to know what and why. Cheers.
No, you haven’t. Keep in mind that a lot of those people have died with Covid, not from Covid. I believe they have put the IFR (infection fatality rate) at 0.23% and that’s for all ages. Take the age group 70+ out and it is 0.05%
Those numbers, regardless whether you take them at face value or not, are just a third of the amount of people that die from smoking every year.
That’s not a health crisis of course and the safe alternative is demonized by WHO and their ilk, because…
Seriously, people should start opening their eyes before it is too late, because those psychopaths in charge are ruining our way of life so they can force us all into their straightjacket.
They simply cannot imagine that people could be this evil. They should pay attention to what happened in history over and over again.
I understand that the notion that your government doesn’t give two shits about you and your offspring is very hard to take.
It will take the security and bottom out of their lives if they would acknowledge that the people who run this world are psychopaths with only themselves and their positions of power and money as their nr 1 goal.
I understand that perfectly. It happened to me when I was 4 and it was my own family that turned out to be evil as fuck.
If I had been able to shut my eyes and pretend every thing was hunky dory, I would have done the same, til I was blue in the face.
Unfortunately it wasn’t possible.
Now I rather go to the slaughter with my eyes wide open, at least I will be able to look around for a window of opportunity to escape.
Going with your eyes shut will not change your fate.
There’s another psychological beast rearing it’s ugly head, Stockholm syndrome!
The bastard that is keeping us hostage for almost a year now has never been so popular, his party is growing
Nah, they will not, because if there is a treatment, they cannot force you to get vaccinated and that is what they want.
Watch and shiver. No worries, the text you see at first is in Dutch, the speech is not.
I just watched the video above Josephine and I have just one thing to say …… “scary” 
There are 12 more, I’m not sure I want to know. 
Some of you may have already seen this but I’ve only just discovered it and it’s a very interesting read indeed. It’s a pretty long piece but I found it well worth it. Definitely download-worthy 
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OK, my previous question (see above) seems to have been answered (maybe). The notion that it may be a huge case of “mass hysteria” sort of makes sense to me now. Look, I know what mass hysteria is but it just wasn’t something I would have thought about as being a possible reason to be honest. The article I linked above explains it all in language not difficult to understand and from my perspective (and mine only), it offers an explanation as to why people behave the way they do. That done, all we need now is the solution to remedy all of this.
The Solution? No idea, my brain hurts just thinking about it 
. Maybe I need more time to research this.
Disclaimer: My own personal view(s) only and no offence intended. Believe what you will and I’ll do the same. Peace 
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Woo-Hoo! I wear glasses so super stoked I am 3 times less likely to catch that “thing” I have a 97% chance of surviving anyway. “Winner, winner. Chicken dinner” . 
As always who sponcered the study? What is their bias? Why was the study proformed?
Seems these people that do the study have too much time on their hands. The people who sponcered the study has too large a budget.
They might be forced to… 
That’s not what I’ve seen happening in courts here. The judge blatantly said that the government didn’t need to explain or proof anything to the population as they have to do when they annul constitutional rights.
Each and every case has been denied by one judge after another.
Pure contempt for the people and this shit is been happening for years now.
Courts don’t work anymore, the whole system is bankrupt.
In the meantime everybody will have this lethal “vaccine” administered, businesses will be obliterated and our children are scarred for life.
I applaud any form of protest, large and small.
@bede1 @SessionDrummer @mjag @muth @Mikser @Mix_and_Hope @Pro_Vapes @Raven-Knightly @Deerslayer @delltrapp
If you all remember me I’ve been away for a long time. I finally started working on several dreams with COVID. One was to learn Photoshop editing and become a pro, the next was to do CAD again but this time for me instead of work. I’ve invested a boatload of money and have mostly lurked around (but hardly ever). I have 5 recipes now that I vape. I’ve spent so much money on the other stuff I’ve stayed out of mixing.
Y’all have the right to be pissed but I had to follow my dream. Sorry I didn’t spend more time here but I’ve been at it 12-18 hrs a day during my free time. Here’s one I did. It’s a composite of 5-6 different pictures. The nice thing is they were taken by me all on the same day but at 4 hrs difference in time. You spot out to me where you can see the compositing.
Seriously, this isn’t real. Tell me if you can spot the features that have been added or modified. I’m betting I’m gonna get a lot of “BS you didn’t make that” replies but I know.
I had to follow my dreams. I’ve had COVID 2 times now (that makes it worse). So kick in and tell me what you think? Is it any good?
This is COVID related. Trust me. It’s what I’ve been doing during this nightmare… being forced to stay inside, being sick, and every thing else that’s been going on. If you don’t think it’s COVID related, please don’t blast me because it’s my journey through this massive clusterf*uck. Something good came from it and to me, that’s one positive out of all the negativity.
Nice to see you keeping busy despite what happened.
nice to meet you 
and i am glad “someone” made good use of their time.
your pic, i see nothing out of order. though, perhaps you added the close tree’s and the deck. just a guess.
Sounds like you’re having fun. That’s great. You’re the first I’ve heard of having had Covid twice. Sorry to hear that, but at the same time wonder what that was like.
Obviously don’t know where and how you got the pics but the first thing I noticed was the focus is a little soft. Beyond that I just see some lighting that doesn’t make a lot of sense. Direction of the shadows aren’t lining up the best. Beyond that not bad.
