Melbourne passes Buenos Aires' world record for time spent in COVID-19 lockdown

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-03/ ... /100510710

Because we see a lot of opposition to this on the news, we get the impression that almost the entire population is against this and are being locked-up against their will, but how true is that? Without bringing in personal bias, in reality, what percentage of Australians are happy to go along with lock-downs compared to those we see on the news?

Considering that in the UK, the government agreed to pay 80% of everyone's salary to sit at home and do nothing for months on end, most people were quite happy with the arrangement. Of course lock-downs cause huge damage to the economy, but the overwhelming majority of Brits simply go to work every day (for someone else), get paid at the end of the month and don't really think too much about it beyond that. So long as they're still getting paid from somewhere and by someone, to them, what's the issue? For many, it was like a dream come true. It's like, any damage to the economy is for someone else to sort out at a later stage.

Is there not a bit of that in Oz?

You mean staying home and get partially paid, but no pubs, concerts, sport events? Must be really fun.

Chuck Borris wrote: ↑Mon Oct 04, 2021 2:37 pm You mean staying home and get partially paid, but no pubs, concerts, sport events? Must be really fun.

This. Yeah, a break is nice at first, but begins to wear thin very quickly when there is bugger all to do.