Yes, the original sentiment was to " Flatten the Curve". That quickly blew out to something way more drastic and authoritarian. The curver was never more than a pimple and that was largely attributed to a few major sources ( cruise anyone?) .
The thing that now worries me is that I see some many things in business and general way of life that are far from a temporary thing and the cost of some of the things is making me think this is going to be very long term.
I am failing to see the necessity here. Lets face it, we keep our external National border will locked down and we do not have a whole lot to worry about. From what I have heard this week, several of the latest cases have been from people that have come from or been OS. Seems Fking ironic they are busting a gut to get Chinese students back in but then want to inhibit the freedoms of the Citizens because the China Flu poses a risk.
The way the gubbermint is talking and enforcing restrictions like they are going to be permanent, I find very worrying.
It certainly does play to the conspiracy/ new world order theories. A lot of what I am seeing I find too close to comfort to be honest.What is it? Is it someone's plan to destroy everything what we have in order to change who gets the new world economy supremacy? I don't know.
I took my Dad down to the local Cafe Restaurant this afternoon for a coffee. I must have looked like a stunned Mullet when the guy asked me to sign in. I didn't know WTF he was talking about. I asked if the place had been taken over by the bowling club which is just behind. I didn't know WFT he meant by " Sign in" to get a fking Coffee and a bit of Cheese cake. Got pointed to a book and said health department requirement. All these details written in a book anyone could walk off with. Fk that. Gave my name only because it sounds like a fake name anyway and may have mixed up some digits of my phone number.
Dad asked since when did they have a guest book? Couldn't believe it when I told him what it was.
Call me a tin foil hat wearer or whatever but something doesn't sit well with me with all this. The reaction, trouble and expense that is being gone to is way to disproportional to just be about the China flu in my book.
I have no explanation or theories as to why this position of over reaction is being taken but in my book, gummermints and big Biz don't go to trouble and effort ( Or major expense ) for nothing unless there is an ulterior motive.
Public health is probably a better cover storey that even "National security" for imposing regulations. With the drop in the hat of infections we have had here, and I wonder how many have been put down as China flu when they were something else, something seems suspect.
Hope I'm wrong but my gut feeling has a nasty habit of being right even if it often takes me years to figure things out what I had a bad feeling about.
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