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And first up, no we aren't talking about people who have the virus but are unaware.
Lets look at the facts. The chadstone outbreak was caused by a woman whose housemane/family (cant remember) had tested positive. Instead of isolating until the residents of the house tested negative, she went to work. There are now 35+ infected with at least 1 in intensive care. It is highly likely that someone will die having caught the virus as part of this cluster.
The regional outbreak was caused by a man who caught the virus as part of the chadstone outbreak. Granted he didnt know he had it at the time, however he did stop illegally at cafes (against the condition of his permit to travel and work). Further to that he withheld information about where he had been until 2 weeks after he tested positive, when positive tests started appearing in those places, thereby allowing the virus to spread unknown for 2 weeks. there are likely dozens now infected because of this and with those numbers, and the older age profile of regional victoria, it is likely someone will die.
and ive only specifically talking about deaths caused by this. the emotional and economic harm done by having clusters like this preventing the relaxing of lockdown measures is immeasurable.
IMHO we are at the point where serious criminal charges, jailtime even, must be given to people who flagrantly ignore isolation protocols or prevent disease control by withholding information. in the case where it causes deaths, id be in favor of something along the lines of negligence causing manslaughter (the legal definition of negligence being: a great falling short of the standard of care that a reasonable person would exercise in the circumstances). This isnt the flu or a cold where typicall people fall ill for a week or two and recover, or something like whooping cough where you'd never expect to be carrying it. this is a worldwide pandemic which has infected millions and killed hundreds of thousands in less than a year, causing international border controls and restriction of free movement only seen in the world wars, if even then. this has been around long enough to go past language and culture barriers (though i dont believe there is any implied in the cases above, unlikely in the case of the regional cases), so that is no longer an excuse.
its even different from anti-vaxxing where you are ignoring the ability to prevent yourself from catching the disease, but if you never do then no harm done. this is where you or a housemate catch a highly contagious disease, you know you must isolate to prevent the spread (and the government gives you money to do so), yet you ignore it and risk the lives of others for your own selfish desires (like visiting a cafe).
These people are selfish scum and should be treated as such.
end rant.
Lets look at the facts. The chadstone outbreak was caused by a woman whose housemane/family (cant remember) had tested positive. Instead of isolating until the residents of the house tested negative, she went to work. There are now 35+ infected with at least 1 in intensive care. It is highly likely that someone will die having caught the virus as part of this cluster.
The regional outbreak was caused by a man who caught the virus as part of the chadstone outbreak. Granted he didnt know he had it at the time, however he did stop illegally at cafes (against the condition of his permit to travel and work). Further to that he withheld information about where he had been until 2 weeks after he tested positive, when positive tests started appearing in those places, thereby allowing the virus to spread unknown for 2 weeks. there are likely dozens now infected because of this and with those numbers, and the older age profile of regional victoria, it is likely someone will die.
and ive only specifically talking about deaths caused by this. the emotional and economic harm done by having clusters like this preventing the relaxing of lockdown measures is immeasurable.
IMHO we are at the point where serious criminal charges, jailtime even, must be given to people who flagrantly ignore isolation protocols or prevent disease control by withholding information. in the case where it causes deaths, id be in favor of something along the lines of negligence causing manslaughter (the legal definition of negligence being: a great falling short of the standard of care that a reasonable person would exercise in the circumstances). This isnt the flu or a cold where typicall people fall ill for a week or two and recover, or something like whooping cough where you'd never expect to be carrying it. this is a worldwide pandemic which has infected millions and killed hundreds of thousands in less than a year, causing international border controls and restriction of free movement only seen in the world wars, if even then. this has been around long enough to go past language and culture barriers (though i dont believe there is any implied in the cases above, unlikely in the case of the regional cases), so that is no longer an excuse.
its even different from anti-vaxxing where you are ignoring the ability to prevent yourself from catching the disease, but if you never do then no harm done. this is where you or a housemate catch a highly contagious disease, you know you must isolate to prevent the spread (and the government gives you money to do so), yet you ignore it and risk the lives of others for your own selfish desires (like visiting a cafe).
These people are selfish scum and should be treated as such.
end rant.
