With NSW showing no signs of getting the virus under control with current measures just curious how people would feel about 2 weeks of essentially martial law. Noone allowed outside (beside health professionals/military/police for any non health reason) with very severe penalties for anyone who breaches this.
This is exactly what we need to do. I exercise twice a day (I'd hate to lose it) but the vast majority of people ignoring the rules do so under the guise of 'exercise'. Large family groups meeting while the kids play on the swings, 7 or 8 people doing a boot camp, 5 or 6 people walking together without masks. I see it every day.
For two weeks we can survive without outside exercise. I believe it should be:
No exercise
No discretionary retails (Bunnings, Ikea etc). Trade only for Bunnings.
Close all takeaway, cafes etc
Limit essential work to truly essential work (police, health, fire, ambo, SES, food retail, finance, media etc).
No mask fine - $3,000
Other health breach - $10,000
You only leave home for health, vaccination or food/fuel
Curfew's aren't needed, all the people I see doing the wrong thing are doing it in the middle of the day.
After two weeks everyone who is going to catch COVID will be infected. From there it's like a blank canvas and the contact tracers won't be chasing their tales and dealing with people telling lies about where they've been.
I'd much rather two weeks of misery than 4 months of getting nowhere. We're worse off now than when the lockdowns started.
