@trentrunciman said in [Politics Super Thread \- keep it all in here](/post/1156686) said:
RIP social distancing
Despite the fact that hold freedom of speech and the right to protest in the highest order, how do our "overlords" (joking...... relax) justify that we cant go to the footy, go to the gym etc? How do our overlords look in the eye, business owners who are seeing their lifetime works and dream evaporate?
I think these people are fools protesting now. I understand why they are protesting and it is certainly valid, but only one person there has to have the virus and it'll spiral out of control again. Absolute insanity.
It was apparently a big protest march in Spain back in March (for International Women's Day) that was a catalyst for that country's massive surge in cases.
The main difference is the rate of coronavirus was high and escalating in Spain,thankfully here it is the opposite and restrictions are being lifted.It dosent mean it is perfectly safe but it is doubtful to be perfectly safe for quite a while yet
Spain only had 430 cases at the time. 18 days later it had 47,000.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/25/how-spain-sat-on-its-hands-as-coronavirus-took-hold
Yes but there was very little attempt at that stage in Spain at controlling the spread with few restrictions in place.Admittedly that is what my memory tells me.
Our situation is very different with new cases here nearly always coming in from overseas.