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We have 22 Active cases in the entire state. Only 22! It’s just kicked off again after getting out of a hotel used for quarantine.
Our government is doing this to stop a rapid spread and avoid even longer lockdowns.
They’re not fucking around!
We won’t starve or get sick due to lack of food, medicine or health care. Even our pets are being thought of.
Netflix and chill for everyone!
Masks Not mandatory but advised. That’s mainly because they gave us 12 hours notice and lots of people won’t have masks readily available. Mainly because this is our first outbreak since it kicked off in March. We’d pretty much knocked it on the head until a few days ago. Lots of people are understandably annoyed, but there’s no marching in the streets with people screaming “my freedoms!”. I’ll report back in 6 days to let you know how things go. This suit is serious and my state government isn’t fucking around! Peace out imgurians! stay safe, wear a mask and isolate and get tested if you’re unwell. EDIT: as of 1530 hrs (local time) day 1 of lockdown, South Australia has recorded 0 new cases. I’m not confident that will continue, but it’s a bloody good start! EDIT: lockdown ended after 3 days because one moron lied to contact tracers about how he caught COVID. The prick cost the state millions and is unlikely to be criminally charged. I dare say some legislation will now be introduced to discourage such bullshit in the future. In any case, things are open again; albeit with restrictions.
JackalopeElope
Doing it hard is better than just floundering around.
Jace99
Canada is floundering around. Trying regional targeted restrictions which DO NOT work. Should have locked down again, now we're screwed.
greetPlanetDancer
I'm proud of the way our polls have handled the virus, the majority of the country has been pretty good and finance help has been amazing
PanNonOpticon
Rule of exponential growth to exponential decay = the earlier you start the decay, the shorter the decay time. Hit it hard early on
grandorlando
FYI Adelaide/SA was recently one of the safest places in the world for COVID, so it goes to show that no one can afford to be complacent.
AManisNotACamel
Exactly. Bring on the vaccines!
CheeseCakeIsLife
As a South Australian I am super happy with the measures that have been taken and how quickly they got onto it
circegirl
Hi from Glenelg Nth ?
CheeseCakeIsLife
Hello from Elizabeth!
circegirl
Hiya!
lwoshea
Australia - 22 cases - lockdown. USA - 11,759,468 cases - still wide open.
HooRoo2U
South Australian here. Happy that our government cares about us.
coffeeismyfriend
As an Australian living in the US - take this fucking seriously, wear a mask, wash your fucking hands and ignore Facebook warriors. Love ya
LiveB8
On the plus side, for the next six days there won’t be delays on the SE freeway due to roadworks.....
HooRoo2U
Right! I rescued an echidna trying the cross the freeway at Stirling, and it was walking faster than the cars.
LiveB8
We’ve had to wrangle a few animals@on the site so far, usually koalas.
HooRoo2U
Thanks for keeping them (and us) safe. You've got our number (SA Fauna Rescue) on hand?
LiveB8
Wish I did now, had to grab one the little buggers and put it in my ute, bloody bugger bit me and scratched the hell out of my arm lol
SethCronyn
As a Victorian and fellow Aussie, I’m glad that my friends and family in Adelaide are in good spirits despite this flare up. All the best!
grandpasonlylivingheir
We need this in the USA but we have too many "my rights are infringed'" idiots here.
FlaminkoFactor
Good luck! Here (USA) there would be assassination attempts if any leader tried this. There are so many people still against friggin masks!
AlbatrossCafe
I winced as I opened the Twitter comments responding to the order. Surprisingly, the majority were "we can do this SA!" & not "MUH FREEDOM!"
Maboroshi1994
australia doesn't have the same "muh freedom" origin as the US and values some level of civic engagement, case in point, compulsory voting.
EroticZombiePants
America is the dumbest country in the World.
KiopMiko
The pandemic exposed it to the world. We Canadians knew something was up, but figured it was just the guns. Now we know otherwise.
TheTower52
God I wish I was in Australia
munchmunchmunch
Lol my county has 750 reported today alone
ChocolateCookieAndFudge
Thinking of you, neighbours! You've got this!
shivernsnake
It's an opportunity for contact tracing to get ahead of the curve, 6 days won't stop the virus but will allow SA Gov to plan a response.
Psycho3968
We don't fuck around in Oz. Sending hugs to SA from Qld. Hang tight people.???????
CaptainPawfulFox
South Australia? Howdy, mate.
DaisyfromDownunder
The 6 days will be extended because Australians know everything here is still trying to kill us. There's also 4000+ in quarantine pending.
SendNoodss
Netflix and chill....for everyone...confined in their own homes...what are you implying step bro?
morphire
Oh no step bro I'm stuck in this house and can't get out
AManisNotACamel
Maybe not *everyone*... plenty of couples will enjoy it tho.
SendNoodss
See if trump was smart, he woulda used every baby born due to covid as a credit towards any deaths. Then maybe he'd still be president.
AManisNotACamel
But he’s an idiot!
docchloroplast
All he had to do was say “Listen to the scientists, masks and stay-at-home are our patriotic duty etc.” Minimal cases and (1/2)
docchloroplast
a LANDSLIDE victory. But he had to be a selfish brat. (2/2)
ArtisZ
It wasn't a choice for him. He's who he is.
Howfuckinhardisittogetausername
Good job cobbers, we should have had this level of lockdown in Blighty, but Boris is a twatwaffle
gostoso666
I think 6 days is optimistic but sending hugs to SA from NZ
BobaFettApproves
Beige, no
TheWiseAlaundo
Its 6 to start with and a review to decide what will be done for the following 8 I believe
aintnothinbutahounddog28
It is, but once you realize they are doing this because of 22! cases. 22. It doesn't take as much time to get that traced and contained
ILikeFugu
Yup, if you don't lock down at 22, you will need a worse lockdown at 2200
Maevellous
That is when NZ locked down... took 6 weeks. Good luck friends see you on the other side.
funkAsDruck
Meanwhile the us has about 22! (22 factorial) cases
aintnothinbutahounddog28
Thank you. I didn't even think of that. I wish I had!
PleaseRespectMyAsshole
I have no idea what is happening.
Smayds
TIL there are 1,124,000,727,777,607,680,000 cases in the States at the moment.
funkAsDruck
If only there wasn’t testing, then there’d be none
SoooooOriginal
Yeah, but there will be asymptomatic people who will still be contagious after 6 days.
AManisNotACamel
aintnothinbutahounddog28
Yeah I didn't mean it was gonna be enough, the incubation period is just too long. I just meant it isn't as insane with only 22 cases
aintnothinbutahounddog28
Theoretically you could find all the contacts in 6 days
Thetingwitdating
Ah for fuck’s sake. Most of our weed comes from SA and there have already been shortages in NSW. Stay safe SA, the country needs you
deidrechambersultimatecoincidence
Pause and reset. Good wishes SA.
mykybordisbrokn
A fellow south australimgurian!
circegirl
Hello from Glenelg North
omphaloskeptic
AManisNotACamel
From Radelaide?
HooRoo2U
G'Day from the Hills :)
AntiProtonBoy
As a Victorian, I’m sorry for you guys. Lockdown is not as bad as it sounds; it works. Sooner you nip it in the bud, the better. Good luck.
AManisNotACamel
Cheers. I think our government saw what went down for you guys and decided to get serious quickly. Here’s hoping it works.
SoDark
I am honestly curious about how it got out of the quarantine, i suspect idiocy.
AManisNotACamel
Bad luck and proved how contagious it is. They think A cleaner picked it up from a surface and took it home. It’s Infectious as fuck!
distilledsilence
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-18/how-does-covid-survive-on-surfaces-adelaide-cluster/12894780
darkklad2000
as an American
ondrishko
I love being a Victorian and seeing how we beat this shit
VagrantKoba
What about your buddies who protested because "muh freedoms" ? Stupid, bloody idiots.
AManisNotACamel
What a great model for proving it can be controlled - relatively - quickly if everyone is on board. Can’t imagine where you’d be otherwise
marz13
USA?
AManisNotACamel
no one wants to go that far!
thadukes
Oh golly you guys must be old, did you ever meet her?
dmjalund
She prefers to be called Vicky
Thethundercougarfalconbird
700+ to 0. Feels good
LakeOfPeace
Right but does it work? You will see numbers skyrocket again because no one has immunity? Does anything work at this point.
WoefulWombat
I wouldn't mind it at all if it hadn't cost me almost all my annual leave. And jobkeeper got cut.
AntiProtonBoy
That sucks mate.
DarthMaulOfAmerica
I can't even imagine a city or state trying to mandate this stuff here in USA. Folks would set fire to the capital. Bet this works though...
cleffy1
weve been here and done it before already, most of us were in lockdown a couple months ago, its easy. 6 days aint shit now
UncleRat
You're a Victorian, God you are old!
AntiProtonBoy
*upper class chuckle*
UncleRat
Working-class appreciation.
jacblake
Six days?! Those are rookie numbers.
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HooRoo2U
Yup - because we've had zero cases for months, now, and we want to get back to that again soon.
Baughr
Usa has 35 times more cases/million but everyone here keeps fucking around like it's not real.
seafoamistasty
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1110187/coronavirus-incidence-europe-by-country/
Djones06236
We truly are fucking stupid. Embracing conspiracy theories over science, facts, and reality is why we're in this position.
ArtisZ
I'd say it's the other way around.. you are where you are and that kick-starts shit loads of conspiracies..
lovethecapybara
It's just so fucking exhausting.
lyingblondeguy
Cause MURICANS have RIGHTS! It's the same country struggling with mass shootings, but continues to sell weapons everywhere.
YoloTBaggins
Governor inslee in Washington is trying with a lockdown...people in east wa are calling it mind control to prepare for the new world order..
BlondeTraveler
Try living in Wisconsin. Our Tavern league is complaining because college towns are sending people home and they don't like that.
Rapturesfall
Aaay, same with Oregon. Our cases shot up over 1000, so they're freezing fold service and such, and everyone's throwing a fucking tantrum
seafoamistasty
Switzerland and Washington state have roughly the same population Wa state: 1800 cases per100k. Switzerland 3000 per 100k...
magila
We have 22 new cases confirmed ever 10 seconds.
xSerenltyy
Every 10 milliseconds*
magila
Really 22X6X60X24=190,080 22 cases six 10 second periods per minute 60 minutes per hour 24 hrs /day. 190K cases per day slight exaggeration
xSerenltyy
... It was a joke of embellishment, highlighting how crazy our transmission rate is in the US. Never mind though, you killed it.
magila
Just like all my relationships.
xSerenltyy
Also that number isn't so far off, we have had multiple days with 100k+ cases soo
AManisNotACamel
The percentage of mindless morons in the USA seems high to me.
LordVulpix
Based on the election, less than half.
rangerdood
It comes from the top. Having health officials and leadership at war with each other divides their followers equally.
snaggleface
As a Texan, I’m scared
IDVDAonFirstDate
At least you have your guns to fight the antifa. They issue them to Texans at birth, correct? (Former rural Texas resident not born there)
xSerenltyy
I'm in the US. Can confirm.
memeparadise
bro, our contry is spoiled asf. don't be surprise.
memeparadise
so many typos >.>
LambeauField
It's way higher than I expected and I live here. I didn't realize I was surrounded by so many Trumpers and Covidiots. I trust no one anymore
SlappedStupid
It's not genetic, it's not magic, & it's not a statistical anomoly; that leaves environment as the likely cause. When the environment is ->
SlappedStupid
the cause, demonizing the individual just adds insult to injury & draws attention away from the real issue. I dunno if it's fucked up ->
SlappedStupid
education or what, but it hurts my heart to see people being laughed at and diminished for what is obviously already a debilitating ->
SlappedStupid
condition. Yes, they are morons, & I'm a hypocrite, but I think the solution will necessarily involve restoring dignity, & not more insults.
Imafishwithlegs
Its not just being stupid but also callous. People just gave up when it didnt get better and now dont care about the consequences
makeSX
No, they just dont think about the consequenses, because "it wont happen to me", they will be demanding for help when it hits them ->
makeSX
The thing just is that they cant understand that the idea of the quarantine is to slow down the spread, but now when they do get it, the ->
makeSX
Reality is that they wont get any care.
Vvvvvvvvvvvvvvtttt
Minimum 73million morons
Ikindawantsoup
Its so high.
JohnSmithterms
In the UK we went into lockdown for 1 month a week ago.... but schools are open. Fuckin dipshits running this place.
CreateYourOwnNormality
So many places are open still. Every business thinks they can pass for essential. Not looking forward to the third lockdown.
JohnSmithterms
Not looking forward to being stuck on this island with a bunch of covidiots for the next 10 years. Seriously considering canada or new z
russm86
Canada isn’t any better...
JohnSmithterms
I have family in calgary visited quite a few times you have more going for you than the UK in terms of space/outdoors for sure.
russm86
That’s true but we have our own problems...
Lolster
Best decision I ever made was to leave the UK and move to NZ.