Australian officials reminded their subjects that the nation’s “zero COVID” strategy has somehow given them the power to strip the people of their freedoms.
Australia continues to sink to the level of Cuba when it comes to individual liberty. Some would even think it is worse, as their Zero Covid policies are completely unrealistic, as we have seen COVID cases increase even among highly vaccinated nations.
The shocking scenes of police arresting people for simply stepping outside of their homes in Melbourne and Sydney have left the world shaking their heads in amazement. For the last 20 months, parts of Australia have been under one draconian lockdown after another. The draconian measures witnessed in Australia are unbelievable, especially for a nation that was considered free.
Government leaders in the state of New South Wales — where the bureaucracy just a month ago announced that it was giving vaccinated citizens a “reward” of one extra hour outside their homes for recreation time — announced during a Monday press briefing that unvaccinated folks “will lose their freedoms” in October, Sky News reported.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Deputy Premier John Barilaro announced updated COVID protocols Monday morning in remarks to the press to give more details for their so-called “blueprint for freedom.”
Berejiklian’s announcement revealed “extra freedoms” residents can experience once the state hits an 80% vaccination rate — above and beyond the current 70% goalpost, News.com.au reported.
The state has been touting its 70% threshold goal and said Monday that it expected to hit that goal by Oct. 11. The updated “freedoms” for the 80% threshold will include freely traveling anywhere in NSW; allowing people to stand up and drink in pubs (aka “vertical drinking”); up to 10 visitors at a private residence; groups of up to 20 people allowed to gather outside; no limits on fully vaccinated attendance at weddings and funerals; and a number of other “extra freedoms”.
Anyone who is not vaccinated can expect to “lose their freedoms,” the government announced.
The 70% roadmap that will kick in on Oct. 11 will apply to the whole state, Deputy Premier Barilaro said. This means that restrictions for non-vaxxed will also kick in.
“The message to the unvaccinated is that you will not achieve any further freedom unless you get vaccinated,” he stated.
And then he made it clear that not only would unvaccinated people not “achieve any further freedom,” but also they will “lose” freedoms they currently enjoy.