by bunburygills » Wed May 06, 2020 9:57 am
I've been retired for over 15 years, it's my superannuation I was thinking about. We've been very lucky here in Western Australia, and in Australia as a whole. The government and the people here have really done a good job. In WA we only have 7 people in hospital, 3 in ICU, with the virus. I think it's only about 9 that's died. Nearly all those came from cruise ships. We had tight restrictions, closed our borders and even the state was split into 7 regions and we couldn't move between them. We haven't been able to go to Perth to see our sons for over 6 weeks and that's only 170km up the road. We were always allowed out for essential reasons and that included exercise, but we had to do social distancing. This meant we could go out walking, running, cycling and playing golf, but only on your own to start with. It then went to 2, and now it's 10. So golf courses never closed here.However, it was game only, no bar or cafe afterwards. In town, all restaurants and cafes are shut as far as sitting in them are concerned but nearly all are doing a take away service. People just get their coffee and stand around or find a park bench to sit on. I go walking, running or cycling just about everyday. We really regard ourselves as being very lucky, it's been no problem for us. The only real bummer was our youngest(38) was due to get married 4 weeks ago but had to postpone 2 weeks before the wedding. He had 85 guests coming but the rules then were 5 for a wedding and 10 for a funeral, strange but true. They are getting ready to gradually open up more things but are prepared to shut everything down again if things go wrong. I can't believe what I see coming from America, especially Michigan with people busting into parliament with guns that look like rocket launchers. One woman shot a security guy dead because he asked her to put a mask on. You've got Trump suggesting people inject themselves with disinfectant and both him and Pompeo (?) making statements completely disregarding statements made by scientists and doctors. I feel very sorry for half the population there but even that will start to fade if they vote him in again. That'll do for now, take care of yourself and the same for everyone else on the forum. Hope you're all holding out well.