Public health emergency is over: mask, vax mandate scrapped

Health minister finally calls time on the Covid cult.

Will we now have an accounting of all the damage done by Covid prevention policies, and the complete lack of any meaningful outcomes? Covid has spread through the entire community, as any sensible person could predict, and excess deaths give the lie to Australia having done “better” than other nations.

500 billion dollars printed since 2020, with inflation predictably running amok. Who knows how many lives and livelihoods ruined. The wholesale destruction of public health credibility. Even the health minister herself now acknowledges that the Covid jabs are useless at preventing Covid, with the mandates dropped even for aged care workers. And yet not long ago people were being fired and scorned for not taking those same jabs.

Seriously, what was it all for?

This is logical and makes sense for the majority who are not at high risk if they get covid.

It does restrict the activities and outings of those at high risk, who are likely to become isolated and depressed as they stay home to stay safe. As there are often few symptoms of covid, no-one knows who has it and is contagious much of the time, so prevention is hard.

The other problem is long covid which is disabling people for months and years, with high levels of disability for those unlucky people who get it. It’s already major problem overseas and becoming more obvious here, looking very much like CFS / ME which also follows on from virus infections for a certain proportion of people.

With a greater chance of being exposed to the virus, rates of illness will be higher whether or not this is tested and documented. Many people don’t bother now. This illness will reduce the available workforce and keep many people home. Letting it run rampant doesn’t seem smart. Most health professionals advise more efforts at containing the virus, but politicians are under pressure from business owners and people who want their freedom to act without restrictions.

It’s been overkill since the beginning. None of the NPIs ever had any solid evidence behind them, and we’ll be living with the consequences for years, probably decades.

On the day that some of our restrictions are eased, Dominic Perrottet intends to push for National Cabinet to remove Covid isolation entirely!

10 days ago, my wife returned from visiting family and that evening, tested positive. She immediately went into full iso – separate bathroom etc. 3 days later, having had virtually no contact with her, I tested positive.

Today is day 6. I’m allowed to leave iso. I’m not required to test negative. I just need to wear a mask for 2 days. I’m still sick!

Dominic Perrottet’s proposal to scrape Covid isolation periods is dangerous. I hope that National Cabinet rejects his proposal and defers that decision at least until the Omicron variant vaccines are available.