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| Huge floods smash Australia’s East Coast as unvaccinated volunteers are turned away from helping |
| 2022-03-09 |
| [LETTERSFROMAUSTRALIA] Australia’s east coast has been smashed by once-in-a-generation floods, but people rushing to aid devastated communities are being turned away for being unvaccinated. Residents have called for help, especially in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales where some areas had no power or clean water as of Monday. Australians traditionally help each other in a crisis, and the State Emergency Services (SES) organise unpaid volunteers in each state with equipment and training. Despite the urgent need, the NSW SES is turning away volunteers not vaccinated for covid - even though the vaccine does not protect against transmission. |
| Posted by:anon1 |
| #11 Haha hello Rex no Grand Prix i promise! |
| Posted by: Anon1 2022-03-09 20:25 |
| #10 Thank you, Anon1. I feel very blessed, indeed. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2022-03-09 16:47 |
| #9 Good to hear from you Anon1 - just promise us you won't be entering any Grand Prix races, OK? |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2022-03-09 16:29 |
| #8 Hang in there Anon1. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-03-09 13:40 |
| #7 Ps: i love that you are still here Trailing Wife, God Bless You |
| Posted by: Anon1 2022-03-09 10:29 |
| #6 "Despite the urgent need..." I'll next believe anything is "urgent" when those organizing around it BEHAVE as if its urgent. |
| Posted by: Crusader 2022-03-09 10:28 |
| #5 Thankyou Trailing Wife, for fixing the head and posting over the day you are the best ever Yes, Murcek, Australia has lost all pretence at freedom, we are run by corporations. Only the working class still believes it is a democracy where their vote should matter There is literally nobody to vote for - both major parties were gung ho giving billions to pfizer for the vax and forcing us all into it Not saying it is bad for everyone, some need it, but nobody should be forced Australia banned doctors from prescribing cheap, safe and useful ivermectin as it would compete with the vax and expensive treatments like remdesivir Then they demonised the unvaxxed, sacked us from our jobs and encouraged a wave of hate against us. They called us “entitled “ and “plague rats” We can’t visit loved ones in aged care or go to the state library even with a negative RAT covid test proving we don’t have it, because we refused to take the product Australia refuses to recognise natural immunity even though europe does, and it is well proven in science that recovered infected have excellent immunity Thats why they kicked Novak Djokovic out even though he did nothing wrong, because they didn’t want to recognise natural immunity or have protests They crushed us but some of us are holding out just on principle. I refused it because i will not let the government choose for me what to stick in my body, i will choose on the science and that is the end of the matter But we have suffered |
| Posted by: Anon1 2022-03-09 10:27 |
| #4 I believe they bit themselves in the ass on tourism with quite a many people murcek. |
| Posted by: Chris 2022-03-09 09:34 |
| #3 Somewhere I once thought I'd like to visit. I won't be spending any of my unvaccinated money there now... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-03-09 08:40 |
| #2 Headline fixed. Glad to see you survived the Covid craziness, dear anon1. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2022-03-09 08:36 |
| #1 Australia's east coast - should perhaps say in the headline but it's copied directly - filed under "Down Under" however it might be confusing for the Burg on first glance |
| Posted by: anon1 2022-03-09 08:26 |