So today was a somewhat typical winter in Melbourne say- cold, dark and all around miserable sort of day.
In somewhat “good” news in today’s morning presser (press conference) from the Victorian state government, it was announced that the lockdown will end as per the new schedule with a gradual decrease in restrictions.
One of the most pointless ones is the limit to how far you can go from home- with it now being 25km and for whatever reason. I mean yes the loosening does make sense but the 25km to me does not; after all a lot of peoples 25kms are going to overlap so that if there’s another outbreak then it’s still going to spread like hot cakes!
Another thing I don’t like is the gyms still being closed. I mean with hospitality being reopen why not the gyms? I mean working is good for mental and physical health according to these same “authorities”, but yet it’s still a hotspot? Please! I will be honest and say while I did complain about my gym; if I’m being perfectly honest I’ll also admit that when they did do the additional cleaning I felt perfectly safe. In addition they also took your temperature on arrival and won’t afraid to deny entry if you were in the red zone- which is more much then what a lot of other places do that’s for certain!
I understand the need to be cautious but there also needs to be some sort of logic to it; while I’m by no means pro-business, you have to look at what makes people up and it’s the people. I am lucky and have worked all the way through all four lockdowns, but what about some of the awesome people that work at my gym (like the awesome receptionist for example.) How are they to survive live if their places of business are always in a state of limbo- I bet a lot of those people aren’t eligible for the emergency disaster payment or whatever the $500 conditional payment is from the federal government.
This is only going to keep on happening until mass vaccination occurs and that seems very unlikely anytime soon!
Here’s some pictures from out and about.
