both sides now

 

so here's the thing that really annoys me right now. You get a feed of information that you want to hear. Certain YouTube clips, favorite pages, even images blowing smoke up your ass, giving you the ability to concur with something you probably already agree with even before you see it.

but I am having a time of it in Victoria right now. But I don't have the view from the point of all or nothing. It's much more complex than that. Here's some recent information

Latest Victorian Numbers. Updated: 14/9/2020 05:30pm

35 new cases (last 24 hours)

19,872 total cases

8,937 test results received (last 24 hours)

2,497,710 total tests

7 lives lost (last 24 hours)

729 total lives lost

1,075 active cases

18,006 recovered  

so the following is the age groups of those who have died nation wide and broken down by state

ACT    NSW    QLD  SA  TAS VIC     WA MISC

20s         1

30s         2

40s         3     1

50s 1         13

60s 1 4     1     1         23     1         1

70s 12     3     3     5         116     5

80s 2 18     3     5         307     2         2

90s 16     3         251         3

100s  9

now I am not of the view that Victoria should have done nothing, but looking at these figures, it is obvious that something should have and should be done in regards to the people in their 70's to 90's. Such a point that is hard to ignore. As to the numbers prior to the 70's, I'm not so sure.

that period from middle March to Middle July with all those people in front of Centrelink. Was the virus in some naive state? You could tell because it was wearing nappies. 

now I would like a break down of other data in regards to age of total cases and age of those recovered. screw it, I want all the data in regards to the virus. Every set. Every sub-set.

I want to make an informed view as to why we have come to the conclusion as to why we need such a stringent lock down. Problem is - I can't get the data because the powers that be won't release it. I have no problem with being pro - active. Looking at all the figures above, I can't help get the feeling that the whole thing comes across as heavy handed. But then again, all I can do is have a "vibe" because I can't get a full break down of the information.

then there are the two sides to our newly found desire to be totalitarian: the pregnant girl in Ballarat, talk about one of the tiniest and most harmless creatures on the face of the earth. Are there any hidden Kung Fu skills we are unaware of? In Ballarat which is stage 3 and not stage 4 lock down? Being accused of insighting something she was about to do? That could have easily been cancelled, postponed, deferred and/or totally abandoned

To the girl pulled over in  - and out of her car in Kalkallo, I'm sorry but in this situation all you really needed to do was avoid being a precious wanker. All he wanted you to do is identify yourself.

the opposite to all this in my mind was, and is, to do absolutely nothing. But I can't help feeling is the solution going to the other extreme? What is the balance? I would love to see how the conclusion was formed.