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We have now entered dangerous territory. To mandate all permitted workers be vaccinated is IMO going to be a tipping point of general acceptance by the general community. Now for the record I am a permitted worker and have been double vaccinated and have chosen to do so freely because it just makes sense. But to mandate vaccination is going too far, Andrews has panicked and resorting to just a dumb and counterproductive strategy, those who were borderline or just couldn't be fucked so far to be vaccinated are more than likely not do it now at all and those who have already refused will now have a more legitimate reason to oppose vaccination. Ultimately we will always have reached an extremely high percentage of vaccination just down to basic common sense but trying to force the minority will only strengthen the arguments of the radical fringe. Just stupid and creating unnecessary conflicts.

Waking up to the news Joyce had officially been given the boot

https://www.melbournecityfc.com.au/news/scott-galloway-extends-contract Galloway re-signs for 3 years till 2025

Somewhere in Slovakia

My two bobs worth: 1. I know about the health shortage. Last year we discovered that I have a the commencement of liver problem but because it has been detected so early the treatment options are quite wide open. So first booking for a specialised scan was April and has been repeatedly been postponed because of covid. Of course as time progresses my options are decreasing until it will become an emergency, something that we are all trying to avoid. Hence @belaguttman point about health care. 2. Goal posts will always shift during natural disasters - this is where we are the prey. The anxiety has been compounded because the PR messaging has been appalling and that is due to the way that politics has devolved. Since none of the people in parliament have ever experienced long term natural disaster they don't know how to respond. Secondly they are all political animals first so everything is being seen through that lens.

Very good player IMO. Likewise very happy to see him staying with us.

Well, I did post an update!! That's the quickest ever between my update and the next signing- about two minutes! Now I'll do another.

IMO we're all on the same songsheet but we're singing different words. The strategy should be (have been) to encourage as high a level of vaccination as could be achieved. We should have done that by encouragement and not under threat of punishment or repercussion. And I'm talking nationally here. Instead we have set a strategy of separating the haves and have nots - even to the point of who can go to the local park with their children and who they can go with. We've done it by State, by local government area, by our occupations, and now by vaccination status. Our management of the pandemic, from a dream starting point, has failed because of failed messaging. Does anyone know the rules in Melbourne any more? Do they make sense? Apparently I can now go 15km for any one of 5 reasons - or is it 6? But we're about to start international travel again? @belaguttman IMO most people would accept your point about not overwhelming our health services and their staff. I understand your message and I'm sure everyone on here does, because you've given that message consistently and regularly. But where is it from our leaders? It isn't there. Morrison just craps on about "opening up" and Andrews has resorted to mandatory vaccination. 18 months is too long. Our governments have failed us.

IMO this is a great get for the league in terms of piquing interest and adding some colour, and im sure he'll provide a few great moments in attack. But i reckon he'll be a relative flop playing wise, they'll be even worse defensively than they were this year and Perth will still struggle to break the top 4

I think it is a little harsh to blame all people who have not been vaccinated as yet. There are many who were only eligible to be vaccinated from 1 September (and only able to book an appointment a few days prior to that). Once appointments were able to be made available slots were snapped up pretty quickly and the govt booking site kept crashing. There would definitely be many people who have not had the first vaccination that are booked in for the earliest appointment they could get.

I have to say I think the 0-6 away has been underplayed. For those of us who were there, in the enemy den, where we’ve had a shit record, was next level. One of those rare moments when you think, this would be be a pretty good time to fucking die.