Melbourne, Australia, is Officially Bonkers...

How many of the residents of locked-down Melbourne, Australia, agree with Victoria Premier Dan Andrews's 'State of Disaster'? Quite a lot it seems. The public gets what the public wants, as The Jam said back in 1980. All this for a virus with a less than 1% death rate - and which has been present (although not necessarily the cause) in the deaths of under 250 people in that state. Seven people have just died. All with co-morbidities, all elderly and in nursing homes (the eldest were in their 90s). Sorry to hear of ANY deaths, but throwing these into the Covid-circus is simply horrible.

Of course, there are a lot more (healthy) cases - because there's been an awful lot more testing. And we know the tests are not that accurate anyway.

Whatever is going on? It's more stupid than the 1980s Aussie soap Sons & Daughters. That was set in Melbourne, if I remember correctly, and was full of absurd drama. Was it closer to life than I thought? Strewth - and they talk about 'whingeing poms'?! Alan Jones comments above and has further  news on the subject.

Beryl of Sons & Daughters: 'David, you flaming mongrel! I can't possibly give you any Vegemite tonight! We've run out and it's past 8pm!'