So, in the past few days, I have spoken with a couple of paediatricians at Qld Children's Hospital, Mrs CD's obstetrician, a GP friend and another friend who is a pathologist. Their views are unanimous in that:
1. Whilst the general public is now only becoming aware of the seriousness, they have been trying to warn everyone for ages.
2. Our leadership is quite frankly, shit (and this was united from people who I assume would be both of left and right sides politically).
3. We need to get the fuck home and only go out when necessary.
I started staying home from Saturday, and have pulled my son out of childcare. Our office, although small and fairly "low risk" relatively, is working from home from tomorrow (yes I know many jobs can't so this), and to seriously limit face to face meetings (I had one this morning but of course with no handshakes). Mrs CD, 19 weeks pregnant, is working from home, and we just have to juggle Croydon Pup by switching to a 24/7 type structure. We are trying to now convince our boomer parents to take it seriously, even f my mother lives in a country town.
It is absolutely madness to the extreme the NRL would remotely consider trying to continue, whether in some Qld backwater or not - it also sends the wrong message to the public.
Stay safe. Keep cracking those jokes of course but don't do any stupid shit (I recommend click and collect for your alcohol needs if you're in a state with functioning bottle shops)