Army trucks are transferring positive COVID cases and close contacts in Australia

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And if you're anti-mandate you're anti-vaxx.

[man down]

Crazy times. I can't wait for them to try this here.

[Fists_of_Fury]

This is why you never give up your guns. Australians deserve this for giving up their guns.

[man down]

Lol to make it worse the tests are wrong all the time.

[Fists_of_Fury]

Crazy times. I can't wait for them to try this here.

They'll f**k around and find out if they try that sheeit here.

[man down]

They'll f**k around and find out if they try that sheeit here.

Yup I know cops and vets that say it will be on. They will not fight against the people.

[Citizen Koba]

Just further context, these are a couple of poor remote indigenous communities with minimal healthcare facilities.



Indigenous Australians in these areas under some of the strictest lockdowns in the country



The indigenous people of Australia been pushed around and generally treated like shat ever since the British started colonising.

For those who ain't aware the Nothern Territories are about twice the size of Texas but with a population of just 250,000 about 150,000 of whom live in or around the territorial capital of Darwin which is about 200 miles away from these outbreaks. That's about 100,000 people in half a million square miles which makes Wyoming look like a bustling metropolis. Most of the territories 75,000 indigenous people live in smaller communities like these. Poverty, overcrowding and alcoholism are rife.

The nearest town to these communities is Katherine a community of 6300 people with a 60 bed hospital completely unequipped to deal with this kinda outbreak



OTOH it does seem like the fear in these communities is running higher than the actual threat level and it's hard to know whether the response is proportional or not. Also it's quite possible strict lockdowns in the kinda heat they got there right now (it's right on the fringes of the tropics) might be more risk than the disease itself.

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And if you're anti-mandate you're anti-vaxx.

KillaMane26



This is what power hungry looks like, and if you put the mustache on him, he looks just like uncle H.

Even if you're vaccinated and you're against mandates, you're considered an anti-vaxxer, swallow that hypocrisy pill.

It's always been about power.

[Citizen Koba]

Much as it pains me to link a Daily Mail article it's the most comprehensive coverage I've found of the situation yet. There are a few indigenous voices raised in dissent (well - one in this article) but in the main the claims are that the moves were voluntary although obviously the strictness of the local lockdowns would have been an added incentive and that both those moved and those who elected to stay put are being treated well.

Knowing some of the history of the Australian treatment of the indigenous peoples a whitewash certainly ain't beyond question, but as pointed out in the article in the modern age it's hard to see how some footage or reports wouldn't have got out.

Good lot of photos of both the communities and the quarantine facility (which is also used for regular international visitors to quarantine so ain't exactly bare bones)