So that travel doesn't count as far as your "nobody travelled" statement then?
The reality is that kind of travel (and the normal day to day travel before lockdown) would have seeded the virus all over the country in the first place.
I didn't deny it. You claimed that "nobody was travelling". I was just pointing out that is not true. Yes, significantly less people were travelling, but not "nobody" as you claimed.
Ahh so people (i.e. you) were travelling then? So why say nobody was?
Nightingale hospitals weren't used for two main reasons:
1 - They didn't have the staff needed to run them (when they were staffed they nicked staff from other hospitals and healthcare facilities - so essentially defeating the point!).
2 - Because of lockdown and the various restrictions, we didn't end up in a position where we had totally uncontrolled spread of the virus, and so hospital numbers were lower than what they would have likely been otherwise.
Kept to a minimum doesn't equal zero though.
So again I ask, you are claiming that the virus spreading wasn't down to humans travelling so how do you think the virus spread then?
I can see you want to split hairs so I’ll rephrase my statement for you that far fewer people we’re traveling so you can have that one, I didn’t use public transport much last year I mainly used my bike, only got on the bus or train on the rare occasions I had heavy shopping, and I’m telling you they were empty most of the time, there was no rush hour crowd, non essential shops shut, I didn’t see loads and loads of people travelling where I was, maybe it was different in your area.
It seems to me you’re trying to make out that masses of people were still traveling which really wasn’t the case at all.
If people are quarantining for a certain amount of days (usually ten) and isolating from others then how could the virus spread so far and wide? You can’t say that people were breaking the rules and marching because that never happened last year, that only happened this year, and the majority followed the rules last year too, it’s only now when hypocrites like Hancock and Johnson aren’t following their own rules that people are rightfully ditching them.
It must mean that there are other means this virus infects people, but all the isolation and quarantining isn’t going to make Covid go away and all the fear mongering isn’t going to make it anything more than a respiratory virus with a 99% survival rate
Yet despite lockdowns and restrictions last year the cases were still going up and up weren’t they? People dying with or of Covid - not exactly clear is it?
The data you need is provided by ONS and is easy to obtain from a quick google search.
Australia international travel exemptions:
Travel restrictions | COVID-19 and the border (homeaffairs.gov.au). I found this in a few seconds online. Fact checking really isn't that difficult.
I'm not laughing, believe me. I'm aghast that someone can be so ill-informed and yet hold their views with such conviction.
And you’re so informed are you?
Not sure you fact checked your own link but here’s what it says about the border situation in Oz from the link you posted:
Australia’s borders are currently closed and entry to Australia remains strictly controlled to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Travel to Australia is only available if you are exempt or you have been granted an individual exemption.
Travel restrictions are subject to change in response to the circumstances surrounding COVID-19. You can stay informed with the latest updates by checking this page regularly. If you are transiting through Australia further information can be found on the Transiting Australia webpage.
Australia’s COVID border restrictions are some of the world’s harshest, and may remain even as vaccination rates climb.
fortune.com
An Australian article from last month yet:
Around 18 million Australians, 70% of the population, are now under some form of lockdown after cases of the Indian variant escaped from hotels in Brisbane, Darwin, Perth and Sydney.
www.dailymail.co.uk
So despite closed borders Covid is still out there.
It’s probably down to the low vaccination rates, Britain is leading the race on that front but with their hard stance on the borders maybe the population feels the need to not get the vaccine, but proving that going for a zero Covid hard lockdown hasn’t worked and Covid will be here to stay.