Today we left Ellen & John's home and returned to Sydney. We will be leaving on our plane for Vancouver on Tuesday morning. It still freaks me out that we will land in Vancouver before we leave Sydney. So if both flights remain on schedule we will be home on Tuesday evening.
The television news is filled with disturbing images of the effect the Corona virus and the quarantine efforts on Australians.
In one story a policeman was spat upon by a lady who was being arrested. I don't know why she was being stopped but she claimed she was on her way to the hospital to be tested for the virus. I hope they charge her with the maximum penalty for assault.
In a second story, they caught a lady who deliberately coughed on the fresh produce in a grocery store. The authorities are going to charge her with domestic terrorism.
Finally the Australian government is now quarantining, in local hotels, anyone who enters the country from abroad. Because some people were disregarding the conditions of the quarantine, the government order the armed forces to patrol the hotels and do what ever is necessary to enforce the order.
I'm torn between being scared on seeing how easily our civil liberties are being erased and being scared thinking of the consequences if this virus is not controlled. I don't think am alone.
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