Last night, during the opening of ABC’s 7.30, Leigh Sales directly addressed the nation.
As the program began, Sales spoke directly to the camera, pleading with Australians to take the COVID-19 pandemic seriously. She explained that neither the hospitals nor government will be the answer; it will ultimately come down to us.
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“You may be watching 7.30 tonight hoping to learn what can be done to stop coronavirus from here. If you think the answer is more resources for hospitals, you’re wrong,” she began.
“If you think it’s the government, wrong again. And it’s not the scientists working on a vaccine either.
“The answer is you. You are our best hope of stopping coronavirus. Your individual behaviour is the most important thing to prevent it from spreading and everything else flows from that.”
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I’m in lockdown, watching my business go down the tube while my neighbour across the road, just off the plane from overseas and meant to be in isolation, just handed their dog to a dog walker who drove in and knocked at their door. Who knows how many could be infected by their stupidity, as one example.
If you look at comments on social media, you realise the public are waiting for the government to "fix" this problem. The constant stream of people demanding more testing (when their is a global shortage), close schools (when the evidence is mixed). People fail to realise the biggest way to fix this is through OUR behaviour.....so far, we don't seem interested in that....we are too used to people "fixing" our problems for us!!