Last Wednesday, police in the state of Victoria went into a pregnant woman’s home in the city of Ballarat and arrested and handcuffed her for posting online for people to consider attending an upcoming anti-lockdown protest.
The police defended the arrest and threatened the same for any citizen planning to protest. “Don’t come into the city [Melbourne] and undermine all the hard work and sacrifice that’s been made by the vast majority of law-abiding citizens. Adhering to the chief health officer’s directions remains the most effective way of us finding a pathway back to normality,” commanded Assistant Commissioner Luke Cornelius.
The Commissioner added, “I would be the first to acknowledge the optics, for want of a better description, arresting a pregnant female, it’s never going to look good… I’ve seen the footage, and you know, in my assessment, the members have conducted themselves entirely reasonably.”
Last week, nine additional deaths from the coronavirus were reported, which brought the total in the state to 675. (Note: the population of the region is 6.35 million, so the death rate from the virus is 0.01 percent.)
More Lockdowns
The Victoria State Government has citizens controlled under what it terms “Stage Four” restrictions, which have been in effect since 2 August, and the government announced on Sunday the restrictions will remain in effect until 28 September. It was then officially announced that as of 14 September, it would relax the curfew one hour, from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM.
Citizens living alone would be allowed to choose one friend or relative to visit and two hours of daily exercise outside, which can include “social interactions” such as walks in parks and reading books at the beach.
TRENDPOST: Again, these rules are arbitrary and lack scientific data to support them.
As we have detailed in previous issues of the Trends Journal, the vast majority of the deaths in Australia are elderly people from nursing homes that were suffering from preexisting chronic illnesses. Yet, the lockdown rules have crippled small businesses and imposed great economic and psychological hardship on the general population.
