Your Say: We can make a difference in controlling the spread of Covid

Harry Bruce’s cartoon of the day and readers have their say on current events.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Control?

So many people live in fear of being controlled and some politicians use fear to control people and make them yield to their direction.

It is time people start asking questions and look outside of the proverbial box that destroys free thoughts, creativity and freedom?

Free thoughts without control are a concept that governments don’t want you to have as accountability may have to be encountered and they don’t want to lose power or control?

It is easy to use a major sporting event to distract the population’s attention against major issues that are hurting them such as hospital failures in regards to ramping where people can’t receive medical attention with in a required time frame that could save their lives; out of control crime and increasing cost of living expenses.

Politicians can’t control what you or I do in regards to fighting this virus; however we can make a difference in controlling the spread.

Whether you decide to have the jab is your choice, however if the vaccination doesn’t stop you from getting the virus or spreading it, makes an argument in what is the point?

Experts say it reduces the severity, where is the proof?

The government in the past said that asbestos was harmless and we all know the disaster that happened years and generations past from that advice.

What is the impact from taking the vaccination for young people and mothers bearing children?

Proposed vaccination passports for segregating people from events or businesses is subjective towards the same persecution of the Jews in WWII where they had to wear armbands to show their nationality and were consequently subjected to abuse from anti-Jewish sentiments.

Have we learned from past experiences of dictatorships or communism?

Fear is what politicians have pushed in the past and what do they want us to do in the future? Capitulate to the public service and be controlled by the chief health officer?

The Premier of Queensland should have the last decision on who enters Qld, not the chief health officer that has been given power to control our state over a period of time; this has been agreed upon in parliament?

Please ask questions and stop the government control for the sake of our future and of our younger generations?

– Leyland Barnett, Berserker

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SMS TO THE EDITOR

LPMC. Palaszuzuk intends to “shut” Qld for 14 days to control the Virus. “We all know” you need to “shut” the door to so-called infected overseas, stranded residents. Daily, infected people are returning to Brisbane to quarantine in motels. Daily people fly to places like India, stay a fortnight then fly back to be quarantined. Palaszuzuk, you and Young have failed Qld residents and businesses. This virus is not in Townsville, Mt Isa or Longreach motels or in the community. Immediately stop return flights to Qld, isolate only in Howard Springs, NT and extend the period to 28 days.

IB Rockhampton. Shut the borders, keep Brisbane out of Rockhampton … we don’t need people up here doing the wrong thing.

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Originally published as Your Say: We can make a difference in controlling the spread of Covid