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<blockquote data-quote="MissLulu" data-source="post: 757448" data-attributes="member: 24721"><p>This is such an interesting thread. Here in Australia, each state has had different rules, but my state has been the most 'locked down'. Even so, some things have been open all along. Post offices have remained open, as have chemists (drug stores?) and supermarkets, some hardware stores and the bigger discount department stores like Kmart, Target and Big W. (We don't have Walmart here - I guess either Kmart or Big W would be the closest thing.) Restaurants and bars have been closed and remain so, but restaurants can open for take away food and, as of this week, there is table service available for very limited numbers of diners (10 at a time right now, but moving to 20 at the start of June.) Of course schools and universities have been closed along with libraries, gyms, beauty salons and almost all small businesses. </p><p></p><p>We are very slowly opening back up. My son goes back to school next week and my hairdresser has opened again (yay!). We are in a very different position than those of you in the US though. Our total death toll for the whole nation has been 100 people, with about 6000 identified cases so far. Of course, we have a population of around 26 million, which is much smaller than the US, however our per capita infection rate has still been much, much smaller than yours. I only hope it stays that way when we begin to open up. At the moment we can't travel very far even within our own state, although that is about to change with intra-state travel being allowed from the beginning of June, I believe. Many states who have had less cases than my state have closed their borders, so I'm not sure when we will be able to travel interstate again - let alone overseas. I think it will be at least a year, if not more, before we can travel internationally again.</p><p></p><p>It's been super interesting for me having launched a book during this period. I was supposed to go on a national tour, but of course that was cancelled. Instead I have been doing events online for libraries and bookshops, which has been more successful than I ever thought it would be! </p><p></p><p>I'm in no hurry to be out and about unnecessarily. I think it's good that we are moving towards "a new normal" as they are calling it here, but I still think caution is wise. As our premier keeps reminding everyone, whilst the economic consequences of lockdown are severe, the economic consequence of widespread disease and death would also be equally severe. Unfortunately there are no good answers to this terrible situation, we just have to ride it out.</p><p></p><p>Stay safe everyone!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MissLulu, post: 757448, member: 24721"] This is such an interesting thread. Here in Australia, each state has had different rules, but my state has been the most 'locked down'. Even so, some things have been open all along. Post offices have remained open, as have chemists (drug stores?) and supermarkets, some hardware stores and the bigger discount department stores like Kmart, Target and Big W. (We don't have Walmart here - I guess either Kmart or Big W would be the closest thing.) Restaurants and bars have been closed and remain so, but restaurants can open for take away food and, as of this week, there is table service available for very limited numbers of diners (10 at a time right now, but moving to 20 at the start of June.) Of course schools and universities have been closed along with libraries, gyms, beauty salons and almost all small businesses. We are very slowly opening back up. My son goes back to school next week and my hairdresser has opened again (yay!). We are in a very different position than those of you in the US though. Our total death toll for the whole nation has been 100 people, with about 6000 identified cases so far. Of course, we have a population of around 26 million, which is much smaller than the US, however our per capita infection rate has still been much, much smaller than yours. I only hope it stays that way when we begin to open up. At the moment we can't travel very far even within our own state, although that is about to change with intra-state travel being allowed from the beginning of June, I believe. Many states who have had less cases than my state have closed their borders, so I'm not sure when we will be able to travel interstate again - let alone overseas. I think it will be at least a year, if not more, before we can travel internationally again. It's been super interesting for me having launched a book during this period. I was supposed to go on a national tour, but of course that was cancelled. Instead I have been doing events online for libraries and bookshops, which has been more successful than I ever thought it would be! I'm in no hurry to be out and about unnecessarily. I think it's good that we are moving towards "a new normal" as they are calling it here, but I still think caution is wise. As our premier keeps reminding everyone, whilst the economic consequences of lockdown are severe, the economic consequence of widespread disease and death would also be equally severe. Unfortunately there are no good answers to this terrible situation, we just have to ride it out. Stay safe everyone! [/QUOTE]
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