Australian police barge into Catholic mass to check for mask compliance

[Shero]

This is Outrageous. Why did they make everyone leave the church...even those WITH masks on.

Why choose a church service while I'm sure there are zillions of other places where a few can be found not wearing a mask?

If they shut down one place they should do it to all.
Like why not shut down all the grocery stores then?
I'm sure they can find a few of the unmasked there...and bars, concerts, sports arenas, restaurants

You may not know this Lara, but in Australia during lockdowns, someone stands outside of the store with bottles of hand sanitisers.
People are not allowed into the shops without masks.
Australia sticks to its guns, quite unlike where you live it seems!
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[Lara]

Well Lara, it is common knowledge that many devout church goers do not follow the rules, thinking that their faith will protet them. Consequently, they are considered very risky. They were warned, they disobeyed and they suffered!

I disagree. There aren't "many" "devout church goers not following the rules". There are a handful of religious zealots that believe, for instance, that you can handle snakes and God will protect them. No sense in stereotyping all church goers in with snake handlers.

 

[Shero]

I disagree. There aren't "many" "devout church goers not following the rules". There are a handful of religious zealots that believe, for instance, that you can handle snakes and God will protect them. No sense in stereotyping all church goers in with snake handlers.

Point taken - no offence meant to the snakes!

 

[Warrigal]

You may not know this Lara, but in Australia during lockdowns, someone stands outside of the store with bottles of hand sanitisers.
People are not allowed into the shops without masks.
Australia sticks to its guns, quite unlike where you live it seems!
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Added to that, when I go down to my local pharmacy, if I've forgotten to put on my mask I am politely asked "Do you have a mask" as a reminder to put it on.

At my local church masks and sanitiser are supplied to anyone who needs or wants them and we log in by scanning the QR code that has been used to inform people when they have been in contact with a Covid positive person. The QR codes have been used extensively at shopping centres and other businesses and in medical centres. Measures like this were very effective before Omicron, as was the practice of social distancing.

Omicron has made disease control much harder. We are now relying more on really high levels of vaccination, including boosters.

As an additional piece of information I went to see Turandot at the Sydney Opera House last Saturday. I wore a mask on the train and in the Opera House for the full performance. One thing that was interesting was that while the principals and the chorus were not masked on stage, there were about 8 non singing dancers who all wore black masks. It took me a while to notice this. O cannot say whether or not any members of the orchestra were wearing masks. All Opera House personnel in contact with the patrons were masked.

 

[Shero]

Added to that, when I go down to my local pharmacy, if I've forgotten to put on my mask I am politely asked "Do you have a mask" as a reminder to put it on.

At my local church masks and sanitiser are supplied to anyone who needs or wants them and we log in by scanning the QR code that has been used to inform people when they have been in contact with a Covid positive person. The QR codes have been used extensively at shopping centres and other businesses and in medical centres. Measures like this were very effective before Omicron, as was the practice of social distancing.

Omicron has made disease control much harder. We are now relying more on really high levels of vaccination, including boosters.

As an additional piece of information I went to see Turandot at the Sydney Opera House last Saturday. I wore a mask on the train and in the Opera House for the full performance. One thing that was interesting was that while the principals and the chorus were not masked on stage, there were about 8 non singing dancers who all wore black masks. It took me a while to notice this. O cannot say whether or not any members of the orchestra were wearing masks. All Opera House personnel in contact with the patrons were masked.

Absolutely! I see no hardship in complying with these regulations, they are now part of life for me. As soon as I approach somewhere, I get my phone ready to scan my QR code. I wish France had done all these things earlier on, would have prevented a lot of deaths.

Glad you enjoyed the Opera,we had our boosters middle of January, and have not yet ventured into a cinema or theatre, but we will later!
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[Warrigal]

We sat in the circle seats and there were a lot of empty seats, allowing us to move from the side to very central seats. Great view of the stage.