An infectious disease expert says nature lovers should not be banned from stretching their legs in national parks while people with nowhere else to exercise continue to cluster in Sydney's outdoor hotspots.
"What we need people to do is to keep a 1½ to 2-metre distance and also obviously handwashing etcetera, and, from my point of view, wherever we do that doesn't matter, so if parks are too crowded in Sydney going out to the countryside where there's less crowds strikes me as a good idea," Professor Collignon said."I fully agree that if Centennial Park is really crowded now and people can’t go anywhere else, then that’s a problem ...
"It's nice to get out in nature and be connected again. I've been able to explore the tracks and everything is quiet. Normally I see very few people," he said. Angelo Tsirekas, mayor of Canada Bay, which also manages the Bay Run, said staying away from the track could save lives.
jjp666 They shouldn't be banned from f*cking anything. It's suppose to be a Free Country, with Individuals making their own Free Willed decisions
NSW is now a police state
Counties around the world prepare to sue a China 🇨🇳 for 100s of billions of dollars for damages by the Coronavirus! Will counties around the world sue JAPAN for damages for releasing 100s of trillions of nuclear waste water into the ocean and air?
Start with also banning telephoto lens? You can be correct without also lying to make it seem worse.
Finally some common sense. This shutdown seems to have herded people into a limited range of outdoor places
This would seem to be worth the risk, and most would be ok with it. In saying that people hiking in these parks still need to understand that the virus will still spread just as easy in a park as on the streets.
It's an absolute joke that a majority of National Parks are closed. Bushwalking in fresh air should be encouraged.
Absolutely