Courtesy of The Guardian, some headline results of another weekly Essential Research poll on coronavirus, the full report of which should be published later today. This includes regular questions on federal and state governments’ handling with the crisis, of which we are only told that respondents remain highly positive, and on easing restrictions, for which we are told only 25% now consider it too soon, which is down two on last time and has been consistently declining over five surveys.
Beyond that, the survey gauged response to a number of what might be described as conspiracy theories concerning the virus. By far the most popular was the notion that the virus “was engineered and released from a Chinese laboratory in Wuhan”, which has received a certain amount of encouragement from the Daily Telegraph but is starkly at odds with the scientific consensus. Agreement and disagreement with this proposition was tied on 39%.
Thirteen per cent subscribed to a theory that Bill Gates was involved in the creation and spread of the virus, with 71% disagreeing; 13% agreed the virus was not dangerous and was being used to force people to get vaccines, with 79% disagreeing; 12% thought the 5G network was being used to spread the virus, with 75% disagreeing; and 20% agreed the number of deaths was being exaggerated, with “more than 70%” disagreeing. The poll also found 77% agreed that the outbreak in China was worse than the official statistics showed.
The poll was conducted Thursday to Sunday from a sample of 1073.
UPDATE: Full report here.
Full ep of Real Time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DrvATvHmYc
phoenixRED
You have to have some sympathy for police; in the USA motorists have hand guns in some states it is legal. It is one of the problems of being an Australia in the USA, you don’t know the rules, if your lucky you just get yelled at when your aim is to retrieve your license,not you hand gun.
Greensborough Growler @ #3029 Saturday, May 23rd, 2020 – 2:38 pm
Your obsession with me may be entirely understandable, but that does not make it any less creepy.
Zero in NZ again..
We’re gonna have to try harder here..
‘Greensborough Growler says:
Saturday, May 23, 2020 at 1:19 pm
Dan Andrews always seems to be in front of the game.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/victorian-farmers-escape-almost-unscathed-from-chinese-tariff-hit-20200522-p54vg6.html‘
Uh huh. How do you think the four meatworks were chosen for the punishment?
I was having a discussion with a businessman who has extensive business relationships with chinese businessmen.
He was laughing. Andrews signs a non binding, non obligation bit of paper jointing the Belt and Road initiative…
…and the Chinese target the wedge with pinpoint accuracy.
He reckons nothing is an accident. Andrews is getting Xi’s de facto pat on the head. The others are getting punished because Morrison dared to advocate an inquiry into the origins of the Virus, thereby threatening Dictator Xi’s legitimacy.
If 3 million people are no longer counted as employed, where did they go?
That claim that 72% of australia’s workers depended on federal, state and local governments has been blown out of the water as well.
The 3 cases in NSW today were all from overseas
Victoria and I quote..
“Of the 10 new cases four are in hotel quarantine as returned travellers, three have been detected as community testing and three cases are still under investigation.”
So, the testing blitz is still picking up the odd sniffler with covid. Why isn’t the community testing in NSW doing this? Is Sydney actually cleaner? Honest question.
Player One @ #3052 Saturday, May 23rd, 2020 – 3:18 pm
I have no obsession. Just engrossed by a tumbleweed of angst bouncing across the horizon.
The wrath and fury you exude for no result is laughable.
frednk
“It is one of the problems of being an Australia in the USA, you don’t know the rules, if your lucky you just get yelled at when your aim is to retrieve your license,not you hand gun.“
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Well you should not visit unless you accept the risks. I have no interest at all in ever visiting the dangerous place. Consider that Australian woman recently shot by police after calling tripple O!
I live next door to a ghastly American woman from a place called Noo Yuck, as far as i can tell. Talk about an entitled whinger!! That’s too close as far as I’m concerned. 🙂
GG is obsessed with both P1 and Pegasus. I guess he thinks if he throws rocks at girls they will notice him.
frednksays: Saturday, May 23, 2020 at 3:16 pm
phoenixRED
You have to have some sympathy for police; in the USA motorists have hand guns in some states it is legal. It is one of the problems of being an Australia in the USA, you don’t know the rules, if your lucky you just get yelled at when your aim is to retrieve your license,not you hand gun.
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Ok totally agree frednk – I would hate to be a cop in the US and pulling over a car – more so in the dark ……. and approaching who or whatever physco gun nut is perhaps in the car …..
However that policemans – ‘ dont be nervous, we only kill black people ‘ is a terrible racist remark
Greensborough Growler @ #3057 Saturday, May 23rd, 2020 – 3:24 pm
I think everyone here can see the truth for themselves.
It is creepy.
Your obsession with me may be entirely understandable, but that does not make it any less creepy.
Ever since I rightly pinged bemused for his obsessive stalking, various numbnuts on this blog have tried it on against generally reasonable commenters that have got the numbnut bang to rights.
Note to P1: It’s not going to be an accusation that holds water unless there is some substance to it. Especially when we are talking about one of THE most obsessive posters on this blog. You.
boerwar @ #3053 Saturday, May 23rd, 2020 – 3:19 pm
😆
phoenixRED
Racist ? It’s probably pretty close to the truth.
Of course the order on churches opening up was to shore up his evangelical vote which shows signs of waning.
https://medium.com/@madrid_mike/is-trumps-white-evangelical-christian-wall-finally-collapsing-d6d7ed64feac
Praise be.
Chairman Dan and Chairman Xi seem to have a cordial business relationship that benefits each constituents.
Cud Chewer @ #3053 Saturday, May 23rd, 2020 – 3:19 pm
We don’t have Jacinda Ardern as our national leader. 🙁
C@tmomma @ #3062 Saturday, May 23rd, 2020 – 3:34 pm
You also appear to be a little obsessed, C@t. In your case, it is both creepy and slightly amusing, because you always make such a big deal out of pretending not to even read my posts.
Still, it is nice to know I make such an impression here. It makes it all seem worthwhile 🙂
C@tmomma @ #3066 Saturday, May 23rd, 2020 – 3:37 pm
I thought you hated lefties like Ardern ..?
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I certainly won’t be taking any domestic holidays (have seen most of Australia) just to satisfy the government.
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Seriously?
People aren’t doing it to satisfy the gov. They’s doing it to satisfy themselves.
I have travelled a lot – for work and play. There are thousands of pieces of Australia I haven’t seen (or just glimpsed) and hundreds I would love to return to.
porotisays: Saturday, May 23, 2020 at 3:35 pm
phoenixRED
Racist ? It’s probably pretty close to the truth.
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Sadly Poroti – you are probably right – just sad if you are a totally innocent African American person who has never done anything criminal …….
I guess its hard – even in Australia – if you are a non-white anglican …….. then there is always going to be a certain element that treats you with abuse or contempt for no other reason than your culture
nath @ #3058 Saturday, May 23rd, 2020 – 3:26 pm
Yes I’ve also noticed the aggression towards the ladies of PB. Definitely something behind that.
Interesting insight from Paddy Manning:
https://www.themonthly.com.au/today/paddy-manning/2020/22/2020/1590126450/long-farce
I wonder if the day will come that sees the Victorian Nats follow the lead of the WA Nats and become independent.
https://fr.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idUKKBN22Y0W3
Big trouble in car industry.
phoenixRED
Breathing While Black in the vicinity of police seems a risky occupation in the US of A .
Kirky @ #3022 Saturday, May 23rd, 2020 – 2:18 pm
Sounds big until you remember the size of the economy is about 1.9 TRILLION.
porotisays: Saturday, May 23, 2020 at 3:50 pm
phoenixRED
Breathing While Black in the vicinity of police seems a risky occupation in the US of A .
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Meanwhile this one in Sydney ……. mmmmm ….will be interested if accident or deliberate ….
Driver that crashed into Sydney Muslim fashion shop re-arrested
A 51-year-old man has been re-arrested by police after his car crashed into a Sydney hijab shop, injuring 14 people.
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/driver-that-crashed-into-sydney-muslim-fashion-shop-re-arrested
AND – Fresh twist in Muslim fashion store crash as it is revealed driver had done something VERY similar just months ago as his lawyer tries to claim he was ‘unconscious’ at the time of the accident
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8349855/Greenacre-driver-allegedly-crash-Hijab-House-involved-similar-incident-earlier-year.html
ajm @ #3076 Saturday, May 23rd, 2020 – 1:52 pm
And only 2/3 of the Government’s JobKeeper fuck up.
PR
Politics has changed. We did not have Dutton out in the first 5 minutes claiming that Sydney event was a terror attack.
Well you can all go along with the current situation but there is a cost to the future and the economy of those under the age of 60 (I’m about to turn 59) and that point seems to be getting lost.
In two weeks time, assuming SA has no breakout I’m expecting step 3 (not step 2) to be enacted. It is time to get on with our lives.
phoenixRED
He lined the door up nicely . Which makes me lean towards “non accident’ . Time will tell though.
Kirky @ #3080 Saturday, May 23rd, 2020 – 2:10 pm
I’m tired!!! I’ve had enough!!
How’d you like to go through it again?
I hope that the restrictions on travel will mean that people start looking at holidaying in their own country instead of hoping on a plane to Bali and coming back with a suitcase of rubbish. It would be great for them to see and learn about our country, the damage that has been done to both the landscape and our first people and to inject some money into the local businesses.
I have seen lots of talk of the money tourism brings in but how many tourist dollars do Australians spend overseas.
There are very few British people left in the world.
Based on the 2011 Census on national identity, the only parts of the UK that consider themselves “British” are the unionist parts of Northern Island and parts of London, (the purple bits below)! The rest of the population consider themselves English, Scottish, Welsh or Irish.
Kirky @ #3080 Saturday, May 23rd, 2020 – 4:10 pm
With the recent outbreaks in Victoria re Cedar meats and Macca’s no-one should accuse Chairman Dan of being too protective in this state.
As long as there’s no threat of a run on our hospitals, then I’m happy to release the shackles.
Spare a thought for those ‘doing it hard” during the pandemic 🙁
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American billionaires got $434 billion richer during the pandemic
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2020/05/21/the-net-worth-of-americas-600-plus-billionaires-has-increased-by-more-than-400-billion-during-the-pandemic/#143b4ebe4a61
Kirky
Are you Adam Chreighton?
If not you are doing a good impression of the kill your nonna for the economy ghoul.
You have got to give McGowan his due. For a Novacastrian he has picked up the xenophobia of Sandgropia and even outdone Charlie Court at his best.
Assantdj @ #3081 Saturday, May 23rd, 2020 – 4:15 pm
Why does everything always have to be about giving money to businesses? Both sides of politics are like broken records on the subject.
BiTB
Some making you feel like the guy in the middle 🙂
Re Phoenix Red @4:00
The first thing I thought of when I heard about the traffic incident in Greenacre (4WD ploughs into a shop called “Hijab House”) was a hate crime directed against Muslims. There has been no mention of the ethnicity of the driver, although that is often something reported in relation to crimes.
No one has described this as a ‘terrorist incident’.
Of course I don’t know more than what I see in the News.
a r
Because if they don’t get money they won’t donate to the political parties ?
“We don’t have Jacinda Ardern as our national leader. ”
Couldn’t we poach her? 🙂
Cud Chewer
Couldn’t we poach her?
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She’d have to do 14 days quarantine. 🙂
Is this a facetious comment or don’t you understand that business needs money to continue operating. In small towns and rural regions lack of customers are killing small towns. I personally would like to see some attention given to the problems of Australians who don’t live in Capital cities and regional hubs.
“Well you can all go along with the current situation but there is a cost to the future and the economy”
Kirky, one thing you don’t get is that there is a big cost in not eliminating the virus. Merely suppressing the virus means a hobbled economy.
Rakali
We could always voluntarily surrender to NZ and Jaz could rule all of it?
Steve777says: Saturday, May 23, 2020 at 4:21 pm
Re Phoenix Red @4:00
The first thing I thought of when I heard about the traffic incident in Greenacre (4WD ploughs into a shop called “Hijab House”) was a hate crime directed against Muslims. There has been no mention of the ethnicity of the driver, although that is often something reported in relation to crimes.
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Hi Steve – there was a later article that I added that explains things a bit better :
Fresh twist in Muslim fashion store crash as it is revealed driver had done something VERY similar just months ago as his lawyer tries to claim he was ‘unconscious’ at the time of the accident
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8349855/Greenacre-driver-allegedly-crash-Hijab-House-involved-similar-incident-earlier-year.html