Just keeping an eye on what’s happening in India, just awful stuff. The Australian government is sending over supplies but they’ve also halted all flights from India. About 8000 citizens still in India.

One of our school families went over for a visit and ended up being stuck for a year. They got back i think Feb or march this year? But they still have family over there. It must be horrendous watching what’s going on and worrying about loved ones.

It’s horrific. I have family friends who live in Thailand and they’ve all gone back to their villages, and they have stopped flights from India aswell. The whole things just 🙁

They ‘thought’ they had it under control, plus the vax had started. But some Holy festival saw them come out and gather in vast numbers. True human disaster. I’m actually going to be seriously annoyed if the Uber rich cricket players moan about getting stuck there. Suck it the fuck up. Chasing massive multimillion dollar contracts in spite of the pandemic 🖕🏻

RichardParker I wonder if you could isolate off any small cities/rural areas that have less cases and vaccinate absolutely everyone there, try for small pockets of increased herd immunity?

CoolasaCucumber they play for the IPL in their off season when they’re off contract. One player is there being $3MILLION dollars. India loves cricket, the Aussies go over and earn massive sums as players, coaches and commentators. They were told by Cricket Australia that they wouldn’t bail them out, so it was a calculated risk. Now they’re expecting to jump the queue and come home when the border slammed shut. Pffft to that. They also live in bubbles, so their personal risk is somewhat reduced.

All flights from India halted