Australian State Is Making Leftists Drool Over Their COVID Restrictions
Last year there were lockdowns everywhere and many small businesses were closed for good due to the lack of traffic. This year the CDC is still pushing masks and there are numerous vaccines, but lockdowns are far less common. But other countries are not going as easy on their citizens. Australia in particular has upped the ante and is super strict. In South Australia, they are now using facial recognition software and geotagging to ensure the location of their citizens. They are also having people do 14-day quarantine if they leave the area and return. Talk about a nanny state.
"Australia has banned international travel unless residents have a permit to leave the country. The country has also severely restricted domestic travel. Residents must spend 14 days in quarantine upon return.
Steven Marshall, premier of the state of South Australia, launched the quarantine app policy in late August. Residents returning from New South Wales and Victoria, two other Australian states, may spend their 14 days in post-travel quarantine at home, rather than in a hotel, so long as they download and use the "Orwellian" app, developed by the South Australian government, ABC News Australia reported.
The app uses geolocation and facial recognition software to track those in quarantine. The app will contact people at random, asking them to provide proof of their location within 15 minutes.
"We don't tell them how often or when, on a random basis they have to reply within 15 minutes," Marshall said.
If the resident cannot verify his or her location or identity when requested, the South Australia Health Department will notify the police, who will then conduct an in-person check on the person in quarantine. Marshall said the government will not be storing any of the information provided to the app.
In a statement to Fox News, the government of South Australia noted that registration to use the app for home quarantine is voluntary. Only about 20 people who have applied for the program are using the app in early September."
I am surprised anyone would sign up for this app. It seems very invasive. And they were not hit half as hard as we have been by COVID. They have only reported 1000 deaths while reports say that we had 628,000 deaths. But they are probably more accurate as there have been reports that some of our hospitals were calling just about everything COVID to get extra funding.
