Public Address | Cafe | Hard News: The company of strangers https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Shep Cheyenne https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-company-of-strangers/?p=383747#post383747 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-company-of-strangers/?p=383747#post383747 Went to the doctor today. Had to have a face to mask meeting. The doctor masked up. Text from my car on arrival. All a bit high security.
I had a brief exchange on the way in as an elderly gentleman reminiscing about the polio lock down in the 40s.…

]]> Mon, 18 May 2020 21:16:22 +1200 sandra https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-company-of-strangers/?p=383740#post383740 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-company-of-strangers/?p=383740#post383740 I went to my medical centre yesterday and was astounded and appalled at the illogical way they dealt with patients in and out ... after 6 weeks of being able to evolve their systems it was so weird.
For instance, 2 receptionists (standing side by side) dealing with an older…

]]> Fri, 15 May 2020 18:33:54 +1200 Hilary Stace https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-company-of-strangers/?p=383739#post383739 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-company-of-strangers/?p=383739#post383739 Fri, 15 May 2020 17:27:29 +1200 martinb https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-company-of-strangers/?p=383735#post383735 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-company-of-strangers/?p=383735#post383735 There’s certainly been an increased awareness since I’ve arrived here. Travel restrictions that were placed a few days later would mean the airport must be very quiet now.

All of those countries you mentioned seem to have had stronger restrictions than here. My family also were keen for me remain…

]]> Thu, 14 May 2020 06:51:02 +1200 Trevor Nicholls https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-company-of-strangers/?p=383728#post383728 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-company-of-strangers/?p=383728#post383728 Wed, 13 May 2020 20:22:27 +1200 martinb https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-company-of-strangers/?p=383727#post383727 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-company-of-strangers/?p=383727#post383727 Wed, 13 May 2020 18:18:28 +1200 Moz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-company-of-strangers/?p=383724#post383724 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-company-of-strangers/?p=383724#post383724 Sorry to hear about your mum.

One thing I've noticed on Sydney trains is people spacing out more than I expected, to the extent of seeing people walking along the platform to enter via a door to an unoccupied carriage if the train seems empty-ish (which they mostly are). I…

]]> Wed, 13 May 2020 17:20:43 +1200 Carol Stewart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-company-of-strangers/?p=383716#post383716 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-company-of-strangers/?p=383716#post383716 Thanks for chronicling your travels to see your Mum, Russell, and best wishes to her for a good recovery.
One way that airlines can mitigate the societal risk of air travel is that they’re easily able to provide contact tracing details via their booking system. So your fellow travellers are…

]]> Tue, 12 May 2020 14:48:04 +1200 Thomas Lumley https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-company-of-strangers/?p=383713#post383713 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-company-of-strangers/?p=383713#post383713 needed to be more anxious than the actual risk warrants, and this will carry over, but it should dissipate as things improve . ]]> Tue, 12 May 2020 09:39:59 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-company-of-strangers/?p=383712#post383712 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-company-of-strangers/?p=383712#post383712 More importantly, though, the view of rule-breaking as risking contamination fits in with an attitude of fear and disgust towards rule-breakers, which I’m seeing on Twitter among people who didn’t seem to have those sorts of attitudes before.

What I keep thinking (and saying) is that we're seeing people processing…

]]> Tue, 12 May 2020 07:38:14 +1200 Thomas Lumley https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-company-of-strangers/?p=383704#post383704 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-company-of-strangers/?p=383704#post383704 I'm sure a lot of people will feel the same way — partly because it's natural, but also partly because of the epidemic suppression efforts and accompanying advertising.

We collectively need to take more care about disease transmission than the current prevalence would warrant for any individual, because each transmission…

]]> Mon, 11 May 2020 16:52:10 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-company-of-strangers/?p=383702#post383702 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-company-of-strangers/?p=383702#post383702 Speaking of social distancing – back in 1964 Paul McCartney's then girlfriend Jane Asher took time out (along with Vincent Price) to make this prescient docudrama about Trump's presidency and his pandemic response ...
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1x3bzj

]]> Mon, 11 May 2020 14:36:30 +1200 Tom Johnson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-company-of-strangers/?p=383701#post383701 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-company-of-strangers/?p=383701#post383701 The government has banned dancing Don’t forgot the story of Footloose. This kind of law never ends well. ]]> Mon, 11 May 2020 13:11:28 +1200 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-company-of-strangers/?p=383700#post383700 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-company-of-strangers/?p=383700#post383700 Discussion from blog post.

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