The world is in a hell of a state, people are dropping like flies all over the world and yet Australia has been relatively lucky in the big scheme of things mainly due to geography. The UK has surprised me, the amount of chaos and death there is not what I expected and thankfully most of my friends and relations are still well although my brother in laws father died of covid last March. 

The virus is coming in waves and each wave seems to be getting bigger and stronger and it only takes one small mistake or act of stupidity to fuel the virus and then it begins to spread exponentially faster and more aggressive. Mind you, stupidity and selfishness seem to be major contributors.

America is the one to watch though, they are living in very interesting times where they have a megalomaniac president that lives each day in an alternate universe preaching to his flock who hang onto his every word living and breathing the Trump bullshit and then there is the rest of America that live in the real world with the rest of us.

I watched a video this morning where there was an Irish journalist in Georgia asking the Trump supporters what they thought about Biden winning the election and everyone they asked were in complete denial and were convinced that Trump had won and would be president until 2024, it’s fuckin’ madness and reality and fiction are almost aligned.

In Australia they had just begun to get on top of the virus and life began to return to normal just before Christmas. Internal borders were re-opened and flights resumed and it really looked like Australia had returned to normality, but then there were a few cases discovered in North Sydney and because of that restrictions were put in place very quickly and so once again people were in lockdown.

On Christmas day at Bronte Beach a few hundred young folk had a party and everyone from politicians, police and the community condemned them for being so stupid and selfish. Having so many people together in such a confined space is just ludicrous and irresponsible. So for days it’s all over the news, it’s all people are talking about. Meanwhile not too far away from said party there is the Sydney Cricket ground who just happen to be hosting a cricket match between Australia and India and guess what they are allowing up to 25% of capacity to spectate. Nothing can stand in the way of sport in Australia.

So if you like sport it’s OK to come together and participate but if you just want to go to a friend’s place for a cup of tea you cannot because you are in lockdown and it goes against all the health rules and guidance. So I’m slowly coming to the conclusion that we do not need a vaccine to prevent covid, maybe we just need to play sport.

Sport has always been the most important thing in Australia and don’t whatever you do allow it to get pushed into the background due to any catastrophe, including bushfires, floods, war, famine, pestilence and any other life changing situation.