The Irresponsible Behavior of People in Sydney

It was incredible to see so many people frequenting yesterday the Bondi beach in Sydney, Australia. Even though authorities have warned the population regarding the growing risk of coronavirus pandemic in the country, many of them decided to spend a nice day on the beach.

It is strange to me to see how people go to a crowded beach in the middle of the coronavirus crisis. It is uncommon to see the Bondi beach so crowded even in normal conditions. The only exceptions are on any huge organized party beach or national holidays. What are Australians celebrating these days? The ending of summer? Or the beginning of coronavirus isolation? Why are they flowing at the beaches ignoring the social distancing rule?

Seeing this fact with the eyes of an isolated person (for two weeks now), I think they wanted to enjoy the beach one more time before everything shuts down. Or, they just followed the stupid example of US students who massively gathered in Miami beaches to celebrate the Spring holidays. 

The good news is that NSW and city authorities interfered with the forceful removal of everyone in Bondi beach. Since yesterday, the famous Bondi beach is closed to the public. Another warning came from authorities for closure of all beaches in Sydney in case a situation like this is repeated.

This photo was taken at Bondi Junction Mall, Sydney, Australia

Sydney inhabitants are reflecting the fear from coronavirus with the empty shelves at the supermarkets and the now-common toilet-paper crisis. But it sounds stupid to take the measures to isolate at home and then, go to a crowded beach, losing any social distancing. I hope such irresponsible behavior will not cost them lots of pain, such as the ones we are seeing in Europe these days. 

This photo was taken at Bondi Junction Mall, Sydney, Australia

I believe the coronavirus crisis is reflecting the real problems in today's societies. People do not trust and respect authorities and consider personal freedom to be more important than death itself. There is little sense of solidarity in the mass population and people do not have the habit to think for the big picture. In the end, people are not smart enough to learn from other nations' stories. Such a sad moment!

Australia Facts about Coronavirus

As of today, Australia has 1,286 infected people (ranking number 18 out of 188 countries), 7 deaths, 2 cases in a critical situation and 46 people healed. But, the disturbing figure is the number of new cases diagnosed positive with coronavirus. In the last 24 hours were diagnosed 214 new cases and the trend seems to be going up.

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