The point of talking about a covid case not telling contact tracers they have been to Shepparton is not to shame that person, but to show the consequence and how virus spreads. Humans are not perfect. This is not surprising. Why aren’t we allowed to talk about this taboo topic?
One of the reasons we’re not allowed to talk about people withholding information from contact tracers is that it makes it harder to blame contact tracers for virus spreading - it doesn’t suit the Andrews’ bashing narrative. If we can’t talk about it, we can’t solve it.
Entire time this simplistic narrative ‘Victoria can’t contact trace and NSW is perfect’ has been politicised, contact tracing critiques have failed to acknowledge complexity of system that relies on humans. This is not judgement of those humans, it’s just acknowledging reality.
Can I point out too that humans will be humans wherever they live - in NSW too! So are people accepting that contact tracers can only be as perfect as humans are, and that their covid management systems have to account for this? Or are they over simplifying for political reasons?
We’ve had GPs saying they’ve got patients who refuse to be tested for covid. They’re scared. They don’t want to isolate themselves and their family. There are lots of reasons. They’re human! What good is there in ignoring this problem and pretending it will go away?
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