Social Distancing Is Failing (Especially in Victoria)
Channel: Daily Insight
Date: 2020-07-27

In Victoria, we have an obesity epidemic (as well as a coronavirus pandemic). Two thirds (or 67%) of adults are classified as either overweight or obese. Tens of thousands of people die from obesity-related disease every year across Australia. This is putting untold pressure on our already fragile health system. Consequently, the Victorian Government are implementing a brand new health campaign to stamp out obesity once and for all. We call this campaign, ‘Choose Salad’. Three Months Later — Good morning. This is Premier Daniel Andrews. It’s been three months since my Government implemented the statewide health campaign, Choose Salad. I’d just like to make a few comments regarding the outcome of this campaign. Between the 7th July and the 21st July, the Government monitored the eating habits of 3,810 Victorians. I’m very unhappy, and very sad to have to report that nearly nine in 10, or 3,400 people, did not Choose Salad during that period. Not only did they not Choose Salad, they actively chose foods that continued to exacerbate the obesity epidemic. Not only did the obesity rate not go down during the last three months, it actively went up! What the f**k Victoria?! Consequently, starting from today, all Victorians will have to wear a special face covering to remind themselves, and others, to do the right thing and Choose Salad. If you don’t do this, you are going to be fined $200. Unfortunately, this is the only way to stop people from filling their face with junk food. The science is clear. If we want stop the scourge that is obesity, we’ve all got to do the right thing and Choose Salad. It’s just that simple. Okay. Obviously there’s no such thing as the Choose Salad Campaign. But if you substitute ‘obesity’ with ‘coronavirus’, and ‘Choose Salad’ with ‘Practise Social Distancing’, then we have ourselves the real situation in Victoria, except that a lot less people are dying from coronavirus than they are obesity. The Government in Victoria, and across Australia and the world, have advised, or mandated people to socially distance at least 1.5m from one another. The problem with this, just like the fictional Choose Salad Campaign, is that we’re trying to make people do something that doesn’t come naturally to them. Societal rules and laws typically evolve over generations until they become ingrained in society. What we’re seeing recently regarding coronavirus, however, are sudden rule changes that are being imposed on people.

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