No, this isn’t one of those #GaysOverCovid ordeals. A video of a packed gay club dancing to Lady Gaga‘s Chromatica album has gone viral, eliciting sighs of FOMO across gay Twitter.
The video was shared by none other than Gaga herself, who captioned it “GOODBYE COVID HELLO DANCING … happy for Australia! Praying for the rest of the world that we all can be dancing together soon”.
GOODBYE COVID HELLO DANCING?? happy for Australia! Praying for the rest of the world that we all can be dancing together soon ? https://t.co/pxnBQrHg1e
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) January 26, 2021
Following a COVID surge that peaked in August 2020, Australia has largely stamped out the virus and returned to something resembling normal, pre-pandemic life.
The country reported just 6 new cases on January 27, according to Google:
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One commenter provided a bit of context after the question was posed: “Covid free? Is this actually true???”
“Dancing is only happening in Western Australia,” replied Twitter user powwow67. “Certainly not in NSW or Victoria or southern Aus. So no not all Australia is dancing. Cases are very low . Still have to wear masks currently in shops , supermarkets etc in Sydney.”
Understandably, the video made many viewers a bit jealous. But hey, at least it’s a sign of hope that there’s light, and dancing, at the end of the tunnel.
Milton
Just FYI the 6 new cases were all in Quarantine and not locally transmitted. We have had 9 – 10 days since no local transmissions (in NSW the last state to have an identified positive case)
Aj76
Milton is spot on… hopefully it continues that way… if it does, we might be back on the dance floor in a fortnight in Sydney ??
ShiningSex
We won’t get rid of the virus until people stop being idiots and listen.
I guess until they have family members die, some won’t take it seriously.
We can get better like some others, but not anywhere near that.
MacAdvisor
If we have to wait ” until people stop being idiots,” we’re doomed.
Den
Clearly, if Australia (and NZ as well) can get a handle on this “people” are not always going to be idi*ts.
Here in the US we coddle and excuse them, and oddly think “freedom” is more important than sound public health policy.
Once we put some real legal teeth into public health policy guidelines we can possibly do as well as Australia and a host of other countries.
So far though Biden has made the same mistake as Trump in his travel ban. He is allowing citizens and their relatives to return from banned countries with no required quarantine. A negative test is not enough, it will not catch incipient infections. If we don’t have all three of the new strains here, we certainly will soon!
(for some reason this comment was “awaiting moderation” the first time I posted it, and that generally means it never sees the light of day)
missvamp
totally agree with macadvisor. people will always be idiots & selfish. we have to get vaccinated & wear masks. we can’t stop what we’ve been doing.
Phillip
This is great news; perhaps one day, if we can ever get the MAGAt’s to ever wear their masks full time when they’re outdoors and practice safe distancing etc., we too, may reach this goal.
One can wish and hope.
Den
Just a little story:
I am currently in isolation for Covid. Have been since January 9th. Somebody in our household “pod” (the boyfriend of one of my housemates) was not as vigilant as the rest of us and brought it in. Two of us have recovered, one is in the ICU.
I was very sick for only a few days, but recovery has been very slow and very tedious. Yesterday a doctor friend did my grocery shopping for me. Since he was vaccinated early on, after we had chatted for a while he spontaneously gave me a big hug. It has been almost a year since I touched anyone, let alone had a hug. And I immediately burst into tears. In response so did he.
Covid has taken so much from us. Sometimes we don’t even realize how much.
LumpyPillows
Here’s to hoping you are fully recovered soon. It’s been rough.
@dusyk
Unfortunately, it’s not gonna end anytime soon! It’s a virus ? lets not get a head of ourselves
whateverokok
No crap, Sherlock. The Flu is a virus too, but you don’t see people freaking and going crazy over it, do you? No, because at one point people had better sense. It’s like everyone woke up one day totally stupid and brain dead or something. This is not the end of the world. Nor is it the big bad we’ve been led to believe.
Cam
@whateverokok
Except the flu didn’t kill over 400,000 in under a year even with people locked down did it?
I can’t believe what a death cult you Republicans have become.
hansniemeijer
keep calm and don’t be stupid, even when vaccinated.
whateverokok
There is nothing stupid going on. People, we are going to catch Covid at some point in our lives. It’s just like the Flu. Catching it though doesn’t mean that you will die. Or that you will even get super sick. This community has been through a real “pandemic”, yet the community is freaked more out about this than the real “pandemic”. Even now, when that virus is incurable, people act as if it is nothing. I wish people showed more concern about that virus and their health cause that was deadly. This virus is a cakewalk in comparison.
Cam
Tell that to the over 400,000 dead in 9 months in just the U.S.
And the zero people in New Zealand that currently have it.
F-off with your death cult B.S. Troll.
LumpyPillows
I am reading between the lines and think you are referring to HIV as a real pandemic. I am the age most effected by HIV. So many of my peers died. I was lucky, but the scars remain and will for ever. To suggest the country has forgotten what we went through is, for the most part, true. However, just because we had something far more deadly but less infectious, does not really matter. And yes, people who are not wearing masks as being stupid and selfish.
LumpyPillows
What is the difference between the US and Australia? It isn’t money. It isn’t the availability of good health care. It isn’t education. It is leadership. It all comes down to the horrible failure of Trump to wear a mask and take it seriously (and have a real national policy). That really is it. Trump killed at least 400,000 people and destroyed trillions of dollars of value in the economy. We could have forgiven all student loans and rebuilt the US infrastructure for what this has and will ultimately cost us. Not just the worst president ever, possible the worst American ever. When people say it doesn’t matter who is president, kick them.
Milton
Well that was short lived Perth is back into lock down after 1 man was exposed to the UK covid strain and went wandering around the city for days.