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Saturday 6 October 2007

ASTOUNDING EVENTS

If this EI wasnt so serious, what I have been told over the last few days would make the cat laugh.

I thought I would bullet point some real events that have happened around Warwick in the last few weeks and maybe people would care to add their experiences to this list - then it could be emailed to the Qld & NSW DPI when it became quite obvious that what they are doing (?), is really not working.

* Quarantined a single property three times in one week - each time saying that the last time had not been done even though forms had been filled in and signed and notices were on the gates.
* Informed an elderly lady that she could not go out her back door as her house property backed onto a newly quarantined place - she had an outside toilet and laundry plus no horses
* Govt employee in the know transported horses from Morgan Park after the lock down was in place
* Landholder (doing the right thing) rang DPI to inform them that a neighbour was transporting horses in his gooseneck at 10.30pm and he did not own cattle so had to be horses. DPI staff answering phone asked what was a gooseneck, and it was a matter for the police so they would not act on it
* Lady who was having a follow up blood tests to ascertain that her horses had not got the flu over the last four weeks when been exposed to it, was told by the guy doing the blood samples that he had not cleaned his vehicle at all in the last two days
* After cutting and shampooing a bloke with filthy hair in a Warwick hairdressers, the girls (who own horses), were informed by the bloke that he was in lock down at Morgan Park, so therefore he had not followed even the most simple bio-security rules. The salon was closed while staff disinfected the place and themselves and had new clothes bought in from their homes

Has anyone else something to ad?
Jan

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

* Told I could'nt use the horsefloat to transport furniture as it was parked on my (flu free) property however I was welcome to use the trailer ( hello...it's on the same property !!
* Warwick woman told she was not allowed to remove manure from her paddock which is situated by the racecourse (where 'flu is present)& must follow strict Bio Security measures - however the council workers who were working on the other side of her fence were free to come & go all week without any care in the world - not sign of detergent anywhere!
* Morgan Park quarantine - WHAT A JOKE - in my day "Quarantine" meant NO GOING ANYWHERE. The Morgan Park folks were free to roam the streets happily - well, they did wask their hands & boots, and their cars had the wheels sprayed as they left the Park. I am still wondering why the virus would only be present on hands, boots & wheels ????

7 October 2007 at 10:45 am  

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