Lockdown fatigue appears to be wearing on Sydneysiders with commuter numbers growing in the face of stay home orders and the growing Delta strain outbreak:
Almost 90,000 extra trips were taken on Sydney’s public transport on Wednesday compared to the same time last month, despite pleas for people to stay home as cases continue to climb one week before the lockdown is scheduled to end…
More than 313,000 trips were taken on Sydney’s public transport network on Wednesday, up by 88,000 compared to Wednesday, July 21, while an extra six million road traffic movements were also recorded, indicating potentially hundreds of thousands additional car trips…
The state government eased restrictions on the construction industry from July 31, allowing vaccinated workers in hotspot areas to return to job sites at 50 per cent capacity…
Analysis of Facebook Mobility trends shows marked increases in mobility across Sydney’s local government areas of concern since the ban was lifted.
Roy Morgan’s CBD people movements data shows a similar trend with movements rebounding across Sydney; albeit remain highly depressed:
Sydney people movements bounce off low.
More people movements obviously means more chains of transmission. Then again, maybe some of the commuters were trying to get vaccinated?
Whatever the case, the chances of NSW eliminating the virus are buckley’s and none. The state will have to learn to live with the virus, as will we all.
