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How hotel quarantine let COVID-19 out of the bag in Victoria

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  1. Algernon_Asimov
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    The "more lurid rumours" are that a security guard had sex with one of the people in quarantine. This whole story is appalling. The quarantine for Victoria was handed over to private security...

    Details have since emerged of the lax hygiene standards in some Melbourne quarantine hotels and significant breaches of quarantine. Premier Andrews has drawn attention to guards sharing a cigarette lighter, and having "carpooling arrangements".

    More lurid rumours have also emerged

    The "more lurid rumours" are that a security guard had sex with one of the people in quarantine.

    This whole story is appalling. The quarantine for Victoria was handed over to private security companies. I have a friend who works in the security industry, and he says it's rife with dodgy operators. It's an open secret. There was a story last year about 400 Victorian security guards being struck off after it was discovered that they'd acquired their licenses fraudulently.

    But that's the industry to which the Victorian government chose to hand over this crucial responsibility. Ridiculous.

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