Aussies Are Sharing Their Frustrations Over Their COVID-Infested Summer And I'm Both Laughing And Weeping

    Remember pre-COVID summers, when you'd just snog a stranger in a bar? I now require a negative RAT to be presented first.

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    thinking about how I have spent the last two years not travelling in order to avoid getting COVID only to contract it in fucking Ballarat

    Twitter: @lavosaurus

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    This is day five of iso and we are still waiting for our PCR results 🙃 Meanwhile someone we urged to go get tested finally got a test on Saturday morning, and had same day results Good news is, if I have Covid I won’t by the time by results come in!!!!!!

    Twitter: @jessmcguire

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    No Australian has all three: - a RAT in their possession - avoided contracting COVID - enjoying hot girl summer

    Twitter: @lexilegs99

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    Quarantine time limit lowered to 30 minutes in your car on the way to work

    Twitter: @Dave_Horwitz

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    stay tuned for yet another cliffhanger ending of the "do i have covid symptoms or am i, a grown man, unable to take care of my basic needs?" show

    Twitter: @cameronwilson

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    Due to travel restrictions, all roads lead to the fridge now.

    Twitter: @Havish_AF

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    so far these 20s are less “roaring” and more “helpless whimpering”

    Twitter: @keelyflaherty

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    respectfully sydney you can’t be both humid and in the middle of a covid outbreak. pick one

    Twitter: @cameronwilson

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    New goal is to work out how to have a hot girl summer while self-isolating due to being high risk for severe covid 😌

    Twitter: @TheEmojiDev

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    Twitter: @DanielBleakley

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    Probably the grimmest sight of the pandemic I’ve seen thus far

    Twitter: @dannolan

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    How good is Morrison on COVID. Australia mid summer and registering huge infection rates exceeding those of European high density countries that are in the middle of winter.

    Twitter: @muttsy99

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    If you don’t have any Panadol don’t worry, just do the same trick I’ve been using for twenty years. Just ask literally any woman with a purse if they have painkillers. They’ve all got a mini pharmacy up in there.

    Twitter: @cosmicjester

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    the 1k fine is in place to fine insta influencers who post their rapid tests and I say about time

    Twitter: @dannolan

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    [scanning down the menu of a fancy Covid restaurant, looking for the second cheapest Covid] That one would be lovely, thank you.

    Twitter: @bencjenkins

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    Maybe if we’d killed Johnny Depps dogs then none of this would be happening. Fly them back to Australia, blood for blood

    Twitter: @laurenybonner

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    Twitter: @suelapp

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    @DHughesy Hi Dave, just checking in. How has summer been?

    Twitter: @thebigjohnnyd

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    I'm just grateful retailers will still profit from rapid antigen tests.

    Twitter: @natalietran

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    i have seen two ed hardy hats in the wild today is this a symptom of long covid

    Twitter: @wheelswordsmith

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    Is he hacking up the Xmas tree or an extremely on-the-nose visual metaphor for the state of Australia’s COVID summer? Honestly, who can say at this point.

    Twitter: @MarcFennell

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    Has Covid-19 forced you to wear a mask and glasses at the same time? You may be entitled to condensation.

    Twitter: @triniliciousd

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    Absolutely JONESING for nachos and frozen margaritas but omicron has sent my Covid anxiety back to summer 2020 so no I will not trust a restaurant until spring

    Twitter: @Xava_Unbound

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    @no1historychick @ChaserInterns to make sure people in western sydney stay at home so people in bondi can spread covid in cocktail bars

    Twitter: @andrew_the_pom

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    What an absolute clusterfuck. An antivaxxer sports star, asylum seekers who have been locked up for 9 years, and rapid test shortage crossing paths. It's the 11th of January.

    Twitter: @natalietran

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    Rapid antigen tests are actually totally affordable - here’s how one proud millennial couple managed to buy a pack of five, through hard work, saving, and only a little bit of help from the bank of mum and dad

    Twitter: @PatrickLenton

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    All my pre pandemic memories are fading it’s so sad

    Twitter: @MunaHamid1

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    Me: help, I’m sick, my friends are sick, everyone I know is sick The government: sit tight, we know what to do! We’re gonna deport some tennis players

    Twitter: @HannahD15

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    I feel like there are less people out and about in Sydney today than during actual lockdown

    Twitter: @jrhennessy

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    Ppl getting tested today at the same location I got tested a week ago are getting same day results, that’s fine, I’m happy for them, I also think it’s cute the helpline just has an answering msg that says “still waiting on results? They’re coming! Stay in iso!” then hangs up :)

    Twitter: @jessmcguire

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    won't get covid as long as i keep my wordle streak going

    Twitter: @MilesKlee

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    Twitter: @fictillius

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    Completely empty restaurants in Sydney AKA “Living with Covid” Feeling really sorry for small business owners trying to get by with no certainty and no support.

    Twitter: @drgregkelly

    34. And finally:

    Twitter: @mariewalsh18