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Hayley Hodgson, 26, moved to Darwin from Melbourne to escape the never-ending lockdowns — only to find herself locked up in a Covid Internment Camp without even having the virus.
She’s just returned from a 14-day detention at Howard Springs, the 2000-capacity Covid camp outside Darwin to which regional Covid cases are transported by the authorities. In an exclusive interview with Freddie Sayers, she recounted her experiences.
It all began when a friend of hers tested positive. She recounts how investigators came to her home shortly afterwards, having run the numberplate of her scooter to identify her as a ‘close contact’. They asked if she had done a Covid test, and in the moment she lied and said she had, when she in fact had not yet. This set in train an extraordinary series of events.
“So then the police officers blocked my driveway,” she says. “I walked out and I said, “what’s going on, are you guys testing me for COVID? What’s happening?” They said, “no, you’re getting taken away. And you have no choice. You’re going to Howard Springs. You either come with us now, and we’ll put you in the back of the divvy van. Or you can have a choice to get a ‘COVID cab’… I just said, “I don’t consent to this. I don’t understand why I can’t just self-isolate at home, like a lot of other people are doing.” And they just said, “we’ve just been told from higher up where to take you. And that’s all that there is.”
She was ordered to pack a bag and was told that she could be released once she tested negative. Collected in the back of a rented van, she was then transported to Howard Springs. On arrival, she was told that she would have to stay there for the full 14 days
She was tested three times during the 14 days, and on each occasion tested negative.
At one stage she was disciplined for leaving the confines of her cabin without a mask and was threatened with a $5000 AUD fine. On another occasion, she told how she was offered Valium to calm her down.
Hayley Hodgson, 26, moved to Darwin from Melbourne to escape the never-ending lockdowns — only to find herself locked up in a Covid Internment Camp without even having the virus.
She’s just returned from a 14-day "stay" at Howard Springs, the 2000-capacity Covid camp outside Darwin to which regional Covid cases are transported by the authorities. In an exclusive interview with Freddie Sayers, she recounted her experiences.
"You feel like you’re in prison. You feel like you’ve done something wrong, it’s inhumane what they’re doing. You are so small, they just overpower you. And you’re literally nothing. It’s like ‘you do what we say, or you’re in trouble, we’ll lock you up for longer’. Yeah, they were even threatening me that if I was to do this again, 'we will extend your time in here,'" she said.
originally posted by: Brotherman
I’m sure we will have an Aussie member here soon to tell us everything is A-Ok down under and everything is being blown out of proportion over here in America, probably get a story about a beautiful sunny day etc etc.
originally posted by: MichiganSwampBuck
Don't allow them to come to your door. Have a gate on your driveway, security cameras, and an exit plan. Ditch the cell phones and go camping.
originally posted by: Dalamax
It would be nice but I doubt you’ll find one.
Maybe the twerp, I forget the handle (they were fairly forgettable anyway), who was defending the gestapo in Melbourne a little while ago.
It’s not being blown out of proportion at all and is of concern to any citizen with a brainwave.
a reply to: Brotherman
originally posted by: LoneCloudHopper2
Her story is a very important one. If this reaches enough people, it may help to put a stop to this insane escalation.
Hayley Hodgson, 26, moved to Darwin from Melbourne to escape the never-ending lockdowns — only to find herself locked up in a Covid Internment Camp without even having the virus.
She’s just returned from a 14-day "stay" at Howard Springs, the 2000-capacity Covid camp outside Darwin to which regional Covid cases are transported by the authorities. In an exclusive interview with Freddie Sayers, she recounted her experiences.
"You feel like you’re in prison. You feel like you’ve done something wrong, it’s inhumane what they’re doing. You are so small, they just overpower you. And you’re literally nothing. It’s like ‘you do what we say, or you’re in trouble, we’ll lock you up for longer’. Yeah, they were even threatening me that if I was to do this again, 'we will extend your time in here,'" she said.
www.realclearpolitics.com...
Her testimony: www.youtube.com...
Journalist Tim Pool was able to verify some of her claims which have been criticized:
originally posted by: Brotherman
a reply to: jerich0
Idk mate served with some of your best in the Arabian dessert and did a bit of bull # training a few years later in certain really hot places. I know what it feels like to go from 110f to 60f or below when the sun drops.
There are people here that will tell you everything is a ok in oz…
One member I’ve been waiting to make a post chadwickus has not but I’d like to hear from him soon