US comic says Australians have 'lost their minds' over Covid

American comedian says Australians have ‘lost their minds’ over Covid – as he shares his disbelief at viral Aussie news clip showing the country’s strict lockdown laws

An American comedian has claimed Australians have ‘lost their f**king minds’ amid the ongoing Covid-19 crisis.

On Thursday, Tim Dillon, 36, took aim at the country’s harsh lockdown regulations on Twitter, after sharing a clip from Nine News which highlighted those who had flouted restrictions in New South Wales.

Re-posting the video to his 433k followers, the New York based comic wrote: ‘Australia has completely lost their f**king minds. There’s like 12 cases of Covid, one of them is a koala bear, and the country has gone full 1984.’ 

Speaking out: US comic Tim Dillon, 36, took aim at Australia’s harsh lockdown regulations in force across the states, as he shared a clip from Nine News which highlighted those who had flouted restrictions in New South Wales

The clip, which has now gone viral with over 2.5million views, first discussed a Covid-positive man who is currently eluding police after defying orders to isolate.

It then showed eight boys being placed in handcuffs and handed a $1000 fine for a secret party in Bondi, while a third clip showed a live report of a construction worker being sent home because he failed to have the right paperwork to be on-site.

NSW Deputy Commissioner Gary Worboys said in the clip: ‘681 penalty infringement notices have been issued in the last 24 hours. More than 400 of those notices were again for those being outside of their home without a reasonable excuse.’

Opinion: Re-posting the footage to his 433,000 followers, the New York based comic wrote: ‘Australia has completely lost their f**king minds. There’s like 12 cases of Covid, one of them is a koala bear, and the country has gone full 1984’

On Tuesday, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian revealed the state had recorded 753 new cases, as lockdown continues to protect residents from the contagious Delta strain of the virus.

In total, Australia has seen just under 45,000 Covid cases across the country – while the US have endured more than 38million.

It’s not the first time Tim has publicly lashed out at Australia.

Earlier this month, he joked Australians ‘like lockdowns’ because they’re ‘perpetually lazy, descendants of criminals’ who don’t want to work.

‘Australia has like 12 cases and they’re literally chaining people,’ he said. ‘But Australians like that, they like the government, they trust the government. The government has been good to Australia. 

‘People asking why Australians aren’t angry, they’re perpetually lazy, descendants of criminals.’

Second wind: Earlier this month, Tim Dillon joked Australians ‘like lockdowns’ because they’re ‘perpetually lazy, descendants of criminals’ who don’t want to work

Tim, who says he visited Australia and has a lot of Aussie friends, laughed that the lockdown isn’t really preventing the normal way of life.

‘Australians are simple people, all they want to do is get drunk and grill,’ he said, referring to barbecuing. All they want to do is get hammered in their backyards and put meat on a grill.’

He said Australians only ‘recently’ learned to use knives and forks and that ongoing lockdowns were met with universal support.

‘This is the best case scenario for them, they don’t have to work, they’re descendants of criminals.’ 

Battle: On Tuesday, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian revealed the state had recorded 753 new cases, as lockdown continues to protect residents from the contagious Delta strain of the virus

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