Australian Prime Minister likens his country's exit strategy from "Covid" to a cartoon movie

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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has likened his country's exit strategy from the coronavirus pandemic to the 2013 animated children's movie "The Croods", a film produced by DreamWorks that depicts a Stone Age family with a sense of humor and misfortune at the same time. It consists of cave men and women trying to survive the events of the Stone Age, navigating rugged terrain after their cave collapsed.

“In a movie like this, people want to stay in the cave, but that little girl wanted to go out and live again, and deal with the challenges of life in a different world,” Morrison said, in an interview with Australian “Channel 9,” on Tuesday. ) is now a new and different world, and we need to go out and live in it, we can't stay in the cave and we can get out of it safely," as the girl did in the cartoon "The Croods."

The prime minister has been defending a plan approved by the national cabinet in July to open up the country once 80% of Australians have been vaccinated, and suggesting that those who refuse to do so could face consequences for doing so.

Some state and territory leaders have been reluctant to commit to easing strict limits at the border, once vaccination rates have reached key targets.

"The Croods" is a famous family movie that grossed about $ 587 million at the box office worldwide, and starred the voices of famous actors, such as Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone and Ryan Reynolds, and had a sequel in 2020.

Morrison's comparison of the "Covid-19" closure with this movie sparked a wave of responses on social media, with some in Australia expressing regret at not seeing the movie, while others commented on the extent to which statesmen's rhetoric has declined.

Western Australian Prime Minister Mark McGowan commented on the Prime Minister’s comparison of the current situation in the country to the movie “Crudes”, on “Facebook”: “It is strange that Morrison resorts to such a comparison.” And he added: “The Prime Minister made a comment this morning. Pointing out that Western Australians are like cave dwellers in a recent children's movie," McGowan also said, "We currently have no restrictions within our country, the quality of life is fantastic, our economy is remarkably strong, and it funds relief efforts in other parts of the country."

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