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"The SARS-CoV-2 virus was first detected in Australia on January 25 2020.
Within two months, the lives of all Australian were upended.
Australians were stranded overseas as external borders were slammed shut. State
borders were closed to people from other states. Lockdowns severely restricted
movement of the population. People watched in fascination as case numbers went
up and then down.
The daily drama dragged on for months, with premiers and chief health officers
fronting the media with announcements of case numbers and tightening or
loosening of restrictions.
But the daily spectacle made it difficult to see the wood for the trees. Now,
new data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare shows how
Australians’ health changed over the course of the pandemic. It allows us to
step back and assess what happened, and to whom.
Australia’s management of the pandemic was overall very good, leading to about
18,000 deaths averted in 2020 and 2021. This was primarily due to restricting
arrivals and hotel quarantine for those who did arrive, and lockdowns when
quarantine was breached, which inevitable happened.
From late 2021, with more than half the total population vaccinated, these
restrictions were lifted following the Morrison government’s national plan,
released on August 6 2021.
However, the pandemic is not over. The number of deaths in the eleven months
since the plan was released is almost ten times the number than in the 18
months before."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
