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"Overall, Australian governments managed the first two years of the COVID
pandemic well. Border closures and state actions such as lockdowns averted
18,000 deaths in 2020 and 2021.
This came at a cost in terms of separation of families and friends because of
border closures, disruption to schooling and economic activity, and individual
stress.
The public supported these measures and thought state governments had managed
the pandemic well. Support for the Commonwealth government was also high until
mid-2021, when the bungled vaccine rollout caused support to plummet.
Now, we are in the grip of a fresh COVID wave. Hospital systems and ambulance
services are under severe strain, not just because of an increase in patients,
but because the virus has decimated their own workforces. Governments now
appear to be much more reluctant to introduce measures to curb its spread, a
big difference from the start of the pandemic in 2020.
So, how did it come to this?"
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
