Aggressive measures in COVID early years credited for saving thousands of lives

<https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/aggressive-measures-in-covid-early-years-credited-for-saving-thousands-of-lives-20240112-p5ewxi.html>

"The Burnet Institute says Australia’s aggressive approach to suppressing
COVID-19 in the first two years of the pandemic has been vindicated in saving
thousands of lives, leading to a death rate 33 times lower than the United
Kingdom and 46 times lower than the United States.

But Australia lost its relative global advantage during 2022 and 2023 when
excess deaths reached 31,000, an 18-fold increase compared to the first two
years – an outcome it attributes in part to the shift by governments to “living
with COVID” without ongoing clear transmission-reduction strategies."

Via Violet Blue’s Pandemic Roundup: January 18, 2024
https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-96725565

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