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Contract tracing wasn't very effective. What worked in Melbourne was that 8 months of house arrest for everyone living in the city...

I'm all for managing the virus spread but if the policies are a piece of meat, in the UK the policies are uncooked in Melbourne they were burnt.

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> What worked in Melbourne was that 8 months of house arrest for everyone living in the city...

The .au epidemiologists I've heard on NPR have made it clear that what worked in Melbourne was everything they did, including a lockdown and including contact tracing.

Exactly, there is no one magic bullet. The changing seasons probably helped too.

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