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Australia (Victoria) just got 3 cases and mandated stage 4 measures including limiting gatherings to 15 people.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-31/victoria-coronavirus-...

This is because it was reintroduced by returning Australians due to the rest of the worlds inability to contain it. Now we'll hopefully have some minor restrictions until we get on top of things again because you can effectively contact trace at these levels of transmission.

This doesn't prove that lockdowns don't work anymore than a car crash death proves that seat belts don't work.

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