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Australia have never had a "real" outbreak so if they don't have restrictions, covid will rip through the population like it did in other countries in 2020. Vaccination rate is not great, I guess Australia will be in and out of lock down until a certain percentage of the population is fully vaccinated.

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we've also spent an awful lot of time NOT LOCKED DOWN when everyone else is either dying in masses or in prolonged half assed lockdowns.

Our economy is bumping along nicely and the general state of the place is pretty solid.

Yeah, it is odd how those discussions always seem to frame it as disproportionate.

The alternative has been exemplified in Europe, you can wait longer to have more cases and deaths, and a longer lock-down to get out of the mess.

https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/job-market-soften...

The jobless rate fell to 4.9 per cent in June but some economists have predicted a rise back above 5 per cent this month as a result of the lockdowns.

and yet still the envy of most the developed nations....

Covid is going to screw us all. I prefer our decision to manage how we get screwed, rather than the UK/US examples of "Some of you may die, I'm willing to accept that loss"

It will rip through them so much worse because it is Delta and they have fewer people with natural immunity.

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