there is zero approaches between "open everything up no restrictions ever again" and "everything must be completely locked down on first sign of anything, no exceptions"

And then to reference australia, which would have taken a much more moderate approach to re-opening if the federal side of things wasn't keen on kamikaze'ing their reputations by trying to kill everyone

or in shorter words, it feels misleading to pick a country that intentionally messed up its reopening, as an example of what could happen to a much more orderly nation