Anyone remember the original intention of ‘flatten the curve’??
With the new outbreaks in Victoria it’s worth asking ‘the viewers at home’...
What is Australia’s strategy with COVID??
To be honest I’m not sure if it’s eradication or suppression.....
Once upon a time the ‘flatten the curve’ campaign was followed by messages from various politicians about giving the health system time to prepare and reduce the pressure on ICU beds.
I remember reading back when the cases dropped off that Victoria alone had created (or planned) 4000 new ICU beds to cope with the predicted outbreak. What happened to all those beds?
How many of you know that the Australian government has restricted international arrivals to 4,175 people per week?? TOTAL!! To bad if you’re an Australian citizen who needs to go home for various reasons that have nothing whatsoever to do with ‘swanning around on holiday’...
Meanwhile in the many other parts of the world people are trying to get on with life the best they can.
Bouncing between hard lockdowns and easing off and back again will destroy any economy Australia has left. Some sort of middle ground has to be found. Masks on, social distancing, build more ICU beds and PROPERLY isolate the vulnerable (especially in nursing homes etc).
The various state governments need to start building the view that there will be cases within the community. What we have now is this huge fear of ANY cases. There needs to be a proactive look at what limits the spread of the virus while still allowing as many people as possible to go about their day. A lockdown is not the answer.
If a vaccine is really the answer, that’s 18 months or more away. Until then is the Australian population going to accept continued lockdowns for the inevitable out breaks? Are various industries going to survive with the international borders effectively closed? Will domestic tourism survive with the various state border closures? Will Qantas, VA MK2 or any other airline survive such a long period of uncertainty?