Originally Posted by
Derfred
UNSW Adjunct Professor Bill Bowtell, one of Australia's leading public health strategists [...] strongly advocates the kinds of measures seen in New Zealand and thinks Australia should follow their goal of eliminating community transmission.
A public health 'strategist' would say that - their strategy is to protect public health.
An economist would probably have the opposite opinion.
I'm not particularly vested in one approach over the other; there are conflicting opinions depending on what the short term and longer term goals are. Australia is doing pretty well (on the whole) compared to many other countries.