Elimination (of logic) Strategy
I believe the overriding problem in Australia is the very thing "we" are most proud of - our Elimination Strategy. This will be our downfall going forward.
Politicians with the aid of the media have hammered the concept of zeros, double zeros etc so hard into our skulls that even seeing the number "1" sends citizens rushing to the shops for toilet paper, fears of city wide lockdowns and 10-20k ppl rushing to be COVID swabbed.
This concept of absolute zero risk is unsustainable and has moved the country head first into a brick wall.
Who wants to be the one to relax any rules in this environment?
Using COVID logic, Easter Weekend should be cancelled. If it had been cancelled, we would have saved 20 lives.