Originally Posted by
ScepticalOptomist
I found this interesting regarding the US. Apologies for the link - hopefully it’s viewable!
https://apple.news/ADRGHPLjTQdWCbcDbzJHywg
The title was “Is the world finally getting sick of Covid-mania?” Published in The Australian newspaper May 4.
Actually more like “are US Republicans getting sick of Covid restrictions?” And the answer being yes, they’ve been sick of them since this pandemic started, which is why
Republican states have had higher Covid tolls than Democratic ones.
As far as Australia goes well there was a
Lowy Institute poll recently with some telling stats on what Australians want with borders:
A Lowy Institute poll has shown only two in 10, or 18 per cent of people, feel all Australians should be free to leave the country.
41 per cent agreed with the current policy that requires people to have special exemptions to be allowed to leave the country.
Only a third of Australians aged 18-59 said those vaccinated should be free to leave now
Almost 60 per cent feel the government has done enough to help fellow citizens return home
No Australians felt the US had handled COVID-19 very well, while a whopping 92 per cent said the pandemic was managed very or fairly badly there