Australia has almost eliminated the coronavirus – by putting faith in science
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Re: Australia has almost eliminated the coronavirus – by putting faith in science
#2Not quite so difficult if you live on an island.
Re: Australia has almost eliminated the coronavirus – by putting faith in science
#3Not quite so difficult if you live on an island.
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Re: Australia has almost eliminated the coronavirus – by putting faith in science
#4Not quite so difficult if you live on an island.
You're probably being downvoted for such a flip response. But you're not wrong, so here's my upvote.
It's obvious that if you're an island that is far from the rest of the world by a few hours by plane that it's easier to isolate. And that's doubly true for New Zealand.
Oz better hope that that a good vaccine emerges: otherwise they're not going to like "round one" of Covid, much less "round two" which many countries are going through now. Ozzies have no immunity unlike the rest of the world.
Re: Australia has almost eliminated the coronavirus – by putting faith in science
#5Not quite so difficult if you live on an island.
You're probably being downvoted for such a flip response. But you're not wrong , so here's my upvote. It's obvious that if you're an island that is far from the rest of the world by a few hours by plane that it's easier to isolate. And that's doubly true for New Zealand. Oz better hope that that a good vaccine emerges: otherwise they're not going to like "round one" of Covid, much less "round two" which many countrie…
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Re: Australia has almost eliminated the coronavirus – by putting faith in science
#6Not quite so difficult if you live on an island.
Easier if you live on an Island, but still quite difficult - Victoria (about 1/4 of the Australian population, IIRC) had a serious 4-month lockdown that just recently ended.
I suspect most countries who would take a 4-month lockdown would be in a very good condition.
The place where being an island helps tremendously is with avoiding re-introduction.
Re: Australia has almost eliminated the coronavirus – by putting faith in science
#7Not quite so difficult if you live on an island.
In summer. And have $300000000000 to gamble away. Better hope the virus doesn’t slip back in or they’re back to square one, but broke.
Re: Australia has almost eliminated the coronavirus – by putting faith in science
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
You're probably being downvoted for such a flip response. But you're not wrong , so here's my upvote. It's obvious that if you're an island that is far from the rest of the world by a few hours by plane that it's easier to isolate. And that's doubly true for New Zealand. Oz better hope that that a good vaccine emerges: otherwise they're not going to like "round one" of Covid, much less "round two" which many countrie…
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The efficacy of herd immunity strategy for combating Covid has been thoroughly debunked.
Re: Australia has almost eliminated the coronavirus – by putting faith in science
#9Re: Australia has almost eliminated the coronavirus – by putting faith in science
#10Not quite so difficult if you live on an island.
Easier if you live on an Island, but still quite difficult - Victoria (about 1/4 of the Australian population, IIRC) had a serious 4-month lockdown that just recently ended. I suspect most countries who would take a 4-month lockdown would be in a very good condition. The place where being an island helps tremendously is with avoiding re-introduction.
Still ending really... There are still travel restriction from metropolitan Melbourne to regional Victoria - expected to end Sunday at midnight. Retail capacity is also limited still, but ramping back up.