Government fell disastrously short in dealing with Covid

Re:Government fell disastrously short in dealing with Covid ... by benjaminwootton on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @09:48AM (#27290450)

All they have done is kicked the can.

They can vaccinate but at some point, probably years after the world is back to normal, they will need to reopen and then Covid deaths will occur.

Australia have also been brutal with regards to lockdowns and civil liberties. Citizens literallly cannot leave or enter their own country easily. They still have years of short sharp lockdowns to contend with.

Glad I’m living in the UK rather than Australia and that’s a sentence I didn’t ever see myself writing!

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Re:Government fell disastrously short in dealing with Covid ... by epistasis on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @09:58AM (#27290547)

If they vaccinate, then they will avoid COVID deaths when they reopen. The vaccine completely changes the game from "kicking the can down the road" into "total victory."

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Re:Government fell disastrously short in dealing with Covid ... by Bukhmanizer on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @10:19AM (#27290787)

If they vaccinate adequately, why would they have Covid deaths anywhere near the same magnitude as the US/UK?

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Re:Government fell disastrously short in dealing with Covid ... by iso1631 on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @02:16PM (#27294082)

Is there a reason Aus/NZ won't be able to vaccinate to the level the UK has so far by next summer?

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