intent might be to ease the panic SWP especially amongst the elderly perhaps naive of me to think that but this commentary is not helpful to carry the debate forward especially if it the prevailing attitude amongst many who should no better.
its a deadly disease it spreads very quickly and is a major health concern throughout the world.
Long covid and its incidence is still in its infancy.
How and where it started must never be overlooked and this also needs time and research if we can learn from it into the future.
No doubt many mistakes have been made in the response even though the vast majority of nations have acted with good intent but it does expose the pros and cons of leaving the response in the hands of the the government of the day.
Politics and ego's do get in the way SWP , I can only speak for the states here in Australia , we should have left the big calls to the experts that advise the Feds.
You might think that 800 deaths in a State the size of Victoria of 6.5m is a fairly good outcome but in truth we would have been far better to leave the decisions that really mattered to NSW or the Feds but State Governments and Sate Health Officers were left to make the big calls and many of them unfortunately were out of their depth or just panicked.