In mid-August, for every Australian with an active COVID case, France has 68, the United Kingdom 730 and the USA 4412.
However, in the USA, 46 states have lifted all restrictions – 4,977,696 active cases; UK, restrictions lifted – 940,285 active cases; France – no internal travel restrictions – 99,017 active cases.
In Australia – borders are closed, businesses shut, Victoria is in a sixth lockdown, 12-million Australians are in lockdown. Leaders are in panic mode.
The last Victorian lockdown cost $100-million a day. This cost is to cafés, barbers, clothes shops, musicians, florists, tourist operators, performers, hospitality venues. They’re told to dig into savings and superannuation. Decision-makers – immune from the consequences and oblivious to the cost of their decisions.
Australia’s responses are extreme compared with countries like us. Small businesses take the hit – as always. Unfair. Unsustainable. Premiers race to see who can have the lowest numbers.
Vaccination – get this fixed. It’s time to come up with a better way. After the Delta variant, we will have the Epsilon, Zeta, Eta, Theta variants. Is our plan to lockdown through these as well?
It’s time to come up with a better way.
Andrew Kube
A.Kube Aviation, Nhill