> It took Victoria 3+ months to go from 700 case to 0 The first 6 weeks or so weren't strict enough and cases were still growing at the half way point, we squa

> It took Victoria 3+ months to go from 700 case to 0 The first 6 weeks or so weren't strict enough and cases were still growing at the half way point, we squandered the first 6 weeks with ineffective half measures. > How long do you think it would take America to go from 70,000 cases to 0? Roughly the same time, cases were roughly halving every couple of weeks or so. Much like searching a binary tree doubling the size of the tree does not double the search time. > The longer a lockdown, the less severe it can be Victoria and several other places learned that this is not true, a less severe lockdown had cases growing or stagnating and delivered the worst of both worlds. Hard lockdowns offer a way back to normality.