Australia did well with this strategy initially, then returned to normal months before the rest of the world and with really low deaths to show of. So they wen

Australia did well with this strategy initially, then returned to normal months before the rest of the world and with really low deaths to show of. So they went ahead and used the strategy again, but this time (because delta is much worse) it didn't work, but they can't stop because the politicians who back this would take a hit if they admitted it. So they do the only thing they can, which is go at it, but harder. This is basically the US Vietnam war situation.