I'm pretty sure at this point Australia is very far away from "temporary requirement to wear masks out in public places". And incidentally, the past couple of

I'm pretty sure at this point Australia is very far away from "temporary requirement to wear masks out in public places". And incidentally, the past couple of years shook the last bits of trust I had in the "establishment", and I mead media as much as politicians and administration. Saying that masks are useful was strongly discouraged in early 2020. Saying that the virus _might_ have passsed through a lab was actively censored on facebook. War on terror "exceptions" are still in place, and we've even left Afghanistan. Yeah, the risk of losing family members is beginning to look like the reasonable option here. No joke or hyperbole. Also, we have (plenty of) vaccines. Australia is sitting right now on a stockpile of millions. Vaccines reduce the risk of death to a pre-covid flu. This makes social appeals to obey moot - people already have a way to protect themselves. If for some reason the haven't (vaccine hesitancy for example), that's on each individual. No longer a social obligation to protect the vulnerable, like it was a year ago.