It was possible to keep covid entirely out of remote populations like Iceland, NZ, Australia using biosecurity measures. Actually turned out to be almost embarr

It was possible to keep covid entirely out of remote populations like Iceland, NZ, Australia using biosecurity measures. Actually turned out to be almost embarrasingly easy compared with the reality in many countries. It is not practical, economical or desirable to maintain this status forever but it is nice to know we have that capability and many other countries don't. All we can do is get fully vaccinated, have good public health measures such as masks in high density areas and isolation of sick people (with income support) and that is about it. When we hit 80% full vaccinated here in Australia the non-essential flights are going to resume and states that have maintained Covid zero for nearly 2 years are going to be asked to give that up. It is a public discussion we are having here and I think people are accepting. The arguments are mostly about when and how we pull down the quarantine measures rather than if we will do it. I think we are walking into this with our eyes open.