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Your comments about Australia are incorrect. We have one "quarantine camp", Howard Springs in Darwin, and it is only for incoming travellers. Two are being cons
by rswail 5y ago
Your comments about Australia are incorrect. We have one "quarantine camp", Howard Springs in Darwin, and it is only for incoming travellers. Two are being constructed and will be used longer term, and not just for COVID, remembering that Asia has been through a number of equivalent pandemics (SARS, MERS) over the last 20 years.
Those that arrive through other locations (eg Melbourne, Sydney) etc were quarantined through hotel quarantine, which had/has leaks.
Our infection rate from COVID is substantially lower than other countries of similar size and economy, our hospitalization and death rates are substantially lower as well.
We have achieved 80-90+% vaccination rates for the majority of the population (ie 12+) and have started rolling out the 3rd shot/booster as well as planning for vaccination of 5+ starting early next year, hopefully getting 5+ kids vaccinated early in the school term.
The people protesting and complaining are a very small but noisy minority, and their arguments are becoming less and less relevant. In the two largest states, Victoria and NSW, we are "living with" COVID, with minimal restrictions (masks in internal retail spaces, hospitals and other vulnerable population locations, requirement for double vaccination in most businesses etc).
We're not trying (anymore) to "eradicate" covid, we're adapting to it, but in a way that maximizes safety and minimizes risk.