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> After massive sacrifice, the country is now topping the charts in COVID deaths You sound so out of touch with what the Australian experience has been. Austr
by zizee 4y ago
> After massive sacrifice, the country is now topping the charts in COVID deaths
You sound so out of touch with what the Australian experience has been.
Australia has had 14k deaths from COVID, vs over 1 million for the US. Percapita that is about 1/5 the deaths of the US. We've also had about 1.5 times the reported cases per capita than the US.
The strategy was to lock down until the population was vaccinated. Once that had happened, it was time to open back up again. Of course we were going to see more deaths.
Yes, the lockdowns were frustrated, yes unfortunate situationsboccurred. But going by the US stats, the response of the Australian government probably saved about 180 thousand lives.
- 0xy 4y agoI explained how Australia trampled on UN Human Rights charters, including by essentially imprisoning foreign residents. What does that have to do with lockdown policies? There's a pretty big leap between mask mandates (a pretty common response) and preventing foreigners from leaving, a UN Human Rights violation that almost no other country engaged in other than dictatorships like North Korea and China.
- zizee 4y ago> essentially imprisoning foreign residents This sounds hyperbolic. Can you provide a link to a reputable source that shows foreign nationals being imprisoned?