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Originally Posted by Alfisti
Sydney and Melbourne metro areas would be the 6th and 7th largest in the USA. We also had a significant breakout in melbourne with 700 cases a day and got it down to 0 as of yesterday.
Chinese travel to Australia is monumental.
Truth is, they moved early, shut the border hard, enforced a policed 14 day quarantine and snuffed it out. These were all options other countries could have taken but either didn't or did not do them for long enough or with enough enforcement (the quarantine of incoming travelers is absolutely vital).
We are now in a position to recover the ecomony and go about life relatively normally whist the rest of the world will be stuck dealing with this thing in a half arsed manner.
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Like I said, you have basically 2 areas to manage. The US is massive, has a lot more big cities, and again has tons more movement/travel between states and overseas...it’s not isolated at all like Australia. You don’t have nearly the people. Europe is struggling too, for the same reasons. We aren’t all just idiots and Australia has geniuses in charge and people listening to their leaders. You also don’t test as much as America. The reporting is different. Your population is different and far less diverse. There are a million variables.
Australia wasn’t exactly cutting edge for precautions. You have been endlessly killed in the media for a poor response and people refusing to wear masks almost since the pandemic started.