Australia heads for lowest virus count in three months

real question around whether the ends justify the means.

well how much do you put on human lives, get this if Australia had followed the US herd mentality, deaths in Australia would be around 15000 instead of its current 830

Congratulations to Australia and Melbourne. Despite the pain, you have shown the world something.

Numbers could have gone down without lockdowns.

How? What else could have caused the numbers to go down? The warm weather or the availability of bleach?

Reucing human interaction results in reduced transmissions. This isn't rocket surgery.

World-first research has discovered COVID-19 survivors could experience life-long symptoms and long-term side-effects

https://9now.nine.com.au/60-minutes/world-first-research-has-discovered-covid19-survivors-could-experience-lifelong-symptoms-and-longterm-side-effects/205c2697-1e93-4989-b91d-51f5c6b65469

The lock down is working as forecast. Well worth the effort I would say. Even those who get it and beat it can carry the side effects for a long long time and maybe for the rest of their lives. The research has shown that while those that are fortunate enough to beat the virus can still have long term debilitating effects and that effects all ages.

Living with this virus as some suggest may not be an option. Not if at some point you get it and get the side effects. The evidence suggests people can catch this more than once and every time you get it you face the same Russian roulette scenario. The effects on the body could be cumulative meaning each time you get it the chances increase of a bad reaction. Perhaps getting it for the third or fourth time will be the end for many more than the first time getting it, and it could include everyone. More time is needed to study the effects and until then, maintaining the lowest possible numbers of infections is doing everyone a favor.

The second-most populous state Victoria, of which Melbourne is the capital, reported 14 new infections in the 24 hours to Sunday morning, down from 21 new cases the day prior and its lowest since June 19.

Nonsensical news. Nobody knows the infection rate anyway.

Great, but at what cost?

How many people have lost jobs, are suffering mental illness,

have families separated,

cant go out for more than two hours,

have missed months of education,

have illnesses that are now incurable

have committed suicide?

Or, we could just kill off the elderly population.

Great, but at what cost?

How many people have lost jobs, are suffering mental illness,

have families separated,

cant go out for more than two hours,

have missed months of education,

have illnesses that are now incurable

have committed suicide?

Good for Australia. Looks like following the recommendations of, y'now, science types who know what they are doing is, well, ratio

nal.

This is good news for Australia but there is a real question around whether the ends justify the means. Dictator Dan Andrews has presided over some very heavy handed tactics to enforce the lockdown.

The lockdowns are working.

yes lockdowns work when theyre followed out correctly, unfortunately its always a few morons that think their freedoms are more important than public safety, these same morons are why some countries just cant get their shite together

So the lockdowns are working, then. Tough for everyone, but worthwhile.

ABSOLUTELY! Agree 100%

So the lockdowns are working, then. Tough for everyone, but worthwhile.