jimbob89 comments

So how did the draconian lockdowns and restrictions of people work to keep the virus out? Dont say nobody pointed out how misguided the policy is.

Quite well as it happens. What we're seeing now is case numbers rising in a highly vaccinated population. The numbers of hospitalizations and deaths are not rising in nearly the same proportion as raw case numbers. Similar case numbers prior to vaccination ( ie when those measures were in place ) would have resulted in thousands and thousands of deaths. Queensland in particular, while by no means perfect, is transitioning from essentially to covid zero to "living with the virus" via having a 80% vax rate. We'll see how things go over the next few weeks, but it's very unlikely we'll see anything like what we witnessed in the US and Europe last year.

According to some independent Australian researchers, the vaccination rates in Australia are actually closer to

42%. Which is less than half of the government figures. 

wtf are you talking about ? Where are your references for those researchers? Most of the the new cases are either asymptomatic or relatively mild, with the high vaccination rate likely a key reason for this.

the spike in cases is due to omicron and the relaxation of restrictions across the country. Hospitalizations are not not rising at anywhere near the same rate as infections.

not in this case. Countries have plunged into a recession in a matter of weeks.

um - September 22 in Sapporo isn”t going to be that hot ...