by Delta changes everything, so lockdowns are not so effictive now. With lots of people vaccinated, it may be better to change tactics, but modeling in Australia shows a possible disaster for some. Since March last year Victorians have endured six lockdowns and some of the toughest restrictions anywhere in the world.Yesterday the Andrews government did an abrupt about face, abandoning the zero COVID mindset that's underpinned its strategy for more than a year and telling Victorians they now have to live with the virus. New South Wales has seven times the cases Victoria does, and its nine week lockdown has simply slowed the spread of the virus, never coming anywhere near stopping it.Dr Norman Swan takes a look at the lockdown questions being raised by the situation in Australia's two largest
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Delta changes everything, so lockdowns are not so effictive now. With lots of people vaccinated, it may be better to change tactics, but modeling in Australia shows a possible disaster for some.
Since March last year Victorians have endured six lockdowns and some of the toughest restrictions anywhere in the world.
Yesterday the Andrews government did an abrupt about face, abandoning the zero COVID mindset that's underpinned its strategy for more than a year and telling Victorians they now have to live with the virus.
New South Wales has seven times the cases Victoria does, and its nine week lockdown has simply slowed the spread of the virus, never coming anywhere near stopping it.
Dr Norman Swan takes a look at the lockdown questions being raised by the situation in Australia's two largest states.
ABC - Dr Norman Swan looks at how COVID-19 lockdowns are working