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Originally Posted by 10023
Sounds like Australia has a lockdown again. So even their totalitarian approach hasn’t worked as well as America’s more laissez-faire one. Singapore is another example that should caution the “Covid zero” crowd.
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Australia still only has 13% of it's population with a covid vaccine. It's very exposed still.
I don't think you can say Australia has done worse than the US - that's absurd. The whole country has only 910 deaths from COVID so far, that's equivalent to the US having around 12,000 deaths. That's about 2% of the US per capita death rate. It's not even close to comparable.
Australia has also enjoyed a relatively normal year with minimal localized lockdowns, and extremely low cases for the vast majority of the year.
Saying Australia has done worse than the US is so hilariously wrong I honestly don't know what to say. It has done better in literally every metric - level of restrictions, length of lockdowns, covid cases, deaths, etc.
The only metric it has done worse in is the speed of vaccinations, which has allowed the US to safely open now while Australia still needs to roll out public health measures to keep things controlled until they can get more shots in arms.