"If we dismiss the choice that has a potential catastrophic outcome, we are left with limited alternatives, as we have to eradicate the virus. So far the go slow approaches from around the world have failed, and our governments have learned from those experiences, which is why they keep getting stricter. We are effectively now under martial law in this country with any group assembly banned with steep fines for not following the rules. I would have preferred we had done this a month ago, including the quarantine for people from overseas, because we would possibly be out of it within a few weeks. Instead we now have community spread and the process will take longer and probably 'leak' for a while.
Sorry for the long post..."
@ozblue,
Thanks for the comprehensive post; I know it takes time to put thoughts into words that make for lucid discussion.
The way I understand the essence of your position is that it hinges around eradicating the virus.
The problem I have with that is that I don't believe it is able to be eradicated.
Even in the poster child of how to deal with this problem by going hard, namely South Korea (evidently in China, too if the numbers can be believed), where the curve has been flattened, there are still new cases being reported.
So what happens in Australia in two or three months' time when the total number of cases have declined, but new cases are still being recorded, do people go back to work and do restaurants and pubs re-open?
Because if that's what happens, then what's to stop the infection rate starting to rise again, leaving us back where we were a month ago?
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