I don't think you can see for the wood for the trees.
This virus has put up conditions and circumstances that no one anticipated. It continues to outsmart authorities around the world.
Here's a couple of examples.
1. At the start everyone expected schools to be one of the most infectious areas. Everyone to a man thought that.
As it's turned out, they don't appear to very infectious at all. How wrong we were.
2. No one thought about the risks of casual workers working at multiple aged care homes. Despite what now seems to be patently obvious to everyone, no one in the health industry picked that up.
Two very significant examples of things that we didn't know, expect or were prepared for .
Just as people going to Bunnings or Coles with the right set of controls in place has not produced any outbreaks. Another thing that is a bit of a surprise to every one.
Obviously the nature of those businesses means that they are not particularly conducive to Covid spread. As compared to something like a pub or a restaurant where people are handling and consuming food and drink in close proximity.
As a results of all those actions, we have now Covid down to really low numbers. So, those things that we did clearly work. Controls at Bunnings work. We've proven that. Now we might be able to use those learnings from Bunnings and the like to start opening up other businesses around the place.
If we can keep Covid to really low numbers then it's pretty obvious we will be able to start opening up and then just monitor the spread if it happens.
But, you can't do that if the virus is out of control. You have to get to the point of control first.
