The Australian is such an old rag nowadays - together with the...

The Australian is such an old rag nowadays - together with the AFR, I used to love reading them on the weekends, now many, many years ago and now they are even quoting Starkey - a sad gay old man with a ruined career, much like Jones- to their credit at least they call this an opinion piece, mostly designed as clickbait. Creighton has just made a complete ass of himself.

Please read from the Reserve Bank:

..."The economic effects of a pandemic depend in large part on the measures used to contain the spread of the virus. Many of those measures implemented during the Spanish flu pandemic are remarkably similar to those used in the current pandemic. For example, on 28 January 1919 – the day after NSW was proclaimed to be ‘infected’ – all libraries, schools, churches, theatres, halls and indoor entertainment venues were shut down. Six days later, racecourses and hotels were closed and people on public transport and in public places were required to wear masks. NSW schools remained closed throughout February (McQueen 1976).^[4] Other states implemented similar measures to contain the virus. Movement by public transport was restricted and state borders were closed. Streets were sprayed with the disinfectant phenyl and the public were urged to practice cough etiquette, regular handwashing, ventilation and disinfection (Curson and McCracken 2014). These travel bans, quarantine and social distancing measures are similar to those used by governments today." ... etc etc.

https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2020/jun/economic-effects-of-the-spanish-flu.html