To date, 103 people have died of coronavirus in Australia, none of them under the age of 40, and only 3 under the age of 60. While every death is a tragedy, it is a hugely reassuring fact that the mortality rate from this virus is so low.
It is very easy to measure the direct cost of the virus in terms of infections and deaths –- measures which are graphic and alarming –- however, the cost from the lockdown is harder to measure.
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