Those who question Australia’s official coronavirus narrative are met with the dismissive retort: Australia with 25 million people has 770 deaths (9 September); Sweden with 10 million people has nearly 6,000 deaths. Comparing Australia and Sweden is questionable. What’s the baseline for cross-country comparison: population, age profile, political system, geographic region, racial mix, industrialisation and income levels, proximity to virus hotspots?
The virus response spectrum has four policy settings: ‘let it rip’ do nothing; flattening the curve; community suppression; and elimination.
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