Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Week 19 - Yakov Wahnich - Australia is Free. When Will We Be?

If you guys haven’t heard, Australia is finally free from the restrictive grip of COVID-19. When the world turned upside down in March, Australia endured a surge in COVID cases before quickly taking extreme measures to lock the country down. International travel was banned for a while, after the initial surge calmed down, the Australian government has been enforcing a zero-tolerance, 14-day, policed quarantine for any essential travelers trying to enter the country. For non-essential travel, entrance in Australia in banned. 

And the result was great. For the month of February, Australia saw a daily average of 6 new cases per day. Those are crumbs compared to basically every other country right now. Consequently, Australia’s in-state facilities are up and running at nearly full capacity - clubs, weddings, restaurants, gyms, and more. 

Hearing about the dream life they’re living over in Australia, I wonder if we’ll ever see any semblance of that in the US. Specifically, do you guys think this summer will be closer to normal with the recent vaccine rollouts?


 Australia almost eliminated the coronavirus by putting faith in science -  The Washington Post

1 comment:

  1. I think that this summer is going to be much more fun than last summer as Florida has been distributing the vaccines at a very fast pace. I am envious of Australia but I know that by next fall the US will be in a much better place regarding the Corona Virus. I am so excited for restrictions to be lifted in 2022 and life will be normal once again.

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