Victoriaâs sacrifice appears to have been for nothing
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February 17, 2021 â 10.00pm
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LOCKDOWN ENDS
It will be no comfort to the thousands of businesses and millions of Victorians who can now pick up the pieces, after Daniel Andrewsâ latest âsnapâ lockdown (âVictoriaâs lockdown to end tonight, Premier announcesâ,
The Age, 17/2), to realise their sacrifices were for nothing, as the spread of infections from the Holiday Inn had already been contained within the small circle of close family contacts before it started. This upsetting fact emerged when the Chief Health Officer noted on the fourth day of the lockdown that the most recent and last two cases had acquired the infection eight days earlier. No positive cases have been reported from