Australia has saved itself from Covid mass deaths and economic ruin, but NIC WHITE explains how our failure on many other fronts could see us left behind as the rest of the world gets back to business as usual - and we ALL share the blame With only 910 deaths and 22,000 cases, Australia avoided Covid disaster But this success obscured other serious failures in leadership and planning Vaccine program is so badly botched it will keep borders closed until mid-2022 Families will be torn apart for 28 months and country bleeds tourist dollars Scott Morrison's hands off approach and poor quarantine also contributed