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National response to outbreaks long overdue
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February 15, 2021 10.00pm
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LOCKDOWN 3.0
National response to outbreaks long overdue
Jewel Topsfield’s article (“Mixed feelings as Victorians tackle the third lockdown”, 15/2) was testimony to the fact that our state government appears to know of only one way to manage risk: by shutting down everywhere and hoping for the best. It is profoundly lazy, lacks nuance and is essentially an admission of failure.
Unlike NSW, which in December at 30 new cases in a day still did not feel the need to crush livelihoods by imposing a statewide lockdown, the Victorian approach is akin to solving a domestic rat problem by bulldozing the whole house. ....

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