COVID has escaped Sydney's lockdown and the nation is bracing for a nightmare scenario

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COVID-19's escape from Sydney into regional centres like Orange, as well as from Melbourne to Mildura near the Victorian-NSW border and Adelaide Hills in South Australia, is a nightmare scenario in many ways.

Epidemiologist Marylouise McLaws told the ABC yesterday that NSW "waited too long" to lock down the city.

Regional communities that may have avoided COVID cases last year are more vulnerable to the Delta variant that is dominating the current outbreak, according to James Trauer, head of the Epidemiological Modelling Unit in the School of Public Health and Preventative Medicine at Monash University in Melbourne

"The game has really changed since Delta has come through," he says. "A lot of settings that were at low-to-moderate risk last year are now facing a significant risk."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-24/covid-delta-rural-region-orange-why-escape-sydney/100318966

[Cha]

1. KR TY Damn.. my grandson is going

to school in Melbourne.

[vanlassie]

2. Has NZ vaccinated?

[GulfCoast66]

3. I'm shocked by their low vaccination rate. Is is resistance to the vaccine?

Or lack of availability?

[Ex Lurker]

4. The latter I think NT

[LisaL]

5. Lack of availability.

NT

[GulfCoast66]

6. That's shocking. They are a wealthy country.

With overall good healthcare.

[LisaL]

7. Vaccines weren't a priority because they

believed they could keep covid free through isolation from the rest of the world.
Enter delta.

[GulfCoast66]

9. That's just seems crazy to me.

Even before Delta Covid was super spreadable and not everyone who gets it shows symptoms. Unless you are willing to lock down for years a vaccine is the only way to stop a viral disease like Covid.

[greenjar_01]

8. You can't beat COVID with lockdowns

The whole Australian strategy is moronic.

Lockdowns are a temporary fix until you get vaccine. Vaccines are a temporary fix until you get good treatment plans for serious cases.

Anyone relying on lockdowns alone is an idiot.

[StarryNite]

10. "good treatment plans for serious cases"

Yes! That is an extremely important part of the battle over Covid.