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Originally Posted by Sprintey
It was a most unfortunate time to have school holidays...
OK impromptu quiz:
a) cases start to slow from here
b) more suburb lockdowns but not many
c) total lockdown of state in just over a week
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I reckon it's going to slow down, VIC is only having a problem in the ethnic ghettos and given they're averaging 25,000 tests a day in Melbourne were going to turn up lots of cases.
Could be that our low socioeconomic groups work in industries not sympathetic to COVID-19, I know I work in one, there's pressure from employers disincentivising testing.
If they're casuals then there's another huge barrier, you'll lose a few days income and also not have protections from losing employment if your employer takes a dim view on you getting tested and decides to cut your shifts.
I reckon next Friday we'll have under 50 new cases in VIC
Looking at history the Spanish Flu pandemic ran from 1918-1919 when it ended, I'm expecting a similar timeline for COVID-19.
By the end of 2021 it'll be back to business as usual, international flights and tourism, no restrictions what so ever, the media will be focusing on President Trump's next Twitter controversy and everyone would have forgotten about COVID-19.