Covid 19 -

[russellw]

Originally Posted by Poetic Justice

Do you suppose we stay locked down for the next couple of years?

I'm going to answer that one by saying, of course not.

What I am saying is that easing restrictions too much based on 70% or 80% first dose only (as some States are proposing) is madness when the double dose rates are still below 50% in most states except the ACT.

In my view, if it needs until the end of October to get to 70% double-vaccinated before we open up gradually then that's what we need to do and even then with the understanding that 70% of those we are counting (16+ age group) is still only 66.4% of the eligible 12+ population and only 56.1% of the total population.