Yep. Australian here. We successfully brought our case numbers down a number of times through expensive, city wide lockdowns. Each time we succeeded and then opened back up, the virus unfortunately found a new route in the country and case numbers went up again.
If the whole world had adopted this strategy, covid would have been eliminated from the planet entirely.
Lots of lives were still saved by our strategy because almost everyone had a chance to get vaccinated before getting covid.
Even with the benefit of hindsight, its still controversial whether the lockdowns were worth it overall. But they were definitely effective at containing covid.
If the whole world had adopted this strategy, covid would have been eliminated from the planet entirely.
Lots of lives were still saved by our strategy because almost everyone had a chance to get vaccinated before getting covid.
Even with the benefit of hindsight, its still controversial whether the lockdowns were worth it overall. But they were definitely effective at containing covid.