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" ...complete shutdown..." ummm....who is going to keeep the lights on, grown the food etcc....

https://9now.nine.com.au/a-current-affair/coronavirus-victorian-rumoured-to-enter-stage-four-measures-as-experts-call-for-covid19-elimination-strategy/b719d5bb-c4c6-4c39-b2cc-815dec21e009

I will stop here....but anyone getting the feeling that the RC report outcome is already known ?

Coronavirus: Growing calls for elimination strategy as rumours of stage four lockdown in Victoria persist

By Sam Cucchiara|2 years ago

A top Australian epidemiologist says Victoria has a "narrow window of opportunity" to eradicate coronavirus through an elimination strategy if stage four restrictions are urgently put in place.

University of Melbourne public health expert professor Tony Blakely said a complete shut-down may be successful in 'eliminating' the virus – allowing us to almost return to a pre-COVID way of life.

Professor Blakely described the state as on a "knife's edge".

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https://7news.com.au/sunrise/on-the-show/epidemiologist-tony-blakely-calls-for-sydney-to-be-plunged-back-into-lockdown-c-1211488

Leading epidemiologist calls for Sydney to be plunged back into coronavirus lockdown

Professor Tony Blakely says the state government should take extreme steps to completely eliminate the virus.

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Scott, given Prof Blakely's public pronouncements in support of lockdowns.....it will be likely that the RC NZ report will say that the govt did a great job in locking up the popn and making injections compulsory.

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