5 January

In talking to people, the thing I find that is creating the greatest risk to us all is the old favourite - ‘live with the virus’. A political slogan, that millions repeat with no thought at all. Politicians have convinced people that if we choose to live with Covid, it will be just like the flu. The problem is, it won’t be. The flu we ‘live with’ is NOT PANDEMIC FLU. (‘Spanish Flu’ was pandemic flu. We didn’t live with it.) If we get pandemic flu, we do all the same lockdowns and other restrictions we’ve done for Covid. Pandemic means spreads exponentially, meaning everybody gets sick, all the time. Exactly like a fire out of control. Choosing to live with Covid WHILE IT’S STILL IN PANDEMIC MODE is like telling people to go back to their homes in the ‘emergency warning’ part of a bushfire, instead of the ‘all clear’ part.