25 June

It's not a cat, but stick with me. This idea of a 'proportionate' approach to the pandemic. A grown-up colouring game, one LGA at a time. NSW refuses to 'lock down' a whole area when there's a major outbreak. But all this does is force it to lock down that same area, a piece at a time, over a much longer time. It costs more, infects more people and ultimately creates even more restriction than a lockdown declared immediately, because the restrictions end up being used for a much longer time. On top of that, it restricts people dis-proportionately. Those in the epicentre of the outbreak get restricted, while everybody else gets to pretend that 'normal' life continues. Unfortunately societies don't work in that nice neat suburb way. The virus eventually gets out. Much smarter, faster, cheaper, and less harmful for everybody to just down tools immediately, when there's a major outbreak.