15 August

I said this from day 1 of this pandemic, and was told I hated ScoMo. Australians don’t engage with the ideas, they just line up behind their ‘side’. The ‘balance’ of the economy (feds) and health (States) was exactly what I said would derail our pandemic response. Here we are. (Joe also doesn’t understand what an elimination strategy is, but otherwise I thought it was a good article.) “Canberra, which bears primary responsibility for the economy, was obviously most concerned with the economic impact. The states, which bear primary responsibility for healthcare, were obviously most concerned with the health impact.”