#auspol #covid19 worth noting that 'live with the virus' advocates are mostly concerned with costs to the…

#auspol #covid19 worth noting that 'live with the virus' advocates are mostly concerned with costs to the 'Economy' of suppressing Covid. For comparison, annual costs to the Oz Economy of influenza are over $40 billion. /1

A shift to an endemic phase of SARS-Cov-2 is a shift to significant new costs. Not a return to 'normal'. Morbidity from this virus appears to be significantly higher, and possibly even life-long in some cases, dramatically increasing these costs. /end