Live-to-air radio interview with Piers Cunningham and Brendon Telfer.
Melbourne’s 241+ days of cumulative lockdown surpasses any other city, costing at least AUD$150 million a day. Record daily case numbers surpass Sydney’s for the first time. Hospitals overrun when whole purpose of lockdowns was to buy time and prepare the health system for covid. Failure to learn lessons from last year’s city hotspots. Rapid home testing to start in November. Pfizer boosters approved in Israel and the US.
Further Reading
How Melbourne’s ‘short, sharp’ Covid lockdowns became the longest in the world
Questions raised over Victorian Premier’s promise of $1.3 billion for 4000 ICU beds in April 2020
FDA Authorizes Booster Dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for Certain Populations