Not sure what you mean about my mindset and not be invested frog, I have tons of skin in the game
@qldfrog continues to make claims that do not match reality.
Older Australian's are, on average, significantly more wealthy than younger Australians and therefore have "most skin in the game."
Large slabs of our economy rely on foot traffic, and that traffic disappears when it's not safe to go out. The multiplier effects of COV19 affected industries in terms of loss or reduced income and revenue, and loss of jobs, are profound.
However, States maintaining community confidence - the likes of WA, QLD, SA and Tassie - are now starting to hum along (excluding some sectors largely dependent on international travel/tourism). For the first time in around 3 months I had to drive around our local shopping centre car park to find a spot, and was queuing behind other waiting cars.
While I am not a fan of closing borders, given we have not adopted the successful approach of Wuhan in rounding up and relocating all positive COV19 cases in isolation centres, it's the next best step. And apart from McGowan's approach in WA, quarantining efforts have left a great deal to be desired. Even today within Victoria it's a shambles.
My personal view is that our greatest failing in "messaging" has been to ignore all international success in case reductions by wearing masks. Tony Fauci has a 2 point message:
social distance and wear a mask. And keep doing it for months after all cases have disappeared. We have a 3-step message. Most people know the first 2 points but not the third, and
none include wearing a mask. Our so called experts keep saying they are relying on the best scientific evidence for their recommendations, yet they keep sitting on the fence on masks, seemingly not wanting egg on their face for doing a backflip at our expense!