Comments by "Tony Wilson" (@tonywilson4713) on "What's the Scientific Consensus on COVID Policy?" video.

  1. TO ALL - Some Perspective. I'm Australian and I went to college at U. Illinois do I know the Midwest fairly well. If you combine the populations of Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana it total 25.2 million which is fairly close to Australia's 25.6 million. Yes there are significant geographical differences in size and in weather (like the difference in winter conditions). BUT none of that explains the following facts. Australia has 908 COVID fatalities while Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana have over 28,000 (and counting). Australia has just over 1,400 active cases while Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana have over 520,000 active cases as winter sets in. On the table at https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ Australia is 54th in population, 85th total fatalities, 113th in active cases and 129th in Fatality rate (Deaths per 1M pop). If Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana were a country they would be 14th in total fatalities, 7th in active cases and 6th in Fatality rate. Nothing actually explains or excuses that. Australia does not have any special magic juice or anything else. No doubt our geography helped but it can't explain that level of difference. We've had outbreaks in fact around 700 of our fatalities came from a single outbreak in my home state of Victoria. We have an outbreak right now of abut 20 cases in Sydney and its caused people to stay home and stay safe. America is not alone either Sweden has basically admitted they got there Herd Immunity plan horribly wrong. If Australia had done as Sweden did we would have around 20,000 fatalities instead of 908. Sure our economy is a mess and it will take years to fix, but we have started on that already. Sure our libertarians have screamed about their rights and freedoms. Right now they get told STFU, the rest of us have work to do and want to get through this. To all - Take Care & Stay Safe.
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