Peter_n_Margaret wrote:

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You want numbers?
Australia has done well, thanks to the early imposition and good compliance with social distancing, but if people think it is an over reaction, we could easily emulate some of those other countries that are not doing so well.
Remember also that this virus will do better in winter. Who wants to get the flue PLUS Covid19 together?
Deaths per 1 million population (so far)....
Australia 2 3
Switzerland 88 153
Netherlands 109 202
Belgium 141  445
Spain 285  428
USA is just 33  112  per million, but had 1,255 2,535 new deaths yesterday (that is 5 10 deaths per million population in one day which is equivalent to 250 deaths per day, every day, in Australia). It is growing very fast.
Don't get complacent.
Cheers,
Peter

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 I posted the above on 4/4/20.

The numbers in red are for 17/4/20, not quite 2 weeks later.

Cheers,

Peter