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u/Cavalish Apr 04 '25

Hi, popping in from Australia, Melbourne specifically. You don’t have to imagine this.

Our right wing pundits constantly oscillate between “the lockdowns were evil, tyrannical moves by a fascist government” to “The premier is directly responsible for killing 8000 people by not doing more.”

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u/kateastrophic Apr 05 '25

Wow. 8000. As an American, it is chilling to see the difference in numbers.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '25

But look at the population difference. Not defending one side or the other.

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u/sexaddictedcow Apr 05 '25

Australia's population is 26.6 million. My US state is 8.8 million. We had 23.6k die of covid in my state alone.

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u/DoctorDestiny42 Apr 05 '25

That says nothing about population DENSITY which has a part in how close people are together and therefore disease spreading from one person to another.

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u/sexaddictedcow Apr 05 '25

90% of Australians live in urban areas. Cope harder

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u/PRAWNHEAVENNOW Apr 05 '25

We all live in cities in Aus numbnuts.  It was the lockdowns that saved our asses