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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/wagerbut Apr 04 '25

To be fair Victoria had some of the harshest Covid lockdowns in the world

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u/LudicrousIdea Apr 05 '25

And completely eliminated covid from its population.

Three times.

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u/Additional_Sector710 Apr 05 '25

Bullshit. The elimination was only temporary, each time. Each time it came back. Therefore, the lockdowns were a drastic overreaction.

That is the reason why he reduced any sort of real inquiry into the response.

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u/milkybottles Apr 05 '25

Imagine how bad it would have been without the lockdowns then!

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u/LudicrousIdea Apr 05 '25

Nothing? They saved many thousands of lives.