Quote Originally Posted by studsg View Post
There are many countries with many different models of approach to "living with Covid". Unfortunately, our leaders have chosen the UK model of letting the infection run wild.

Just sharing from what we see in Singapore. They too eased restrictions and went into the same mode of "living with Covid". But they have daily numbers between 200-300 range. And this is a high density city where social distancing is near impossible, everyone is packed in apartments with shared corridors and lifts. They kept QR codes, retail density limits, social distance limits, face mask rules both indoors and outdoors... Seems to make a big difference.

Numbers from the official Health Ministry in Singapore

https://www.moh.gov.sg/

They also have a statistics page which shows of the number of people in hospital, which are vaccinated or unvaccinated. So there isn't any ambiguity

https://www.moh.gov.sg/covid-19/statistics/
The SG Gov also made sure to distribute the free RAT kits to all residents before lifting their lockdown, along with keeping those precautions you mentioned.

Seriously, there have been so many missteps from the NSW State Gov. It’s like the Premier only had his eyes on the “prize” of a reopened economy and nothing else. I see his mug on SMH everyday, mouth open yapping away at how we must all go out and celebrate NYE to support the NSW economy. Makes me want to punch him in the face.

Everyday there’s a new “revelation” that they should’ve done something they hadn’t. Open up without preparing the testing capacity to handle it. Wait till you see how the RAT kits are going to be distributed, that’s going to be another joke. Where’s the postal capacity to distribute it? And don’t forget Australia does not have mandatory IDs with people’s addresses on them like SG. How are they going to send the kits out?