Oh, really? It’s exactly that diversity — taken to extremes — that’s helped to create this fear of a “second wave”.
For eight days, Victoria has had between 13 and 25 new infections a day. The rest of the country combined has had between zero and nine.
Other states now treat Victoria as a leper. South Australia is stepping up police guards on its border, and NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian warned businesses “not to interact with citizens from Melbourne”.
For this to happen to Victoria would seem bizarre. Didn’t it have the most insanely tough restrictions? Didn’t it ban even fishing, golf and visits to Mum?
But check where most new infections are breaking out.