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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
It's far to early to make that assessment for countries like Australia and New Zealand, or any country for that matter. The tourism industry so heavily drives both of these countries that they will be feeling the effects of Covid-19 and the subsequent Covid zero policies, harsh border closures for years, if not decades.
If your metric is simply suppressing cases and deaths, that is one thing, but in terms of overall benefit (which would include caseload/death rates, the economy, mental health of the general population), you're going to have to look at this once the dust completely settles around the world in 4-5 years.
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Did anyone actually think COVID zero is a practical policy?
As soon as we began seeing how effective the vaccines were, the solution was to get everyone vaccinated, not keep restrictions and lockdowns in place for 300+ days while twiddling around on vaccination supply, nevermind employing highly restriction lockdowns that kept businesses closed that could easily operate with minimal risk.