I cringed when I read this great piece. Australia is a carbon-copy, where my medical friends are in despair over exactly what you have written. Those in the "Let 'er rip" camp have won for now, but it is a Pyrrhic victory which will kill us. Just 7 months ago, my state of Victoria with the 2nd highest state population, posted what we called a "Double Doughnut" month - zero new infections, zero deaths. WTF happened now is complex, but people's indolence, indifference and callous disregard for others is frightening.