Originally Posted by
elZorro
That doesn't make sense, because the cross-infection rate with no lockdown in place is in the order of 2-5 per infected case, so it would show up really quickly if there was a 'secret infection'. I was briefly in Melbourne a few weeks before we locked down, and the public and tourists there were crammed into buses, trams, queues outside restaurants etc, so I wasn't surprised Covid took off over there.
We have eradicated it, except at the borders. A direct result of the coalition listening to the experts and shutting down hard early, and not keeping anything but the most essential businesses trading. I don't for a moment think that National/Act would have done it as well. Most voters would appreciate this, so I'm expecting a landslide Labour-Green coalition in September.