For Australia people have had a good deal of advance warning an probably relatively higher temperatures and UV have meant that the virus has not persisted for long in the environment. Most of my friends are taking precautions but the government policy seems to be lagging somewhat. I can't believe that the schools are still open with the risk that children, relatively without symptoms, may carry the virus back to their grandparents who will be the most at risk.

We won't even think about the gross error of letting hundreds of infected passengers off a cruise ship in Sydney before the test results came in.

The problem for Australia is now that the weather is getting cooler and before long the normal flu season will start and therefore the usual seasonal spread of viruses. I worry about my brother who is an ambulance officer and paramedic in northern Sydney.

Take care.

Peter

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