Well, the reality is that if we become a backwater from the rest of the world and we drop off the pace, there will be a price to pay for it.
Now, for a lot of people who don’t have to worry about dealing with the rest of the world though and there is no outbreak either, some might say what’s the problem?
The problem is we were promised that we would be doing better than we are, the problem is that we do need tourists to help fuel our economy. We do need international students. We do need international students. We do need our people to be able to go overseas.
The problem is that this has now wrecked the confidence in the vaccine program. This is the other unspoken story. It’s not just the economy.
But a lot of people are saying well, “if there’s a problem with one vaccine or if there’s a cloud over it, maybe I just shouldn’t get vaccinated at all”. That has really undermined the whole process.
