So the [NSW] plan to open up is actually very reasonable, to have a plan. Our concern is the timing of that opening up which could coincide with the peak in hospitalisations in NSW and just further devastate the health sector.
So even, you know, when you have got 70% double vaxxed or heading towards 80% double vaxxed, clearly you’ll have less transmission occurring in the community, but once you withdraw the lockdowns and open the society up, we can expect cases to surge.
If the vulnerable people are vaccinated we may not see a huge additional impact on hospitals, but if hospitals are already bursting at the seams, already with hundreds and hundreds of people in ICU in mid-October, any additional demand on hospitals could actually lead to measurable health outcomes on people presenting to hospital with any condition, not just Covid.
You probably don’t want to have a heart attack or be diagnosed with cancer in October in NSW and really we need to do everything we can to avoid our hospitals suffering from opening up too early.
