Health
Two dozen Starbucks patrons caught COVID, four mask-wearing staff didn’t: the case for masks – Sydney Morning Herald
The technology exists to allow us to go on with our daily business while preventing the transmission of the virus.
To lock down or not to lock down? This is the question dominating public debate as Australia tries to find its way through the COVID-19 pandemic. The pros and cons are laid out daily in the media: surging unemployment, falling GDP, and vocal protesters aggrieved by the limitation of freedoms on the one hand, but on the other we have the spectre of mass deaths internationally (almost 900,000 to date) and local outbreaks to remind us of the consequences of losing control of this virus.
But what i…
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