pje16 wrote:UncleEbenezer wrote:Australia comes out as the prime idiots here.
To be consistent with their draconian general covid policies, they should've cancelled the event altogether.
Aussie deaths per million are 89
the same for UK is 2,185
not sure how much is down to policy but they must be doing something right (dracion or sensible)
source
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
Fairy Nuff. But that was achieved at quite a high price. And they need an exit from paying that high price.
Allowing any kind of international tournamant on their soil is inconsistent with the isolation that's given them that result. So either they're shooting themselves in the foot, or they've made the decision that they can relax controls - which could be seen as a reasonable reaction to vaccines and other medical advances.
Hence the premise for my post. There were several defensible lines they could have taken, but they missed all of them and did something indefensible.