COVID is killing thousands of Australians who would have otherwise lived, likely to be 20-30,000 by year's end. This fig shows that, after saving lives in 2020 (another story), once this line crossed the zero in late 2021, we were in ‘excess’ territory. 1/
@NSWHealth I realise that traffic controllers at your testing site at Byron Bay QML Drive-Thru are under immense pressure but being told to ‘f-off’ a half-hour before close when the site is nearly empty of cars is extremely disheartening. #auspol#covid19qld#COVID19NSW#9News