Two years into the pandemic with no sign of respite, state governments are quietly working on plans that would return life to near normal. Getting the timing right, however, is the risky part.
NSW Premier Dom Perrottet and Brad Hazzard, Minister for Health and Medical Research NSW talk to Ariane Suobiron before receiving booster shot by Rawand Mokbel. 26 December 2021. Lyndal Irons
There was a moment, on Boxing Day, when the challenge of getting their tired and anxious society through the pandemic was demonstrated by NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet and Health Minister Brad Hazzard.
After a news conference at a suburban vaccination centre where Hazzard predicted that “every person in Australia” would be infected with the omicron COVID-19 variant, Perrottet, Hazzard and a few reporters huddled around the health minister’s iPhone.
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Original URL: https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/the-plan-to-make-covid-19-normal-20211215-p59hw5
