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Melanie Brock

Beware the hubris of a holier-than-thou virus stance

Notwithstanding a few outbreaks, Australia may have been too successful at keeping the virus at bay. Here’s hoping our leaders work to shift fear into understanding, and our true outward-looking spirit prevails.

Melanie BrockContributor
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Konnichiwa from Tokyo, where I am enjoying quarantine, again, after having just returned from Australia.

I am very grateful for having had the chance to go home. Many Australians don’t have that opportunity and probably won’t for a very long time. Get vaccinated, Australia!

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Melanie Brock is a consultant living and working in Japan.

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