Coronavirus Australia: Andrew Bolt tears into the Andrews government

Herald Sun columnist Andrew Bolt has torn into the Andrews government for “imposing more of the same policies that failed last time, at a catastrophic cost”.

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Herald Sun columnist Andrew Bolt has torn into the Andrews government for “imposing more of the same policies that failed last time, at a catastrophic cost”.

In his piece today Bolt outlines a “better and cheaper” way to address the crisis. Namely, much tougher and more invasive quarantine measures for infected people, similar to Taiwan.

If people break quarantine, “lock them in a hospital”, he argues.

He adds much more should be done to quarantine the vulnerable elderly by “putting a tighter lock” on nursing homes rather than “trying to stop all infections everywhere by shutting businesses”.

This line is likely to generate a strong reaction.

“Note: 40 per cent of aged-care home residents die within nine months. The average stay is just under three years,” he writes.

“So Victoria’s bans are doing huge damage to – essentially – save aged-care residents from dying a few months earlier.”