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It's hilariously slow. They started talking about this South Australian trial over three months ago. It's like how governments would plan a new train station, except it's in response to a fast-moving pandemic.

Health departments are supposed to be prepared for a pandemic, they've been happening for all of recorded history and it's in the job description to be alert and ready to manage it. Today is lockdown day 224 in Melbourne and here we are wondering how to eventually open up retail and manage international arrivals.



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