Last week, The AFR reported that Australia’s lower density and predisposition towards detached housing has “played an important role in keeping the death rate from COVID-19 relatively low in Australia”:
“Just look at the streetscape of cities and towns of Italy and compare it to the average Australian suburban streetscape – the difference is obvious,” [Professor Gary Geelhoed, executive director of the Western Australian Health Translation Network] said…
“It’s so much easier to isolate jurisdictions here, all you need do is put a police car on the road linking them,” he said…
