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At MB we’ve been patient with lockdowns but that time has passed. Victoria has contained the virus and it’s time to open up:
Local cases are very small and consistent:
Unknown source cases are tiny:
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Based upon NSW experience, total cases should be containable at this level with contact tracing, especially coming into summer:
Manchurian Dan’s targets are obviously too low:
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Victoria has had enough time to get ready. The seasonality is good. Open up.
About the author
David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific's leading geo-politics and economics portal.
He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.