Workers return to capital cities as vaccination rates grow

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All the fuss over vaccine mandates and scaremongering by the media is being lost in the data that capital cities are actually returning to normal, according to mobile data, and vaccination rates across the country are nearing complete levels.

Here’s the latest take from Roy Morgan, where both Sydney and Melbourne are back to nearly 50% of pre-pandemic levels and rising fast as normalcy returns:
The average 7-day movement level in the Melbourne CBD was at 47% of pre-pandemic levels by the end of November, its highest level for more than seven months. Movement in the Melbourne CBD is approaching the highest level it’s been all pandemic, which was 52% of pre-pandemic levels in early April 2021.
Further north the average 7-day movement level in the Sydney CBD was at 43% of pre-pandemic levels by the end of November with the recovery slowing down over the last few weeks. Even so, the average movement levels in Australia’s largest city are now at their highest for over six months since mid-May 2021.
It’s obvious there’s a big gap between the two major capitals and the rest of the country, but that’s a feature of the mismanagement by NSW and Victoria in managing the virus, although they are leading the way when it comes to vaccination rates:
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