Yep, I think people genuinely do not understand how delicate the situation is and why opening up right now just isn't feasible. Right now even with lockdowns we're itching close to 200 new cases per day, if we open everything back up that number would likely increase exponentially day after day, 1000 cases per day would not be out of the question after a week. I keep hearing the less than 1% death argument and here's the problem with that argument, the hospitalization rate is between 8-10%, with around 2-3% requiring to be treated in ICU, we only have approx 900 ICU beds in NSW at normal capacity. If we opened up now and 'learnt to live with it' as all the Insta heros are proposing we'd need to set up temporary New York style ICU wards within a few weeks and that's assuming we have enough nurses and doctors to work in those wards
People dont understand because they chose not to.
Example - Probably 60 people where I work her in QLD/Brisbane suburbia
No immediate threat at this point in time catching covid in the community.
Maybe 4 have had their 1st shot.
No-one else is interested and any time the subject is brought up, no-one wants to really talk about it or its Ill wait to see what happens.
People have pre-concieved ideas from what they have heard on tv, radio and social media.
Because Covid isnt/hasnt been an immediate threat (here in Brisbane),no one will do a bit of research for themselves to make an informed decision whether vaccination is for them or not.
Add to that, even if covid was rampant in the community, how many would actually do some research?
So just a small sample of a group of people.
Cant see how anyone including the government can project X amount of vaccinations will be distributed at a given time in the future.