I mean you could see the black plague as what loosened a 1000 year grip on society the Church had.<p>At this point, liberalism could be in the same position with COVID. I don't even see the evidence that liberalism is compatible with the internet so it might have already been in trouble in 2019. When you add Covid on top of that only digital authoritarianism seems compatible with what you get.<p>I think people right now would even vote for digital authoritarianism if given the choice so you can't blame politicians for following the will of the people in a democracy.<p>I am just glad I am old with no kids.
If you're not Australian (and therefore it might not be news), I think the lede got buried. 14% fully-vaccinated rate? WTH is going on down there? Even the reddest of red states in the U. S. are still at 34%.<p><i>"No country has got their pandemic response 100%."</i><p>OTOH, most countries aren't bordering on a single digit vaccination rate, either.