Australia’s pandemic story – the tale we tell ourselves to get through Covid-19 – has changed. We had all but beaten the virus by shutting down the economy and paying the price in considerable job losses. Yet, the sobering reality of daily life in a pandemic – the seesawing between freedom and restriction, connection and isolation – is increasingly clear. Perhaps Australians are allergic to inconvenience because we are used to so many comforts, of things being a certain way. We may be able to travel interstate to see our elderly parents later this year, or we may not.

Source: The Guardian June 29, 2020 03:00 UTC