# I'm betting (Australia) has it beaten

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-betting-australia-has-it-beaten/850459>\
**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [March 27, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-betting-australia-has-it-beaten/850459 "2020-03-27T21:28:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-betting-australia-has-it-beaten/850459/182 "2021-08-13T11:33:34Z")

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Deleted per Puzzlegal’s note that this was a modded hijack I responded to

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**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-betting-australia-has-it-beaten/850459/183 "2021-08-13T11:41:25Z")

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Closed on August 13, 2021, 11:41am UTC



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**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-betting-australia-has-it-beaten/850459/184 "2021-08-13T11:42:49Z")

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Since the hijack that was recently moderated just blew up again, I’m closing this thread until a QZ mod sorts things out.

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**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-betting-australia-has-it-beaten/850459/185 "2021-09-01T23:38:59Z")

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Opened on September 1, 2021, 11:38pm UTC



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**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2021, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-betting-australia-has-it-beaten/850459/186 "2021-09-02T03:27:47Z")

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> [@Melbourne](#):
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> … And now, I’m betting that Australia has been beaten,

And now, reports are that the state government has agreed with me. They’re giving up on ‘COVID zero’, and will progressively relax the lockdown according to immunization level and hospital use, accepting that COVID is here to stay in Victoria.

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