The glory of the 'heavens' above us are real, their starry splendour is visible to those who look up; but the glory of 'Heaven' is a sad delusion of human minds. This is the personal blog site of an atheist astronomer.
Wise words
"You couldn’t be here if stars hadn’t exploded, because the elements - the carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, iron, all the things that matter for evolution - weren’t created at the beginning of time. They were created in the nuclear furnaces of stars, and the only way they could get into your body is if those stars were kind enough to explode. So, forget Jesus. The stars died so that you could be here today."
How well has Australia done since Omicron appeared?
The omicron variant arrived in Australia on 28th November 2021. Here is how Australia performed since that day, with Sydney lock-down already over and some restrictions lifted.
Since then, further restrictions were progressively lifted in most states. Western Australia is the only state which has kept its borders shut.
Australia Since Omicron Variant Arrived
DATE
PERIOD*
CASES
DEATHS
28th Nov 2021
23 months
207,982
1,994
6th Feb 2022
26 months
2,364,744
4,201
Increase
102 days
1,037%
110%
*Period indicates months since pandemic began in January 2020.
In comparison, this is how the rest of the world has fared over the same time period:
World Over the Same Period
DATE
PERIOD*
CASES
DEATHS
28th Nov 2021
23 months
260,947,000
5,193,000
6th Feb 2022
26 months
394,585,000
5,738,000
Increase
102 days
51%
10.5%
The numbers speak for themselves.
In a hundred days, Australia's gung-ho opening up strategy has propelled us from being one of the best performing countries, to one of the worst - and over 2,000 lives have been prematurely lost in the meantime.