'If I was in the US, or Britain, or any one of a bunch of countries that have not been as diligent and effective in keeping COVID-19 infection rates low as we have, the need to be intubated and ventilated could be a very big problem indeed.'
I'd like to take this moment to thank you all – that's everyone in Sydney, really – for putting up with so many weeks of isolation and driving our COVID rate so low. I'm alive today because of you.
Al Donnelley, a healthy 40-year-old who runs marathons, owes his life to Australia's successful lockdown. I had a battery of tests done. Bloodwork. Chest X-ray. CT workup of my neck. No significant wait for any of them.
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