The queue outside a Centrelink office in Sydney in March. Source: AAP Image/Joel Carrett.
Last week, the deputy chief medical officer of Australia, Professor Paul Kelly, outlined the public health scenarios of COVID-19.
The best-case scenario sees a 20% infection rate, five million people infected, and 50,000 people dead.
The worst-case scenario sees a 60% infection rate, 15 million people infected, and 150,000 people dead.
This changes everything.
So, what can we expect? With an exponential rise in infections, things are expected to get worse before they get better. A recession is almost inevitable, and unemployment will rise with serious economic consequences for everyone.
This is a life-defining moment.
No one knows when or how we will recover.
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