[pedalpete]

Though I agree with your conclusion, Australia and New Zealand didn't have "hard lockedowns". I live in NSW, we had 5 weeks where we weren't allowed to go to the beach.

Victoria had VERY had lockdown for months. Borders were shut to most states for months as well.

Aukland also had a hard lockdown for a few weeks.

However, there weren't country wide lockdowns, and they didn't last as long as they have in many other places.

At the same time. Speaking to family in the US, it seems the idea of "lockdown" is open to quite a bit of interpretation. My sister was complaining about the lockdown in California, and in the next sentence was telling me how excited she was to go skiing in a few weeks.....how do you go skiing in Colorado during a lockdown in California?

[davidbanham]

For sure the NSW situation was different to VIC. Compared to the way many other parts of the world is interpreting the word lockdown though, the differences are insignificant in terms of their "hardness".

I don't think your characterisation of the NSW lockdown is entirely accurate, either. We were forbidden from leaving the home except for exercise in the local area within household groups, essential shopping and essential work. Schools were closed except to the children of essential workers, most offices shut down or reduced their capacity, cafes, restaurants, pubs and many other businesses were closed. It was a lockdown.