Australian state locked down because of a non-existent takeout pizza – With insights from The Wall Street Journal

'Had this person been truthful to the contact-tracing teams, we would not have gone into a six-day lockdown', said officer Grant Stevens.
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A rather appropriate story ahead of our Great Covid-19 Debate at noon today. Although both were long-time British colonies, Australia is the inverse of South Africa. Most notably how citizens of the two countries heed the law. What in SA is regarded often as 'suggestions' (eg rules of the road) is a cast iron order for Aussies. Such dutiful compliance, however, also has a downside as illustrated in this story from our partners at the Wall Street Journal which chronicles reasons for a six day lockdown in the state of South Australia. – Alec Hogg

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