That’s kind of the point though we need a comprehensive review so we can all do better next time including doing an analysis of the states responses.

Australia did pretty well on the whole, mistakes were made but this shouldn’t be a blame seeking exercise this was all pretty much fly by the seat of your pants stuff at the time. The most value in this if it’s above politics I guess that’s probably to much to hope for but there is a lot to be learned.

What worked the best, where can we improve?

Where are the weak points in national and interstate logistics?

Even just detailing exactly what each state did provides value when trying to form a response plan for next time in a national context.

What sovereign medical capacity do we need to retain when state and international borders close?

We can get a very good national plan out of this if it’s run properly with good guidelines on what to do next time.

There will be a next time and no doubt the individual disease vector will have its own challenges but at least we have the opportunity now to really pick our collective response apart so we can have a robust informed response next time. It needs to be holistic to provide the most value so that includes the states.