One of the things this infernal Wuhan virus has taught us is that many of our fellow citizens will dance to any tune governments play. I find it entirely credible that instructions to cower in the bathtub would be greeted with, 'Oh well you know, the government must be right'. Sheep, looking for all the world like people, are seemingly in great abundance

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The easy political response to the Wuhan virus is the one whose consequences we are enduring: defer to medical opinion, shut everything down and damn the cost. The next step will be cite earlier predictions of deaths that never came to pass while telling the citizens of a debt-ravaged land how fortunate they are to have such a wise and courageous government

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Now is the time for presidents, prime ministers and governments to step out from behind the skirts experts, whose imperatives are different and who cannot be blamed for being risk averse. They are not paid or elected to suffer public floggings for missteps. Politicians are

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Governments need to balance benefits against costs, a challenge with such a moronic media and large swathes of populations lacking the stoicism and common sense of previous generations. That’s why leaders who harken unto logic and rational analysis are needed -- alas, a rare breed indeed

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Every day will make it harder for businesses and people to bounce back. This means the national exercise in isolation and shuttered businesses can extend only a few more weeks at most. Donald Trump knows and understands as much. Does our National Cabinet?

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If the current strategy works far fewer healthy people will catch the Wuhan virus. Thus far fewer people will build immunity. And, unless the virus can be absolutely eradicated, the conditions will be ripe for its re-emergence. Do epidemiologists think it can be so eradicated? It would be nice if they told us

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A country which is fully employed, or close to it, is in a better position to fight a public health emergency than one confronting an impending recession or depression. As jobs are shed and stock markets plummet the need is to at least consider a different approach to the coronavirus pandemic

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Unexplained by those who lament its absence is what this 'missing global leadership' would look like. Obviously, moronic assertions are a symptom of the Wuhan virus and perhaps best dealt with by mental health professionals, who might also assist those who respond to shortages and supply-chain disruptions by stimulating demand

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Government should focus on protecting the vulnerable, not on closing down entire economies in a vain bid to prevent healthy adults from contracting the Wuhan virus. The cost of this in human wellbeing and health will be incalculable, leaving the threat of the virus itself in the shade

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Climate change, bushfires, floods and droughts are off the front page, shunted aside by scary and often sensational coverage of the coronavirus. Pardon me for not panicking, for it is as though we have switched into an alternate universe where all our troubles are boiling down to the latest in a long line of threatening morbidities

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