From Steve Johns, Axedale, Victoria, Australia
Alice Klein’s article says the outbreak of covid-19 in Australia is blamed on the delta variant (21 August, p 7). Yes, the variant is more transmissible, but the reason we have the outbreak is partly political.
Some right-wing politicians are in Sydney wasn’t and still isn’t being contained because “lockdowns” weren’t and aren’t being implemented in locations until the virus is seen to be spreading there.
