Thread by @phl43

I'm happy to report that the "What Country Will Come Up With the Dumbest COVID-19 Rules" contest just opened again in Europe 🥳 I note a somewhat concerning lack of originality so far, but they're just getting warmed up, so I expect more innovations this winter.

At least I hope so, because we have a lot of progress to make before we can compete at the international level with the true giants in the field, such as New Zealand and Australia.

Maybe we should hire former Australian and New Zealand prime ministers so they can train our leaders. Sometimes you have to bring in foreign talent to improve. We could create a special category of visas and give them a tax break to attract them.

I may have spoken too quickly: it looks as though Italy is already off to a very strong start and it's not even winter yet.

https://twitter.com/LucioMM1/status/1461095174042529805

I don't know if they can maintain this level until next Spring though. It's important to preserve your energy in this kind of competition! Many governments make the mistake of wasting their dumbest rules early on and they have nothing later in the contest 😪