My rule of thumb is that Australia is similar to NZ on Omicron but 50 days ahead. Their highest ever day for new cases was 151k on 13-Jan. In NZ terms, that'd be 30k on 4-Mar. We're not forecast to exceed 30k until 8-Mar with a peak of 34k a few days later. #nzpol #covid19nz
With a similar population profile (in terms of vaccination, prior exposure, etc) & other factors (weather, isolation rules, etc) their hospitals held up. Maybe we are gonna go a little higher & our health system is a little weaker but Oz broadly indicates we shouldn't collapse.
However, Oz didn't get off scott-free. Their 3000 or so Omicron deaths would equate to 600 here.
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