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Wouldn't it have been easier to just Google "population Western Australia" (2.667 Million in 2020) than to dig up a misleading map that tells an incomplete picture? It's true we are not the most populous state by any means, but you don't need to be insulting with that level of hyperbole.
No matter how you spin it, our pre-Omicron Covid response was nothing short of incredible. While the world suffered, we pretty much nope'd out of the whole thing. I would not be surprised if WA becomes a pandemic response case study in future.
I do agree that the USA probably couldn't pull together enough to put something like that I to action. The USA is anything but united until someone literally invades. It's just a pity they didn't look at the pandemic in a similar light to a foreign invader.
Its not insulting to say that the population density is waaaaaay different then USA or Europe, wich i was saying to be able to compare, Australia has also another climate wich impacts the spread of diseases.
And as said each country did something and response to such events has to be individual there is mostly no better or worse way... Except for China that literally fucked themselves over super hard... USA didn't do good but not spectacularly bad compared to others.
The issue with a statement like "the population density is waaaaaay different then USA or Europe", is it shows how unfamiliar you are with the state. Yes, if you average the population over the area of the state, you'll get an absurdly low number.
But that would only make any sort of point if we are spread all over the state evenly. We are not. 2 Million of us live in Perth, which alone covers about 75% of WA's population. And within Perth, our population density is on a par with just about any other mid-sized city. Beyond Perth, about 20% of the remaining 25% are going to be in a collection of half a dozen regional towns. Again, those towns would feel fairly familiar to someone from a small town in lots of places.
The bulk of that area is nothing. Desert and rocks and the very occasional hole in the ground (mining site).
In the regions we live, we aren't that different from other places. What made us different through the pandemic is the policy of closing the border to outsiders. Most places didn't do that. As a result, we mostly lived through 2020 and 2021 without having to worry about Covid 19. A few times, a case got past quarantine, and we had a mini lockdown for a week or so until it was contained. Then, back to normal.