The government's decision to allow fully vaccinated eligible visa holders into the country from December 1, without a travel exemption, is part of a grand plan to open our country up.
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Australia is now close to the top of the world vaccination pack with over 86 per cent of people 16 and over fully vaccinated.
To have reopened earlier, especially given the highly infectious nature of the Delta variant that has wrought havoc around the globe, would have been foolhardy.
However as the number of new cases in Orange continue to rise the penny is dropping on what our new world will look like.
It's time to realise that COVID in some variation is here to stay.
Orange reported two new COVID cases on Saturday however the vaccinations seems to be doing their job in keeping hospitalisations well down.
Hopefully, we can continue to inch our way back to our previous freedoms especially as the festive season nears.
Being ever vigilant is the key.