There is nothing "alarmist" about realising that we are on the same trajectory as Italy and UK, we are just few  weeks behind these countries, and many people are watching SKY and listen to likes of Jones (who broadcast from his country estate) and then go to the beach.  Just like in the US they had New Orleans mardi gras and now, they have hundreds of people who attended geting sick. 

Here in Australia we do not have enough masks for the hospital staff; in Wuhan the government distributed masks for free to everybody, they had people on every corner measuring people's temperature and issuing them with masks.  Later they would fine anybody not wearing mask.   Here not only there are no masks to give out, they are not available to buy.  Yes, allowing the ships to dock and letting the people disembark without being tested and instructed to self isolate, was bad; not making sure there are masks for not just the health workers, but for EVERYBODY to use when we have to go out to queue for food or at centrelink.