Like a prison work-gang on day release, millions of immunised workers may shortly hit their workplaces and start rebuilding the nation’s balance sheet. (NSW No. 1 for jobs creation post virus, 5/10). Learning from mistakes, leadership’s unremitting ban on protests will avouch the priority of right to life above freedom of expression. The current second death wave across Europe highlights the need to await prophylactic immunisation. The danger of viral mutations suggests that new lifestyle practices like social distancing and Lady Macbeth-style handwashing are here to stay. Alan Sexton, North Parramatta. 6Oct2020.