The confidence and pride of 2020, when lockdowns and isolation brought Covid-19 outbreaks to heel, have been replaced by doubt, fatigue and a bitter battle over how much freedom or risk should be allowed in a delta-defined future
Residents pass an empty cafe near the Opera House in Sydney, Australia, on Aug. 13, 2021. Half the country is locked down, and its borders remain closed, but most Australians are willing to make these sacrifices in pursuit of a collective freedom from fear of the virus.
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SYDNEY — In the war against the coronavirus’s delta variant, few if any democracies have demanded as much of their people as Australia.
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