Australia went balls to the wall during covid. My wife and I both had to get vaxxed or we'd loose our jobs. We took all our annual leave from work while praying for a miracle before we returned. But after exhausting all our leave we still had to get vaxxed when we returned.
In the supermarket, which we're only allowed to visit once a day they had arrows everywhere pointing to which way you're allowed to walk, to stop the spread. But the BLM protests that happened, had zero recourse. The police bent the knee to the BLM protestors DURING LOCKDOWN when it was illegal to leave out house, theN a few weeks later the cops battered and pepper sprayed anti vax/lockdown protestors, for breaking cerfew.
I don't think the rest of the west really understands how insane Australia went. When I hear about California during covid it actually sounds quite resonable compared to Australia