February 2 was Groundhog Day except that every day is Groundhog Day in Australia. We are trapped in 2020, going in and out of lockdown like a demented cuckoo clock. A year may have passed but what have we learned?

The Western Australian premier still hasn’t figured out that Covid is transmitted between people so he has made it mandatory to wear masks even if no one is around, as if you could catch the virus from trees or toilet seats.