Coronavirus has not so much changed us as unmasked us — yes, I get the irony — and what we find is not pretty.

In January 2020 we were one and free.

Less than two years later, the states have barricaded themselves off from each other, state premiers have divided citizens against one another, and public figures now openly suggest medical care should be denied to fellow Australians.

It is this last trend, most recently promoted by former NSW Premier and Australian foreign affairs minister Bob Carr, that is most chilling.

The senior ALP figure last night tweeted: 

Bob Carr didn’t say if he also...