Father David Smith/Australia's COVID-Zero Nightmare

<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">An activist priest and<span class=""> a panel of struggling citizens report f</span><span class="">rom Australia, the belly of the COVID-zero beast, where troops and cops enforce lockdown compliance on the orders of virus-obsessed officials. </span></span><span class= "" style="font-size: 12pt;">Terrifying public service announcements, extreme news stories and a censorious crackdown on free media have the country in a human rights tailspin, all in the name of the greater good and a policy that likely can’t be maintained.</span></p> <p> </p>