Yes. The difference is Australians, in general, do not mistrust expert opinion and facts on the ground nearly as much as so many Americans do. We have our Trump-like deniers. We have had anti-mask protests. Those all evidence of how Trump's dangerously selfish attitude has bubbled up here to Australia.
Didn't resist that temptation to "up" this time. For the hell of it. It's just looking at earth from a different position, eh.
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”