I would be open to that. Pick a day, have everyone prepare, and shut 'er down for a few weeks.
Only thing is unlike Aussies, our close proximity to the US has resulted in an abundance of COVIDiots who have politicized a virus. I see them every day on Facebook comment sections of local news. Some may be trolls but their comments get so many likes, I wonder.
My daughter lives in the Shuswap area, its a pretty conservative place. She believes the virus is real, wears a mask, doesn't go out much; as she says, "I'm playing the game". But she thinks the Covid deaths and illnesses are being overstated, that media and government are engaging in a fear campaign, and that she's lost freedom due to mask mandates in various stores.
My brothers live in the Cariboo; two of them operate a pretty busy garage. One of them referenced a "scamdemic" in a conversation; the other said that they were too redneck to wear a mask. One of these guys has diabetes; the other has a daughter who is immunocompromised.
None of these three spend much time on social media. They are not stupid people, and nor even slightly partisan - two of them rarely even vote. Still, they seem to have accepted a lot of the messaging that downplays the virus, and promotes the idea that we're being scammed for some purpose - even if they're not entirely sure what or why.
Maybe there will have to be massive death before these people clue in. I don't know, but I find it both sad and scary.