All posts by Michael Toole

Imagining COVID is ‘like the flu’ is cutting thousands of lives short. It’s time to wake up

Imagining COVID is ‘like the flu’ is cutting thousands of lives short. It’s time to wake up

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. It is difficult to understand the ease with which we have accepted a major proportion of the Australian population getting infected with COVID in just a matter of months. Many have been infected multiple times, potentially exposing them…

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Australia’s response to COVID in the first 2 years was one of the best in the world. Why do we rank so poorly now?

Australia’s response to COVID in the first 2 years was one of the best in the world. Why do we rank so poorly now?

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. Australia’s elimination strategy during the first two years of the COVID pandemic was one of the most effective in the world. Through a combination of early border closures, widespread testing and meticulous contact tracing, localised lockdowns and mask…

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