We lost the plot on COVID messaging
- Written by Stephen Duckett, Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne
Overall, Australian governments managed the first two years of the COVID pandemic well. Border closures and state actions such as lockdowns averted 18,000 deaths in 2020 and 2021.
This came at a cost in terms of separation of families and friends because of border closures, disruption to schooling and economic activity, and individual stress.
The...
