We probably can’t eliminate COVID in Australia forever. As we vaccinate, we should move to a more sustainable strategy
- Written by Maximilian de Courten, Professor in Global Public Health and Director of the Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
Nearly half of Australia’s population was in lockdown last week, as parts of New South Wales, Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland enacted strict coronavirus restrictions.
But this angst-driven reaction of locking down with low community transmission of COVID is not a viable long-term strategy. This is...