If you think scrapping COVID isolation periods will get us back to work and past the pandemic, think again
- Written by: C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
ShutterstockCOVID is an exceptional disease and was at its deadliest this year, causing more deaths in Australia between June and August 2022 than at any other time. There have been 288 deaths from influenza so far this year compared to more than 12,000 deaths from COVID.
The number of deaths from COVID in Australia in the first nine months of...
