I’ve been thinking about the disparities between ‘what is known’ about #COVID19, and what our response has been in Australia.
A brief flirtation with ‘herd immunity’, make-believe apps, schools, children, and now most recently, masks has many on this platform pondering on whether

those responsible for our response are up to speed. What if another approach was in play? What if the appropriate responses have been ‘attenuated’, according to the implications they carry? This is the explanation that dare not speak its name...
Need everyone back to work, and...

making money for you? “Herd immunity”
Can’t get your workforce back in action, because of childcare issues? “Schools are safe” & “kids don’t get #COVID19”
Need to give the impression that you are doing something (anything) as a government, that will make it safe for people to go

back to work? “ #COVIDSafe app
Finally imagine the consequences of having to accept that #SARSCoV2 was actually aerosol-borne? It would mandate the use of masks, everywhere, be a game changer for social gatherings, and force the deployment of a PPE stockpile that doesn’t exist for

healthcare workers.
Far better to cast doubts on the very premise itself.
These are lessons that governments have learned from their close associations with the alcohol and tobacco industries.
But I had not seen them in healthcare.
Until now.