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If you're going to call the WA lockdown pointless, please do so now, and not in a week's time with the benefit of hindsight. No - this isn't a pro/anti

The tail is not stubborn. Its our reluctance to upgrade our #TestTraceIsolate and Infection prevention/Control in high risk settings that is holding us back.https://twitter.com/vicgovdhhs/status/1315770675030831104 How do we upgrade?Testing

Fed gov caused the aged care disaster but I don’t ask for leadership changes in the middle of a pandemic. Most docs, esp me, were v angry at Jenny Mikakos’

@leighsales Comparing NSW to VIC now is a bit tricky - Both states are achieving similar case numbers, but Vic is worse than it looks right now, barely achieving the

Dear Journos, here are 8 questions to consider asking at the presser today! #covid19vic #auspol @sumeyyailanbey @bridgerollo @msanto92 @Raf_Epstein Please tag any journos who are attending!1) The staff infected at

1/ Victorian lockdowns continue largely because #covid19aus transmission persists in health/aged care.Excluding these, our 14 day avg daily cases = 2.9If only we knew these settings were drivers of transmission,

No - 30% rejection rate for #covid19aus testing is in Vic terrible. We've had 18,000 arrivals, 1-2% of them are positive. Yes, uptake of test is better in those who

1/ The dishonesty linking Victoria's rise in #covid19aus cases and #BLMprotest needs to stop NOW. It's being perpetrated by media/politicians and parroted by the public. The lies divide us at

1/ Vic targets July for return to office work. The peril is public transport, and maintaining it's use at 15% capacity. Beyond it, distance between commuters can't be maintained. IMO

Currently, there are people who fly out of Australia, arrive in their home country, get a #covid19 test, and found positive. I imagine there's close to zero contact tracing of

Mum just told me dad is 'confident' that drinking hot water will prevent #covid19. Why? "That's what Indian doctors are saying". I've relayed that technically I am an Indian doctor,

Sweden is unofficially pursuing herd immunity. They have 500 ICU beds for a population of 10 million - of which 20% is over 65 (v old pop). Now, One of