The modelling behind Melbourne’s extended city-wide lockdown is problematic – Medical Xpress

I totally support the goal of eliminating the coronavirus from Victoria and at the same time hopefully eliminating it from all of Australia.
I’ve written a book making the case this is the best way to get Australia back to normal given the uncertainty of the timeline for a vaccine and the difficulty of continually managing a pandemic.
But an examination of the modeling the Victorian government has used to justify an extension of Melbourne’s Stage 4 lockdown for a further two weeks suggests it…

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