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COVID-19 health experts disagree on whether to issue fines for lying to contact tracers
As South Australian police investigate a pizza worker accused of lying to contact tracers, leading disease experts are at odds over whether penalties should be imposed for deceiving health authorities.
Key points:
- A positive COVID-19 case lied to South Australian authorities about his work, leading to a six-day lockdown
- There are currently no penalties for lying to contact tracers
- One leading epidemiologist says introducing fines could cause people to avoid testing altogether
The discovery of the man’s lie prompted South Australian authorities to cut short the state’s lockdown by three days and Premier Steven Marshall vowed to “throw the book” at him.
But there is no specific penalty in South Australia, or anywhere else in the country, for…
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