Experts call for more transparency around pandemic decisions

Australia needs to be more transparent when it comes to how official bodies make public health decisions during a pandemic, a group of experts have argued.

A number of infectious diseases experts spoke during a wide-ranging panel discussion – The Pulse of the Pandemic – on Saturday as part of the World Science Festival Brisbane.

Moderator Dr Norman Swan, a doctor and ABC science journalist, asked the panel whether Australia’s response to the pandemic had been “too secretive” compared to other nations.

University of Queensland professor Paul Young, a leader of the research…