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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.
Professor Paul Young, science journalist Wendy Zukerman, Professor Raina MacIntyre and Dr Norman Swan speaking at the World Science Festival Brisbane panel.
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…
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