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Eliminating COVID is a false hope, but ‘aggressive suppression’ is working – Sydney Morning Herald
Australia’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer writes that attempting to eradicate coronavirus is not only unrealistic, it is dangerous.
We have termed this “aggressive suppression”, where we take whatever measures are necessary, including the difficult decisions to reintroduce restrictions and close borders, to shut down community transmission where it occurs.
However, true elimination is really only a realistic strategy when you have a vaccine. And we do not yet have a vaccine for COVID-19.
Pursuing elimination and suppression are not mutually exclusive concepts
Measles is a good example. It is eliminated in Australia and we…
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