Health
How the latest COVID-19 restrictions became a self-fulfilling prophecy – The Age
Has talk about stage three “not working” actually undermined our confidence in the restrictions and reduced our resolve to abide by the rules?
Estimates of community cases will be grossly underestimated as we didnt actually test for community transmission, and you couldnt be tested even if you had symptoms and wanted to be.
Soon after the first wave began in mid-March, testing guidelines tightened, and the only people tested were overseas travellers, close contacts of confirmed cases, and people hospitalised with pneumonia that was not otherwise explained.
While we dont have a detailed breakdown, most COVID-19 deaths from that time w…
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