Tag: SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19 cases rise when schools open – but more so when teachers and students don’t wear masks
As students return to schools in Victoria and New South Wales after months of lockdowns, many people may be worried about the risks to their kids – and transmission overall. The role that schools play in transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19 has been difficult to work out, but new evidence can finally answer…
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No, we can’t treat COVID-19 like the flu. We have to consider the lasting health problems it causes
Earlier this month, the Australian government announced a four-phase plan to return us to something resembling normality. Under this plan, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said, we will eventually treat COVID-19 “like the flu”. The hope is vaccines will allow us to live with some transmission without many people getting seriously ill or dying. But death…
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Australia needs herd immunity
The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine won’t deliver it