Norman Swan

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10,274 appearances 109 recordings 1 series first heard Mar 2020 last heard 11 Aug

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What's That Rash? · What’s the point of a three-day lockdown? · 11 Jan 2021 podcast

And the principle here all along has been you go in hard, fast and early and then just get things under control, see where you stand. voice-verified

And yes, there's no question that it's disruptive. voice-verified

Mind you voice-verified

At this time of year when businesses are not fully back, it's much less disruptive than it was, although it does in Queensland affect the tourism industry. voice-verified

There's no question that people are inconvenienced by it. voice-verified

I mean, this is not something that comes out of thin air. voice-verified

We're not offering our own opinions here. voice-verified

There are eminent epidemiologists at the Burnett Institute who've managed pandemics before, non influenza pandemics, and others. voice-verified

Queensland, South Australia have done it. voice-verified

And I know that from contact with at a high level with Victoria that they were looking askance at New South Wales, even before they imported cases from New South Wales, that New South Wales wasn't doing enough. voice-verified

And you don't know whether in New South Wales, I mean they're doing pretty well, but you don't know whether in fact they'd be at zero cases now if they'd gone for a quick, sharp lockdown. voice-verified

We'll never know the answer to that, or whether we'd have fewer cases. voice-verified

If they'd gone to mandatory masking earlier than that. voice-verified

If we go back to what we know about the SARS-CoV-2 virus, it is infectious, left to its own devices in its previous variants. voice-verified

On average, one person would infect 2.5 people. voice-verified

But it doesn't work that way. voice-verified

It's not like influenza, where you automatically would infect 2.5 people. voice-verified

80% of people who get COVID-19 don't pass it on. voice-verified

The super spreading. voice-verified

Is more environmental. voice-verified

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