Norman Swan

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

Norman Swan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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

So you've got a large family, there are family events going on. voice-verified

You go to a pub or a restaurant, you pass it on there. voice-verified

In the case of the Barala cluster, it's a liquor store. voice-verified

So there are various places that you pass it on, and it's likely that this variant is the same, that you are likely to pass it on in a cluster situation. voice-verified

However, it does seem to be genuinely more. voice-verified

infectious. voice-verified

So they think that instead of the R not, the reproductive number being 2.5, they think it's maybe 3.5. voice-verified

That's what they model or calculate this virus to be. voice-verified

So much more infectious. voice-verified

Maybe that means that it's more likely to spread in non-cluster situations. voice-verified

I don't think any of this is clear yet. voice-verified

And until we know more about it, then the best thing to do is voice-verified

is overreact in a sense. voice-verified

Allow the analysis of the situation to be that you overreacted better than being in a situation where you're chasing your tail and your contact tracers are being overwhelmed. voice-verified

No, we're not out of the woods yet. voice-verified

And there's no question that people in Greater Brisbane do have to in fact all over Queensland do have to get tested at very high rates with the slightest bit of fatigue, headache, cough, cold, runny nose, get tested. voice-verified

But there have been relatively large numbers of people getting tested in Brisbane. voice-verified

And you know, after about five days or so, there haven't been any cases. voice-verified

And yes, some could pop up. voice-verified

No question about that. voice-verified

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