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? · Why are health authorities still struggling to communicate? · 30 Nov 2020 podcast

And in Australia, by and large, it has been solid. voice-verified

So that from Prime Minister to Brendan Murphy and from Dan Andrews and Brett Sutton and Alan Cheng and so on. voice-verified

So in other words, you've had good synchrony and we've had very good policies in Australia in terms of lockdown. voice-verified

Okay, they've been controversial. voice-verified

But communication has been fairly consistent. voice-verified

Now, in Victoria... voice-verified

The data looked as if they were transparent, but they actually weren't that transparent. voice-verified

It was sometimes very hard for us to make sense of what they were actually saying. voice-verified

And I think that reflected, rather than them being deliberately obscure, it just reflected the fact that their contact tracing was in a bit of a mess. voice-verified

And therefore, they didn't really have good data to pass on. voice-verified

So now you've got this situation. voice-verified

And it's very important to remember this because it's important for the next pandemic. voice-verified

It's important if the coronavirus comes back in Australia, such as you've had in South Australia. voice-verified

is that South Australians have behaved really well, magnificently. voice-verified

They've come forward to be tested. voice-verified

However, a wobble like this does create a problem for community understanding because the temptation here, of course, is to victim blame. voice-verified

Oh, there's this guy and he's been out and about and we probably even implied that yesterday on Coronacast. voice-verified

He's been out and about, you know, what a dickhead for doing this. voice-verified

And so on and so forth. voice-verified

It turns out he's actually behaved quite well. voice-verified

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