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– Excessive water extractions, not climate change, are most to blame for the Darling River drying
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– The COVID-19 crisis in western NSW Aboriginal communities is a nightmare realised
Great piece Bhiamie. It’s appalling that Aboriginal communities, and especially those in more remote areas of NSW with limited health care facilities, have not been prioritised until now for Pfizer vaccinations…
It will likely take a minimum of 8 weeks AFTER new cases peak to get to a level of cases that can be efefctively managed by contatc tracing.
Yes we’re making much better progress but I know people in rural NSW still waiting to be vaccinated (with AZ) after trying since May. I also know 1a people who have only just secured a vaccine appointment…
Projections are based on scenarios or states of the world depending on actions of governments, among others. They are not predictions. That said, models need to be calibrated to actual data to be meaningful…
Learnoing from other countries (and other states in Autralia) is valuable. For Australia, the UK has been useful to understand what works and what does not work. I very much hope I’m wrong but New Zealand…
Yes boosters will need to be part of the statregy. And yes, new variants of concern may mean that herd immunity may not be achvievable. Nvertheless, it’s a worthy goal and we should try our very best…
We know lockdowns with Delta work. We have seen that outside of NSW. If NSW were to become more stingent, and with other changes, the lockdown could deliver what’s needed in 8 weeks. The problem is that…
We calculate that a 95% vaccination rate for the entire population shoudl result in herd immunity. This is a big ask, for sure, but we know from the UK that for older age groups vaccination rates in excess…
If you consult the supply schedule there is still insufficient mRNA (preferred vaccined for the younger cohort) by end of September to vaccinate everyone who wants to be vaccinated. There is also a big…
I totally agree. Beyond the Sydney outbreak we need: (1) Bespoke quarantine facilities; (2) Reserach and production capability to produce mRNA vaccines. We could have the quarantine facilities if the federal…
Waiting to relax lockdowns or to ‘open up’ the border until we achieve high vaccination rates of all age groups makes a huge difference to total number of hospitalisations and fatalities. We have a paper…
NSW needs to mandate masks outdoors, provide adequate financial support, set up a 'ring of steel', use rapid tests for essential workers, and ensure cases not in full isolation get to zero, among others…
Yes all vaccines have their limitations, especially with some of the variants (B.1.351). As many virologists have already stated, we are likely to need boosters to ensure protection regardless of which…
Your statements on efficacy are not correct. Pfizer has been shown to have higher effiecacy than Astrazeneca. That is a fact. The facts may change as we get more data and if they do then I will change…