Experts are at odds. Some say we are clearly moving out of the pandemic. Others say the high death rates show us that we are still in a national crisis.
This week, three years ago, a man from Wuhan was admitted to the emergency department of Monash Medical Centre in Melbourne.He had flown in from China a few days before and was feverish, coughing and finding it increasingly difficult to breathe.
Rather than having the whole population live defensively in case a new threat looms, experts should take responsibility to keep watch and inform the authorities who can then mobilise the population,Advertisement The Australian government’s position is driven by this view, and it is transitioning away from COVID-19 exceptionalism and the special arrangements that go with it.
He says removing the exceptionalism is “a radical approach” underpinned by the belief that it’s OK for every Australian, except the most vulnerable, to get infected because this might end it. “We thought it would help build immunity and end the pandemic. It didn’t work. Viral evolution has outpaced the vaccine and infection-based immunity, and we have no idea how bad it is.”2021 – was the year of resolve and transition to vaccination as the primary means of control;Advertisement“If our attitude doesn’t change to be anti-transmission, to see the virus as the enemy, it is likely 2023 will be every bit as bad.
This time, two years ago, he was in China as part of the WHO team investigating the origin of the pandemic. There is still no definitive answer.
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