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Thursday, 18 February 2021, 2:38 pm The Queen Victoria Market in Australia’s second largest city, Melbourne, is usually a thriving affair. Like any ancient agora, people travel to meet there, purchase fresh produce, and natter. The fruit and vegetable vendors are all colour, a profusion of smells and noise. The meat market heaves with patrons keen to snap up deals; the deli dazzles with kaleidoscopic seduction. The noise, usually towards the latter part of the day, is a din of offers. “One...

Examine , a new weekly science newsletter written by national science reporter Liam Mannix. You can sign up here (it’s free). The third edition is below. “When the science changes we must change our response, and when the virus changes its method of attack we must change our method of defence.” “The elements of this are quite frightening. It’s quite different than anything we’ve seen before.” “This hyper-infectious variant is moving at hyper-speed.” Can you guess which politic...

Queensland health department says variant B1525 was identified in returned travellers in January

Only 71 per cent of Australian adults are willing to have a Covid vaccine before October, a government poll has found six days before the first jabs hit arms. The survey of 4,000 Aussies over 16 found that 64 per cent would definitely get the vaccine, 27 per cent are unsure and nine per cent would definitely not have the jab. The main objections were fears that long term side effects are still unknown, concerns the vaccines have been developed too quickly and anxiety about having an allergic ...

As Linfox and Wagner discuss their proposals with state authorities, a former WHO epidemiologist says facilities should be run entirely by government

Infectious diseases expert Professor Peter Collignon says there is “no reason to think” the newly approved AstraZeneca vaccine will not be effective against COVID-19 in all age ranges. “We’ve got good data that shows it works and it appears to be very effective across all ages to stop you getting very sick and going to hospital,” he told Sky News host Andrew Bolt. Professor Collignon said the vaccine data was “still relatively limited” but the data already collected shows the vacci...

Quarantine must be made to work better We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement Since the most recent return to lockdown, the message from Victoria’s government to its population has been that “we know how to do this”. However with the latest breach of hotel quarantine, a reasonable response is “are you sure?”. Moreover, those voices asking why we have to keep doing it – and more importantly, whether the gov...

  Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews was nowhere to be seen yesterday after concerns emerged regarding a gap in the containment ring around Melbournes latest coronavirus outbreak. Over the weekend it was revealed that a large group of individuals were potentially exposed to the mutant UK strain after a female quarantine worker attended a family event in Melbournes inner north on February 6. Investigators initially ruled it out as an exposure site after the worker tested negative the followin...

Victorians are becoming fed-up with being fed excuses by bumbling chiefs A Stage Four lockdown is due to end on Wednesday night but could kick on Daniel Andrews promised Victorians gold standards but hasnt delivered  Multi-million dollar hotel quarantine inquiry made dozens of recommendations  State government has been condemned for ignoring many recommendations  Victorians fear the Stage Four lockdown will continue amid tracing debacle  

MacroBusiness Access Subscriber Only Content at 12:40 pm on February 15, 2021 | 60 comments Hoocoodanode? After countless outbreaks and panic-driven lockdowns, Australia is finally having a debate about the wisdom of hotel quarantine. Domain leads us off: Professor Peter Collignon notes that Dan Andrews’ ‘best in class’ hotels have no eye protection, weak governance and no awareness that the virus pushes into corridors when doors are opened. Professor Maximilian de Courten said that the u...