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Brett Sutton said keeping international borders closed during Covid is incorrect Victorian chief health officer wants Aussies to get vaccinated and 'let Covid run'  Ex-deputy chief medical officer Nick Coatsworth made same recommendations He also condemned some doctors spreading 'misinformation' about vaccines  Detailed report has recommended Australia be more 'adaptable' about Covid Report said ignoring expert advice could see Australia become a 'hermit nation' 

Australia needs to vaccinate in larger numbers, re-open its borders and even be 'comfortable' with Covid potentially spreading again in communities, a leading health officer has declared.  In a recent speech delivered at the Royal Australian College of Surgeons annual scientific meeting, Dr Nick Coatsworth warned against a 'vocal few' activist doctors using social media to undermine public confidence in vaccines.  'Waiting [to vaccinate] is not a valid option either individually or for public health,' he said. Dr Coatsworth's comments come after a report that warned Australia could 'lose a...

Australian universities are pushing the government to reopen borders this year and bring back international students © Pixbay Australian universities are pushing the government to reopen borders this year and bring back international students Almost 14 months after travel in and out of Australia was ground to a halt, the country’s universities have commenced a campaign to push state and federal governments to loosen restrictions. On Friday, the University of Sydney called time on a national strategy that has sought to keep the virus out entirely and released a report outlining how Aust...

Time to build a ‘psychological runway’ to reopening14/05/2021|8min Herbert Smith Freehills partner Mark Rigotti says it is time for Australia to build a “psychological runway” to reopening because the current response to reoccurring COVID outbreaks is leaving the nation in “suspended animation”. Mr Rigotti is the chair of a taskforce comprised of leading business groups which has set out an alternative plan to allow Australia to reengage with the world. The roadmap to reopening suggests it is unrealistic to plan for COVID to be eliminated and suggest we should trial reopening to ...

Login Australia has ‘won the war’ on COVID but is in danger of ‘losing the peace’14/05/2021|2min Herbert Smith Freehills partner Mark Rigotti says it feels like Australia has “won the war” on COVID but is in danger of “losing the peace” as the nation remains sealed off from the rest of the world. Mr Rigotti is the chair of a taskforce comprised of leading business groups which has set out an alternative plan to allow Australia to reengage with the world. “We stay sealed off hermetically from the rest of the world, relatively COVID-free, but missing out on all the things tha...