Opinion

What have we learnt from our COVID-19 experience?

By Ian Ring
Updated October 29 2020 - 3:47pm, first published October 28 2020 - 4:30am
Head nurse Lauren Parker conducts a COVID-19 test at the drive-in testing site for Canberra's southside. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos
Head nurse Lauren Parker conducts a COVID-19 test at the drive-in testing site for Canberra's southside. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Nine months into the COVID-19 pandemic, what can be learnt from the Australian experience? Well, first of all, despite some significant glitches, we have done pretty well, and have been well served by our chief health officers and our political leaders, national and state, who have generally followed the scientific advice and resisted populist approaches or the temptation to score political points.

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