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"Australia’s COVID death toll is rising, yet public health measures to reduce
transmission such as mask mandates are largely a thing of the past.
It’s time for governments and the community to consider what measures can be
reintroduced to reduce COVID transmission and deaths, particularly during waves
of infection.
Cutting COVID transmission by 20% could avert more than one million infections
and 500 COVID deaths in Victoria this year, our new modelling shows.
Given Victoria makes up around 25% of Australia’s population, if extrapolated,
these results suggest a 20% reduction in transmission could save up to 2,000
lives nationally.
Even if reintroducing public health measures cut COVID transmission by 10%,
this could save between 198 and 314 Victorian lives between now and the end of
2022. Again, this would translate to many more lives saved nationally."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
