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https://www.news.com.au/world/coronavirus/parliamentary-inquiry-hears-of-impacts-of-long-covid/news-story/6168cb0b0977373270f9c2b2a5704b6c>
"Medical experts have called for a national body which would be allowed to set
minimum standards for indoor air quality, as a parliamentary inquiry faced
warnings Australia will battle cyclical waves of Covid-19 which will cause
severe health issues for the population.
Addressing the inquiry on Monday, Professor Brendan Crabb of the Burnet
Institute said there was “every chance” Australia would see similar case
numbers in 2023 to those observed last year and described long Covid as a “very
serious issue now”.
“We still are getting properly infected,” Professor Crabb told the inquiry into
long Covid and repeated Covid infections.
Describing the data on reinfections as “concerning” he said the virus was “too
distant” from current vaccines, but doubled-down on their ongoing importance.
Professor Crabb said global data was “telling us” countries were continuing to
experience serious diseases on an ongoing basis as a result of Covid. He said
the United Kingdom, for example, was seeing a 20 per cent excess death rate as
a consequence of Covid compared to what would be generally expected under
normal circumstances.
“There’s no indication there’s going to be any precipitous drop-off (in
infections),” he said.
Professor Crabb said it would be a “very high risk strategy” to allow millions
of Australians to become infected every few months and said long Covid was
causing serious organ damage which was proving difficult to detect.
Professor Geoff Hanmer, ventilation chair at the influential OzSage advisory
group, said hybrid immunity – protection from Covid through a combination of
vaccination and infection – had been ineffective in limiting infections in the
US and United Kingdom and was not going to work in Australia."
Via Violet Blue’s
Cybersecurity Roundup: February 21, 2023
https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-21-78989659
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
