Tag: epidemiology
Down on Vitamin D? It could be the cause of chronic inflammation
Inflammation is an essential part of the body's healing process. But when it persists, it can contribute to a wide range of complex diseases...
COVID will soon be endemic. This doesn’t mean it’s harmless or we give up, just that it’s part of life
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We have experienced many bumps in the road since 2020 and one would have to be extremely brave to predict what the...
Australia shouldn’t ‘open up’ before we vaccinate at least 80% of the population. Here’s why
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Earlier this month National Cabinet released a four-phase COVID response plan. It wasn’t so much a plan – it had no dates and...
Victoria’s 5-day lockdown may not quash Delta. Here’s what our modelling predicts instead
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Victoria has entered a five-day lockdown to control its growing outbreak of the more infectious Delta variant.
Until midnight on Tuesday restrictions mean residents are only allowed...
Hotel quarantine causes 1 outbreak for every 204 infected travellers. It’s far from ‘fit for purpose’
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With Melbourne under lockdown for another seven days, the consequences of Australia’s inefficient and dangerous quarantine system continue.
This outbreak started with...
What’s the risk if Australia opens its international borders? An epidemiologist explains
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Coinciding with the Trans-Tasman travel bubble starting today, over the past week there have been murmurings Australia could soon relax its borders further, through...