Infectious disease expert Professor Raina MacIntyre issued the warning on Tuesday in a COVID-19 pandemic update at the University of NSW's Kirby Institute – the first to collate data from international medical journals and universities since the disease was identified in Wuhan, China in December 2019.
But Professor McIntyre's comments follow days of public debate about whether the economic hardships caused by Australia's current restrictions, implemented to protect the elderly and vulnerable, impact too heavily on the young and healthy. "If this were influenza I'd be closing schools but all the data seems to suggest this infection is very uncommon in the under 15 age group, schools are probably one of the safest workplaces you can go," he said.
“Other Experts say otherwise”.....
Herd immunity exists Do Fairfax sub-editors?
Gosh, it’s almost as if Gigi Foster was talking complete rubbish on qanda but well done qanda for providing such uninformed and dangerous drivel from an invited “expert”.
Globalbiosec So. Do we know if it is safe to return 25% of students back to school?
If that’s true, Bye bye Sweden
SMH continuing to search under every rock for doomsday experts. The same ones that predicted 100,000 deaths in Australia.
Another day, another 'expert' opinion.
Herd stupidity is rampant.
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