Dr Duckett put that down to something that was poorly understood at the time: COVID-19 is largely spread indoors by super-spreaders.
“We phased down too quickly. There was a lot of pressure on the government to phase out the lockdown – that it was going to cost the economy,” he said. "Many hospitals have old buildings and poor engineering controls, creating a hazardous environment for health workers, who may be exposed day in, day out," she said.
Professor MacIntyre backed calls for healthcare workers to be granted access to respirator masks, which offer a higher level of protection than surgical masks and for fit testing to ensure they were effective."The most logical thing to do is throw everything at protecting these workers and stopping the ongoing transmission," she said.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
What a useless academiologist this guy is. Do eco 101.
Heard of staf? This is not new 😒
Been saying that for a while. HCW cases are too high and proportion is growing.
Driving 'numbers' to zero is a disastrous and anti science policy
The health workers necks are uncovered and they are not wearing goggles. They are not FULLY protected.
DrKate_Miller Scrimping on healthcare & the safety of those on the frontline IS impacting the economy. All healthcare workers need fitted PPE. We are told there are high rates of mystery cases. Healthcare workers don’t know who is asymptomatic. Therefore ALL should be provided with fitted PPE.
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Dr Blakeley is right. Until the HCW ‘secret’ infection problems are eliminated we will see an ongoing significant Covid 19 new infection ‘tail’ that will not drop down to near elimination or stay there. It will keep us on edge. Public health and Infection Control 101.
sigh. it is like because we had accidents killing cyclists, we ban cars from driving. which is not the case. we build bike lanes and educate both drivers and cyclists. instead of managing PPE and high risks areas, you can sit all day waiting for the power ball to drop. good luck.
Can we not manage such low numbers and provide improved protection to frontline workers and the vulnerable? Zero cases hasn’t been achieved anywhere, permanently, and cannot be sustained without living in a bubble.
Another so called expert
No shit Sherlock. This is 95% of daily cases now, but the rest of VIC have draconian rules in place. Just ridiculous.
Public Health Department? Not up to scratch
File under: things that are self evident, but offer no practical solution.
Very interesting. Everyone is waiting for Sunday’s announcements with a degree of dread. Eight week further lockdown recommendation? Wow!
We don't care. The demented need to be shoved back into their own office role and sane people need to take the reins.
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