How COVID-19 stigma is turning Victorians away from testing

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Melbourne nurse Sasha King has recovered from COVID-19 but is determined to fight stigma surrounding a positive diagnosis

The stigma of having COVID-19 is deterring some Victorians from getting tested and preventing others from accessing help.

Dr Roeske said the shame of spluttering in public had led to patients seeking help for coughs associated with other underlying medical conditions.Melbourne GP Catherine Orr said stigma surrounding the virus was discouraging people from coming forward for testing. Dr Orr is angry that individual groups have been singled out by authorities, including early in the second wave of the pandemic, when running updates were given on outbreaks within families in Melbourne’s north and west, and people were berated for holding parties that could have spread the disease.

“This virus is in the community because DHHS couldn’t manage hotel quarantine, and we know that now for sure,” she said.

 

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Victorians are waking up...the more we test the more we find and the longer we stay in stage 3/4 and destroy healthy lives and minds. The death rate data is skewed between deaths from vs with the virus. People are loosing trust in DanielAndrewsMP SkyNewsAust jeff_kennett

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