How much difference will cancelling events make — and why's the PM still going to the footy?

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Why are events being cancelled, what difference will it make — and why's the PM still going to the footy?

"This should not be starting on Monday," Professor Bowtell told ABC Radio Melbourne."It should be starting now."It is a bad decision for public health to expose 80,000 people in a stadium, and players, and have a little scientific experiment to see the extent of coronavirus in the population in Sydney and see what happens."

Andrew Miller tweets: You want to go to the footy? I want my colleagues to stay alive. Cancel crowds at events. Close the schools soon. Telehealth for ALL consults ALL docs. HCW #covid priority rapid testing NOW. This is not a game. "With this particular virus, it is capable of being transmitted from people who are not particularly sick and may have very few symptoms."A ban on mass gatherings is designed to do what disease experts refer to as"flattening the curve" — slowing the spread of the virus so the number of cases remains at a level the health system can cope with.

 

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I’m a one person business involved in events and have had 11 of 12 events for the next 4 months postponed. Went from reasonable projected cash flow to zero in 72 hours. Hundreds like me - where to now

Your article says he’s not going to the footy after all, since Dutton’s positive?

You cannot corrupt the virus

This is why

All because people can't wash their hands

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