The need for a coordinated and improved response to health emergencies across Australia's multiple jurisdictions has been flagged many times during COVID-19. So what's stopping us?
The need for a coordinated and improved response to health emergencies has been flagged many times during COVID-19.The short answer is politics. While the public health community has long supported the creation of an AusCDC, it has repeatedly fallen foul of state and federal politics. NSW and Victoria have consistently held any CDC should be based in their respective states, while others have argued for Canberra.
State governments have also resisted calls for a national CDC on the basis it might "steal" their top public health experts.Read more about coronavirus:
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
The idea of a CDC in Australia is a good one. Currently we have different States/Territories enacting their own measures.
The missing element of our covid strategy is the use of masks. Hong Kong has had 9 deaths, in a State that is densely populated & with minimal shutdowns. They even have had Chinese Tourists visit. If MASKS are so bad, why do Nurses/Doctors wear them?
compassion?
Let’s give this thing the very best chance to get up, by locating it in a part of the country where it’s incredibly difficult to persuade people to work.
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