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'Recipe for disaster':

'Recipe for disaster': How Melbourne's COVID-19 spike could spread across Australia At midnight on Wednesday, metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire will revert to stage three… more
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Doctors 'bullied'

Doctors 'bullied' by hospital administration for asking to wear masks Professor MacIntyre said hospitals tended to downplay the role of the workplace in COVID-19 infections among… more
Air borne infection

WHO accused of 'denying science' over airborne spread of SARS-CoV-2

Researchers say there is growing evidence that the virus is released in droplets during breathing, talking and coughing which are small enough to remain suspended in the air. READ… more
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Is It Time Aussies Started Wearing Masks? An Expert Answers

Walking down a crowded city street in Australia, sure, you'll see a few people wearing masks but not that many.  In some places in the USA, they're mandated, and that's causing a… more
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Curious pattern in coronavirus infection rate emerges, hinting it can ‘burn out’ at a certain point

People forget that the Spanish influenza pandemic occurred over a period of two years, and different people got infected in different waves. People who are uninfected will largely… more
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Why Following Coronavirus Restrictions Is Harder the Second Time Around

Even during early lockdown, when there was less confusion about what constituted non-compliance, people were either misunderstanding or flouting the rules. Police issued thousands… more

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Professor Raina MacIntyre

Raina MacIntyre

NHMRC Principal Research Fellow and Professor of Global Biosecurity.

+61 2 93850920

r.macintyre@unsw.edu.au

Dr Elizabeth Kpozehouen

Dr Elizabeth Kpozehouen

Research Associate

02 9385 0082

e.kpozehouen@unsw.edu.au