Victoria’s covid19 deaths: Andrews failed to provide transparency or accountability
The deaths of over 800 people during Victoria’s second wave of the covid19 pandemic have been the subject of three recent reports. The most prominent was the Board of Inquiry into the hotel quarantine fiasco; the second a Legislative Council report into contact tracing and testing; and the third an inquiry into two aged-care facilities where there many deaths, St Basil’s Orthodox Home for the Aged, and the Epping Gardens Aged-Care facility. Each of the reports detailed grave deficiencies in the management of the covid19 epidemic in Victoria. Victoria was the only state in Australia that suffered an uncontrolled second wave. All other states and territories were able to bring outbreaks under control. The result of the failures in Victoria was a painful and economically catastrophic six-month lockdown, and the…
