by Peter Westmore With the cost of the covid19 pandemic measured in tens of millions of infections, a million deaths worldwide, and an unprecedented economic impact, there is understandable anticipation about the prospects of a safe, effective and ethically produced covid vax (vaccine) which will protect people from covid19 for at least some time. There…
by Peter Westmore Months after other media outlets, including News Weekly, documented the Victorian Government’s persistent blame shifting over failures of hotel quarantine that led to the spread of covid19 and costing hundreds of lives, the ABC has discovered that breaches of hotel quarantine caused the Victorian second wave. The ABC’s Four Corners program was…
by Peter Westmore With Victoria in lockdown because of covid19, and outbreaks in New South Wales and Queensland linked to interstate travel, followed by border controls, it is clear that it will take months, if not longer, to get on top of community transmission of the virus. Where community transmission is occurring, any relaxation of…
