We are yet to see the population get on board with keeping apart, so the options for avoiding a lockdown are becoming more limited.
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Outbreak interventions are based on past success & experience with similar diseases. SARS, MERS,Ebola used hard work to reduce # not staring at models. Models have limitations due to assumptions but provide important estimates of #PPE, etc. New actions announced long time coming
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Mary-Louise McLaws retweeted
#COVID Worth risking a haircut? In my view it’s a clear NO. “An Australian expert on the World Heath Organisation (WHO) advisory panel for COVID-19 says there are significant transmission risks.” #covid19au abc.net.au/news/2020-03-28/c…
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Mary-Louise McLaws retweeted
“We love our liberty but people don’t understand they are impacting other Australians’ liberty.”
A @WHO advisor on #COVID19, @UNSW epidemiologist @MarylouiseMcla1 explains what happens if we #LockDownAustralia & if we can avoid it. #coronavirusaustralia news.com.au/technology/what-…
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A great initiative for sharing experience - prevents repeating the same mistakes. Therapeutic experiences can now be compared with those outside China. tinyurl.com/rx42wgd. #coronavirus
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Mary-Louise McLaws retweeted
Australia has launched new strategies and restrictions in the continued battle against the spread of COVID-19. Infectious Diseases Prof @sanj971 and Epidemiologist and @WHO adviser @MarylouiseMcla1 share their expert advice on The Latest. #TheLatest #7NEWS
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Controlling COVID19 requires compliance with social distancing/isolation. Every individual can make a difference. However, people need timely data-driven info to understand rationale for directives e.g. numbers (not just bar charts), # cases by risk factor, GIS hotspot mapping
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Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) keeps our frontline soldiers safe. Only essential surgery good call; reduces PPE demand. Other support is needed. What about workplace deliveries of their online food orders ? Any other ideas?
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Global trial “Solidarity” launched by @WHO to fast track #coronavirus treatments: tinyurl.com/t9xnzjs
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Mary-Louise McLaws retweeted
Wearing a face mask does help if you do it properly.
Seto Wing Hong of Hong Kong University demonstrates the correct way to wear a face mask #coronavirus
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Mary-Louise McLaws retweeted
#NewsFocus
Here in Korea, now all arrivals flying in from Europe will be tested after around 15 % of the latest confirmed cases here involved people who had apparently been infected abroad.. Discussing further on such measures to control this outbreak w/ Prof. @MarylouiseMcla1
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Mary-Louise McLaws retweeted
Our latest work asks: How many tests for COVID-19 are being performed around the world?
OurWorldInData.org/covid-tes…
The chart compares the total number of tests performed per million people in a number of countries.
Data for *many* more countries you find at the link above.
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Mary-Louise McLaws retweeted
The #COVIDー19 virus can live on surfaces such as wood or stainless steel 24 hours or more. It is sensitive to disinfectants. So wipe those surfaces down, with a solution that’s 62% to 72% ethanol, .5% hydrogen peroxide, or 0.1% sodium hypochlorite #coronavirusaustralia
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