Opinion

Anthony Albanese needs to step up and put stamp on COVID fight

By Stephen Duckett
August 5 2022 - 5:30am
The Albanese government could then encourage states to introduce their own mask mandates. Picture: Elesa Kurtz
The Albanese government could then encourage states to introduce their own mask mandates. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

The principal public health message is very simple: if you haven't been vaccinated this year, get vaccinated now! But reliance on vaccinations alone has never been an adequate public health strategy to combat COVID. So, what else should government be doing now, as COVID hospitalisations and deaths rise, seemingly inexorably.

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