We’ve done so well in Australia, flattening the curve and avoiding the thousands of deaths otherwise suffered. This has come at significant cost to the economy. However it’s worth realising the economic cost will likely have been much greater if we didn’t put social restrictions in place. Those countires which […]

  As we lift social restrictions it makes perfect sense to promote universal mask wearing to limit coronavirus transmission. Further, there’s so much scientific data to support the initiative.   However Australia looks increasingly isolated as a country yet to promote universal mask wearing:   So why isn’t mask wearing  promoted […]

There is much debate about wearing masks. By the time we’ve worked out it’s the right thing to do, for many people, it will be too late. #masks4all – I protect you. You protect me. Perhaps the best way to encourage others to wear a mask is to do it […]

95% of surveyed doctors do not feel Australian PPE guidelines are accurate or up-to-date. Such guidelines have unintended negative consequences including a great deal of uncertainty, shaming, bullying and harassment as well as rigid top down thinking in the workforce around this issue. This in turn leads to the gravest […]

Having discussed coronavirus management with Chinese colleagues and reviewed numerous sources of information it’s a burning question: Are the Personal Protective Equipment policies in Australia inadequate? Hospitals are a major transmission area for coronavirus Coronavirus is highly transmissible – it’s present in our breath, hangs around in still air for […]