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The Ruby Princess left Port Kembla this afternoon with 500 crew members. 10% of all Australian COVID-19 cases were passengers on this ship. Along with this welcome departure inquiry season has begun: federal government response to the virus, the Ruby Princess saga, WHO capability to investigate disease outbreaks. These inquiries take the form of whatContinue reading “Day 33 Thursday 23rd April”

Snap-back might turn out to be a mouse trap, but the urge towards a flawed normal grows apace. Signs of hope include the proposed re-opening of Bondi, Tamarama and Bronte beaches next week. A second is my success in purchasing toilet paper for the first time in over a month. In fact, my only optionContinue reading “Day 32 Wednesday 22nd April”

I started this journal planning to do a daily entry for what was looming as the two critical weeks of the pandemic and our response to managing it. I kept going to monitor an eagerly awaited flattening of the curve and now I need to continue to see if snap-back means what it suggests. Also,Continue reading “Day 31 Tuesday 21st April”

A sustained decline in new cases since mid-March suggests Australia has passed the peak of the pandemic. However, we must remain vigilant against new community clusters. It will be four more weeks before an easing of restrictions is seriously considered (mid-May). More testing (411,000 so far) and tracing will be conducted during this time. TheContinue reading “Day 29 Sunday 19th April”