Time for a clear national COVID-19 strategy

James M Trauer^{1

2}, Ben J Marais^{3

4}, Romain Ragonnet¹, Julian Savulescu^{5

6}, Emma S McBryde⁷

Affiliations

¹ Monash University, Melbourne, VIC.
² Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC.
³ Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW.
⁴ Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW.
⁵ University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
⁶ University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC.
⁷ Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD.

James M Trauer et al. Med J Aust. 2021 Feb.

. 2021 Feb;214(2):94-94.e1.

doi: 10.5694/mja2.50894. Epub 2020 Dec 8.

James M Trauer^{1

2}, Ben J Marais^{3

4}, Romain Ragonnet¹, Julian Savulescu^{5

6}, Emma S McBryde⁷

¹ Monash University, Melbourne, VIC.
² Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC.
³ Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW.
⁴ Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW.
⁵ University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
⁶ University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC.
⁷ Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Epidemiologic measurements; Epidemiology; Infectious diseases; Public policy; Respiratory tract infections.

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