Episode
Ep145: Dealing with the next pandemic 1- border closures and vaccine mandates
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- Pomegranate Health
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- Mar 30, 2026
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- 3947
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Summary
While waiting for COVID-19 vaccines to be rolled out, Australian jurisdictions adopted strong social restrictions to minimise community transmission of the virus. It’s estimated that together, these public health measures spared around 50,000 lives up to December 2022 and that vaccines saved three times as many again. While this public health response the pandemic is described as one of the most effective in the world it did cause unintended social harms and lingering resentment. Our leaders ...