Tens of thousands of footy fans set to gather in 'huge gamble' for WA
"Because if there's even one [infected] person in that crowd of 30,000, then that's affecting every small business, every large business, every health care facility, every aged care facility, every patient in Western Australia," he said."101 years ago this weekend, Perth was sitting in a very good place in regard to the Spanish Flu, we had a closed border, we had very few cases," he said.
"But most importantly of all if people are feeling unwell they should not go to the football tonight," he said. "And certainly with our border controls and restrictions and our excellent surveillance and follow up, the risk to the public at this stage does appear to be very, very low.
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