'We cannot vaccinate our way out of this crisis. We have got to go back to COVID zero. But we can't do it in the next few weeks.' 9News
"There's got to be the curfew arrangements, mask arrangements, the restriction of movement arrangements," Strategic Health Policy consultant Professor Bill Bowtell told Today.
"Hard an fast is the only option we have. We have Victoria and Queensland, both moving rapidly to get ahead of the virus, to clobber it before it gets out and around and makes matters worse. And in NSW, exactly the opposite. Strategic Health Policy consultant Professor Bill Bowtell on tells Today Sydney's lockdown should have been harder and sharper.
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