Infectious diseases expert Professor Peter Collignon has dismissed concerns New South Wales is less prepared today to fend off a deadly pandemic despite the lessons learnt from COVID-19.
An infectious diseases expert has weighed in on suggestions Australia is less prepared today to fend off a deadly pandemic despite the lessons learnt from COVID-19.
A panel convened by the SMH has revealed NSW particularly might not be ready for another pandemic. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Crosling. “Let’s put this into perspective – COVID has been a problem and is still a problem, but it's nowhere as bad as what we had in 1918 with the Spanish flu that killed probably ... 20 times more people than now because it was predominantly killing people in their 20s and 30s,” he said. Picture: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas.
“Luckily that didn't come, but we did have things prepared, we were able to make vaccines in Australia and we did have supplies of protective material –masks, gowns, gloves, etc. to actually put us in a reasonable stead when it came," he said.
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