The number of Australians sick in hospital with COVID19 may soon set a new record. 9News
Balasubramaniam predicted coronavirus would continue to linger for years to come, unless the world vaccinated in unison, reducing the ability of COVID-19 to evolve."Each time it is transmitted from one person to another, constantly makes copies of itself in enormous numbers," Balasubramaniam said.Subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 were an example of those mutations.
Compared to one year earlier, the number of people comfortable with that size death toll was up 5 per cent, according to the Essential Report survey.Throughout the survey, Australians showed a greater willingness to accept death. The vast majority, 42 per cent, ticked fewer than 100 deaths, while 31 per cent said between 100 and 1000 fatalities.
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