Amber-Jade Sanderson says WA’s hospital system can handle a further easing of COVID-19 rules, but the AMA WA is concerned about the removal of its mask mandate.
and lifting vaccinations, resulting in fewer cases, hospitalisations and deaths than expected.
“It’s important to note that the pandemic is not over. COVID is still in the community and if you are unlucky, if you are vulnerable, it can be dangerous. But with our world-leading vaccination rates, a stable level of spread no longer risks a dramatic loss of life. After modelling earlier this month by Telethon Kids Institute and Curtin University warned removing mask mandates would lead to a sharp rise in cases and deaths, Ms Sanderson said hospitalisations had been far lower than its own modelling predicted and intensive care rates a tenth of what was feared.