Yo-yoing lockdowns are costly and to be avoided if at all possible. Here is what we can do to dramatically improve testing and tracing.
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With tens of thousands of COVID-19 cases on college campuses, a scientist asks: Why did colleges open in the first place?
The federal government has announced a stepped approach to relaxing social distancing measures. What they haven’t said is how high they’ll allow the curve to rise.
Don’t just tell us how many new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed, tell us how many people you tested as well. That helps us to know if things are getting better or worse.
Fighting coronavirus is like steering a container ship that takes two weeks to respond to new commands.
It’s based on a combination of mathematical modelling, computer simulation and historical data from other pandemics.
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Epidemiology, Population Interventions Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Senior lecturer, Applied Mathematics, La Trobe University
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Honorary Professor, School of Demography, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in Analytics, RMIT University
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Assistant Research Scientist, University of Michigan
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Doctoral candidate, epidemiology, University of Michigan
