{"id":1322,"date":"2020-08-11T12:26:52","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T02:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gedda.info\/?p=1322"},"modified":"2020-08-12T17:01:54","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T07:01:54","slug":"great-minds-think-alike-lockdownnswnow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gedda.info\/?p=1322","title":{"rendered":"Great minds think alike #lockdownNSWnow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Then again fools rarely differ. It’s good to know you’re not alone in this world, and when a professor shares your sentiment your day only gets better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A week after my last post about locking down NSW<\/a>, a Sydney Morning Herald report included this commentary…<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Infectious diseases physician and professor at the Kirby Institute UNSW, Greg Dore, said the state government had the capacity to modify the community\u2019s behaviour by closing high risk venues.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“A four-week closure of pubs, clubs, and restaurants, through to early spring, would be economically more advantageous than a longer closure due to rising infections, that could extend until summer,\u201d Professor Dore said.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, AMA NSW president Dr Danielle McMullen agreed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we see in today’s news<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • A school is the centre of a latest cluster<\/li>
  • And, more disturbingly, two new cases were found in Batemans Bay – a whole 28 days after the last confirmed case.<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    So, back to what does matter – evidence. Simply locking down pubs and clubs won’t be enough to stop clusters forming, and a full month is needed to curtail latent transmission chains as we see in Batemans Bay.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

    Playing a game of “wait and see” with Coronavirus is akin to playing a game of “wait and watch the horse bolt”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Again, I really do hope that I’m wrong, but when faced with a choice of lockdown or “wait and see” I choose lockdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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