Opening Up the Pool

Mark David
Melbourne’s Doherty Institute provided modelling to the National Cabinet on how to adjust to living with COVID-19. Vaccine coverage thresholds became buzzwords but, as Mark David highlights, people remain at risk.
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Melbourne’s Doherty Institute provided modelling to the National Cabinet on how to adjust to living with COVID-19. Vaccine coverage thresholds became buzzwords but, as Mark David highlights, people remain at risk.
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