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‘Don’t talk about Covid’: major parties accused of virus complacency during election campaign
Experts say there is a lack of political urgency on vaccines and public health plans as deaths rise and winter approaches
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The federal election campaign is “clearly a case of Covid Fight Club,” Prof Stuart Turville says. “Don’t talk about it.”
Turville, a virologist at the University of New South Wales, wonders when Australia’s continuous Covid-19 deaths and slowing booster shot rates “will become an issue of discussion within our government”.
Read the original article at The Guardian