No zero-risk option so let science, not politics, rule
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April 19, 2021 â 12.10am
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Our low numbers of COVID-19 are due only to our island nationâs ability to isolate, which comes with the economic and social cost of locked borders (âAustralia needs to set out its COVID-19 endgameâ, April 17-18). This must end at some stage but only when our healthcare system can handle the influx of COVID-19 cases, including unknown new variants, with the best vaccination program available at that time. As we can already see, this will vary with updated scientific data and improved vaccines, and should be managed by medical regulatory bodies based on that information, not by politics and emotive overreaction. There is no zero-risk option with this disease or with its management, but letâs go with the best scientific evidence to protect our society.
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To China, on behalf of my country Australia: sorry Australian wine seen on a shop shelf in Shanghai on December 8. China imposed a fresh round of import duties on Australian wine starting December 11, after slapping anti-dumping tariffs of up to 212 per cent in late November, amid tensions since Canberra earlier this year called for an inquiry into the origin of the Covid-19 pandemic. Photo: EPA-EFE
Dear China,
As an Australian, I would like to apologise to you for the way we have treated you. We have called out drug cheats when we have our own drug cheats. We have criticised your human rights record when we have an appalling history of mistreating our indigenous people as well, and what we do to refugees is tantamount to torture ( Australia is in no position to criticise China on human rights abuses , December 15).