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the COVID-19 crisis in aged care shows elimination is the only effective strategy

  • Written by Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW
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As Victoria struggles to get its hotel-quarantine-debacle-driven COVID-19 outbreak under control, there has been renewed focus on the plight of those in aged-care facilities.

The facts are these. Between March 26 and July 5, Victoria recorded 20 deaths. None of those were in aged-care facilities. Between July 6 and July 29 there were 47...

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