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Top doctors, academics living in an ‘alternative reality’

Prominent medical experts are taking an unnecessarily fearful approach to the omicron virus, the former health adviser Nick Coatsworth says.

Aaron Patrick

A year ago, when he was Australia’s deputy chief medical officer, Nick Coatsworth told colleagues to watch out for a group of doctors and academics who, he felt, were so concerned by SARS-CoV-2 they would advocate for excessive measures against the virus.

Nick Coatsworth at his Canberra home on Tuesday. Jamila Toderas

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Aaron Patrick was a senior correspondent at The Australian Financial Review.

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