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Don't mask the complexity of messages on COVID-19

Single-minded health warnings by politicians patronise instead of making the public partners in the uncertain fight against the pandemic.

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Mask-wearing has become a partisan act in America and the masks themselves an artefact of the culture wars. The same thing could happen here.

A brouhaha has erupted over protective face masks after Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced they will be mandatory in Melbourne and the Mitchell Shire.

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Parnell Palme McGuinness is managing director of Agenda C.
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