Opinion

Dan's plan is a roadblock, not a road map out of lockdown

Daniel Andrews must switch strategies from elimination to managing infections to prevent the Victorian lockdown inflicting more harm on health, education, and the economy.

Brian McNamee and Sam Lovick

Sep 8, 2020 – 5.11pm

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On Sunday, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced his roadmap to recovery. It was not convincing, more of a pathway to misery.

We are all hoping that an effective vaccine will be available sooner rather than later. The Commonwealth, with CSL’s help, has given us the best chance if either our own University of Queensland candidate or the Oxford University vaccine are proven. Even so, there are risks and we face many months without one. Andrews’ chosen path has to be seen in that context.

Brian McNamee is the chairman of CSL and GenesisCare.

Sam Lovick is an independent economist and a former chief economist at CSL.