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Philip Britton
Philip Britton is a senior lecturer in child and adolescent health and an infectious diseases paediatrician at the University of Sydney.
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
It’s time for children’s lives to return to normal - schools must stay open
The daily case counts are confronting but closing schools in light of them is unjustified. We don’t do it for other common viruses and we should no longer do it for COVID-19.
- by Philip Britton and Phoebe Williams
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Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
We impose significant burden on children when we close schools
As a parent, paediatrician and infectious disease physician, I have been struck by the way in which the learning and wellbeing of children has been consistently deprioritised in the debate about remote learning.
- by Philip Britton
Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/by/philip-britton-p4ywbb