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Mike Toole is a medical epidemiologist with the Burnet Institute.

COVID exploits our year of living dangerously

COVID exploits our year of living dangerously

The gulf between COVID reality and the narrative from Australian leaders could hardly be wider.

  • by Brendan Crabb and Mike Toole

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Should we be worried about the spread of monkeypox?
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Should we be worried about the spread of monkeypox?

We should not be alarmed about this emerging virus, but we also can’t be complacent.

  • by Mike Toole and Raina MacIntyre
Don’t pump brakes: our COVID strategy must change to reflect reality

Don’t pump brakes: our COVID strategy must change to reflect reality

The number of COVID infections reported this year is more than 20 times greater than for the two previous years.

  • by Brendan Crabb and Mike Toole
Complacency over COVID is costing us

Complacency over COVID is costing us

Australia now ranks second in the world for cases per million among countries with a population of more than one million.

  • by Brendan Crabb and Mike Toole
A national response to COVID-19 is long overdue, but is yet to happen

A national response to COVID-19 is long overdue, but is yet to happen

Almost two years into the pandemic, the Australian response remains a mish-mash of different policies and practices largely determined by local jurisdictions.

  • by Mike Toole and Brendan Crabb
Overnight spike in Victorian cases another hard COVID-19 lesson

Overnight spike in Victorian cases another hard COVID-19 lesson

Mobility data suggests that there was more movement in Melbourne over the Grand final long weekend than at any time during the lockdown.

  • by Brendan Crabb and Mike Toole
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Why our COVID ambition must remain close to zero cases, even as we climb to high vaccination

Why our COVID ambition must remain close to zero cases, even as we climb to high vaccination

Our best shot at freedom is to reach high vaccination rates with almost no COVID in the community.

  • by Mike Toole, Brendan Crabb and Suman Majumdar
How will variants change our response to COVID-19?

How will variants change our response to COVID-19?

The emergence of the Delta variant, and future variants, will change the way Australia – and the world – contains the pandemic.

  • by Brendan Crabb and Mike Toole
Are lockdowns the answer every time there is a COVID-19 outbreak?

Are lockdowns the answer every time there is a COVID-19 outbreak?

As the state emerges from another lockdown, questions are being asked about whether we can avoid another while still fighting the virus.

  • by Brendan Crabb and Mike Toole
Clear leadership and purpose-built quarantine crucial to beating COVID

Clear leadership and purpose-built quarantine crucial to beating COVID

A hotel quarantine leak has led to the lockdown of a city of 5 million people: it’s time to fix the system.

  • by Brendan Crabb and Mike Toole
We must use caution to break out of Fortress Australia

We must use caution to break out of Fortress Australia

For the foreseeable future – most likely years – we can’t think of our borders as steel doors that are either shut or open.

  • by Brendan Crabb and Mike Toole

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