Mike Toole
Mike Toole is a medical epidemiologist with the Burnet Institute.
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
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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Opinion
Mpox
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
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
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
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
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
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
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
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
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
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
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
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
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
Opinion
Australia's Pandemic
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
Opinion
Australia's Pandemic
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
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
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
Original URL: https://www.theage.com.au/by/mike-toole-p4yw8o