Tony Blakely
Tony Blakely, an epidemiologist and public health medicine specialist, is a professor at the University of Melbourne.
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
Morrison and the states on lockdown: Are they all a little bit right?
The states are divided on when it is safe to ease restrictions, but there is some sense in each of their different positions.
- by Tony Blakely and Nancy Baxter
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Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
Sydney should bite the bullet and go into hard lockdown
It is hard to know whether NSW’s “soft lockdown” approach accompanied by strong contact tracing will work. It has not been tried before.
- by Tony Blakely
Opinion
Vaccination
Vaccinate young, mobile adults to reach herd immunity faster
Delta is concerning. But prioritising the COVID-19 jab for young, mobile adults will help stop it in its tracks.
- by Tony Blakely, Adelle Mansour and Rebecca Bentley
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
COVID-19 mutations perform ‘a dazzling Darwinian dance’
The only way to avoid vaccine resistance it is to win the race against the evolutionary clock of the virus.
- by Tony Blakely and Driss Ait Ouakrim
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
How COVID-19 probably slipped out of hotel quarantine - again
There will be a crucial COVID detective game, but we will learn so much.
- by Tony Blakely
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
'Not what the citizens of NSW want to hear': The downsides of opening up now
All other states and territories (and NZ) could eliminate the virus, and form a travel bubble that excludes NSW and Victoria.
- by Tony Blakely
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
COVID exit strategy: generate the evidence and adjust the levers as we go
Two leading epidemiologists describe how a locked-down Australia might go about safely loosening the screws on the work, family and social lives of its citizens.
- by Tony Blakely and Nick Wilson
Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/by/tony-blakely-p4yvtw