Skip navigation
Quick Exit To leave this site quickly click here or hold Esc key.

Learning From One Pandemic to Live With Another

Two great pandemics of the past fifty years – HIV and COVID-19 – have shaken societies around the globe. The immediate crisis of COVID-19 has many of the hallmarks of the early HIV pandemic – fear, rapid action, wall-to-wall media coverage and political attention. In time, we learned to live with HIV. As we enter its fourth decade, what insights from HIV can help us live with COVID-19?

AUSTRALIA IS AGAIN LEARNING HOW TO LIVE THROUGH A LONG-TERM PANDEMIC.

Many people were buoyed by the initial success of our response to COVID-19. It appeared strong leadership from the National Cabinet and an equally strong response from the community had put us well on track to end COVID-19. However, we have now learned that as long as there is transmission, there is potential for the pandemic to re-emerge. Despite our best hopes, a vaccine for all will be some way off.

 

Download Here

Continue Reading

Read More