COVID-19 Pandemic: Why it's important that ScoMo chose to skip the game
Dr Breanne Kunstler (BBiomedSci, BHealthSci, MPhysio, PhD). Research Fellow, BehaviourWorks Australia. COVID-19 ("Coronavirus") has officially been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO) . What is a pandemic? Our Prime Minister, Scott Morrison (ScoMo), has been very busy trying to manage public concern and panic around the pandemic, while advising us on what we should do to minimise the spread of the virus (Image 1). Image 1: What you can do to control the spread of COVID-19 (credit: Centres for Disease Control and Prevention ) Mr Morrison is often seen flanked by the Chief Medical Officer, Prof. Brendan Murphy , in press conferences where they advise us on what the current situation is, what the government is doing to control the spread and protect the safety of the nation, and what Australians need to do to keep ourselves and each other safe and healthy. But is ScoMo following his own advice? I read an interesting paper ...