No, we can't treat COVID-19 like the flu

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 July No we cant treat COVID-19 like the flu No, we can't treat COVID-19 like the flu 14/07/2021 | 3 MINS This opinion piece, by Dr Zoë Hyde from LIT's Medical School, was published in The Conversation on Monday 13 July 2021. Earlier this month, the Australian government announced a four-phase plan to return us to something resembling normality. Under this plan, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said, we will eventually treat COVID-19 “like the flu”. The hope is vaccines will allow us to live with some transmission without many people getting seriously ill or dying. But death and hospitalisation aren’t the only outcomes of COVID-19 we need to prevent. New research shows even young people can be left with chronic health problems after infection. COVID-19 will always be a very different disease to the flu. We should aim to stamp it out like measles, not let it spread. A common misconception Many people think only the elderly are at risk from COVID-19. Looking at the statistics, it’s easy to see why that misconception came about. A study of p

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 July No we cant treat COVID-19 like the flu No, we can't treat COVID-19 like the flu 14/07/2021 | 3 MINS This opinion piece, by Dr Zoë Hyde from LIT's Medical School, was published in The Conversation on Monday 13 July 2021.

Earlier this month, the Australian government announced a four-phase plan to return us to something resembling normality.

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