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Happening now - @DanielAndrewsMP on @abcnews : "If you can learn from home, you must learn from home."
On VCE: He wants the school year "done with" this year
#ATAR #COVID2019AU
On VCE: He wants the school year "done with" this year
#ATAR #COVID2019AU
"An awful lot of work is being done to get year 12 students through" - he says there may be different assessments or potentially assessments next year
@DanielAndrewsMP has confirmed Term 2 begins next Wednesday, and urges students to stay home for this term.
#School2020 #Covid_19australia
#School2020 #Covid_19australia
Thanks to all who've been sending some really interesting ideas and questions about #COVID19au.
I'm off today, and at a loose end, so thought I might summarize some of the themes about the situation that y'all seem to be interested in.
I'm off today, and at a loose end, so thought I might summarize some of the themes about the situation that y'all seem to be interested in.
Why is #COVID2019AU such a bitch?
1) It's new. Not everything that is new is brilliant. #COVID2019AU is not the latest iPhone. As a species, we've not met her before, and she is definitely making hay while the sun shine. We have no immunological 'memory' of who she is, so instead
1) It's new. Not everything that is new is brilliant. #COVID2019AU is not the latest iPhone. As a species, we've not met her before, and she is definitely making hay while the sun shine. We have no immunological 'memory' of who she is, so instead
of manning the ramparts immediately, like our bodies might with seasonal influenza, our immunological system is still building the ramparts.
2) She's a relatively mild mannered creature. The majority of patients won't come anywhere to being killed by her, which is A GOOD THING(!)
2) She's a relatively mild mannered creature. The majority of patients won't come anywhere to being killed by her, which is A GOOD THING(!)
Today @ScottMorrisonMP announced a raft of changes to how we go about our lives in an attempt to stop the spread of #coronavirus. @normanswan answers some of your questions about what is going on. #abc730 #COVID19 #auspol
“If you let the pandemic go unchecked, huge numbers won’t be able to receive treatment and will die, but the epidemic will be over sooner.” - @normanswan. #abc730 #coronavirusaus #COVID2019AU
“You need multiple strategies to throttle the epidemic down to low levels. And that includes keeping the over 70s isolated and closing schools and universities.” - @normanswan. #abc730 #coronavirusaus #COVID2019AU
