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Thread. I spent last night looking at Australia's #COVIDー19 testing data🦉Especially after we heard the PM say Australia has one of the highest testing rates in the world. True? 1/10
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I pulled some testing data from other countries. There are a stack of caveats here b/c of the different ways countries test and report, but here's what I found ... 2/10
We all know South Korea (blue line) is the gold standard - expansive and consistent. Germany (brown line) is another leader now. And the USA (green line) has a lot of patchy data but is in the midst of a massive push. (UK is lower - more on that another time). 3/10 
There's deep concern about the psychological impact of the #coronavirus pandemic. #abc730 @ashmcghee
“Anxiety and panic are a normal reaction to a threat.” - Ros Knight, @AustPsych president. #abc730 #coronavirusaustralia
“Trying to eat well, trying to still exercise, trying to still talk to friends via phone and Skype … Trying to just basically look after ourselves.” - Ros Knight, @AustPsych president. #abc730 #coronavirus
It is clear at this point that @ScottMorrisonMP and the rest of the ruling class could not give less of a fuck about ordinary people. They have had months to prepare for this crisis and yet they still have no plan in place to stop the spread of the disease.
They should be learning from other countries by shutting down all non essential industries with full compensation for workers and pouring billions into health to fund testing and treatment.
And yet all we've seen is massive bailouts to industry to protect profits and the economy while Morrison scolds ordinary people for not self isolating, something that he was advocating against last week
