Thread by @abc730

One of the most unsettling things about #coronavirus is that nobody can predict how long the massive disruptions to almost every aspect of daily life will have to continue. @normanswan explains, it all depends on the action we take now. #abc730 #covid19australia

“A growing number of experts claim there is a way this nightmare could start to end as soon as 6 weeks from now but, they say, it requires a gear shift in thinking and major changes in how we approach this crisis.” @normanswan #abc730 #coronavirus #covid19australia

“A pandemic only comes under control when we get to a point where an infected person only passes it onto one other person. To get below to that we need to make sure each infected person keeps away from others or is kept away.” @normanswan #abc730 #coronavirus #COVID19

“No government rules can make us do that. We’ve got to commit to it ourselves.” @normanswan #abc730 #coronavirus #covid19australia

“If you want to control this fast, important steps have to be taken: Identify those infected, strict isolation of people infected, and identification & strict quarantining of contacts, plus at least 80% of us staying at home.” @normanswan #abc730 #coronavirus #COVID19

"The Australian public would accept a short, sharp shock, as long as they understand it is short." Dr Stephen Duckett @GrattanInst #abc730 #coronavirusaustralia

“If you have a full lockdown for 6 weeks and you will see the cases go down, everything will be a much more manageable scale because you’ll be having fewer new cases every day to deal with.” Prof. Raina MacIntyre. #abc730 #coronavirus #COVID19