VIEWPOINT: Learning to live with COVID-19 makes no sense for New Zealand

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VIEWPOINT: Learning to live with COVID-19 makes no sense for New Zealand

Rod Jackson

Rod Jackson

Forest fire  [Sippakorn Yamkasikorn on Unsplash]
Think of a person infected by COVID-19 as being like a spark that has jumped out of a fire - the consequences depend on where that spark lands [Sippakorn Yamkasikorn on Unsplash]

Auckland University epidemiologist Rod Jackson explains the figures on elimination, Sweden and why herd immunity is not a goer

What the epidemiological evidence informs us is that within one month of infection with COVID-19, you will either be dead or no longer infectious