COVID-19: the Australian experience

Kevin McCracken

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-68120-3_11

COVID-19: the Australian experience

Kevin McCracken

Macquarie School of Social Sciences

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This chapter examines various aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia from January to late October 2020. It shows how, by comparison with most other developed nations, the country fared well in terms of both cases and deaths suffered in the disease outbreak. The chapter conveys both an epidemiological perspective on the pandemic and related social, economic, political and behavioural dimensions. Mistakes made and painful lessons learnt from dealing with the outbreak are described. The pandemic still has a considerable way to go in Australia before any return to ‘normal’ life can be anticipated, the chapter concluding with a warning of the dangers of complacency towards the still-present viral threat. The scattered outbreaks of COVID-19 in eastern Australia in early March, 2021 are a relevant reminder of this.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreaks, environment and human behaviour
Subtitle of host publication	international case studies
Editors	Rais Akhtar
Place of Publication	Cham, Switzerland
Publisher	Springer, Springer Nature
Pages	173-192
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030681203
ISBN (Print)	9783030681197
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68120-3_11
Publication status	Published - 2021

Keywords

COVID-19
pandemic
lockdown
quarantine
Long COVID
social disadvantage
complacency
face masks

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