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00:10:33

When might we see more cases in WA's outbreak?

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2021/02/01

When you're in the middle of a coronavirus scare, the sweetest number of all that you want to hear is 0 new cases. That's exactly what Western Australia's Premier Mark McGowan delivered yesterday, as Perth entered its first full day of a strict lockdown. It was triggered after a hotel quarantine worker tested positive for COVID over the weekend, ending a 10 month long no community transmission run for WA. But on today's Coronacast, if it's so serious to plunge a whole city into lockdown, shouldn't

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00:11:38

Is WA overreacting by locking down so much?

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2021/01/31

It was the information that no one in Australia, let alone Western Australia, wanted to hear: there's been a COVID leak from a quarantine hotel. The city of Perth last night spent its first night in a five day hard lockdown, as health authorities start a mammoth contact tracing effort to track down the virus. As lockdowns go, it's very strict: people are only allowed out for a few essential reasons, masks are mandatory, and students due back at school have been given another week off. So on

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00:10:54

You thought herd immunity would save us? Maybe not

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2021/01/28

For much of the coronavirus pandemic, there's been an idea that when enough people are infected and then recover the health crisis will be over. It's known as herd immunity - and early on in the pandemic some countries thought it would be the best long-term strategy in dealing with COVID. Well, it's lucky that the herd immunity strategy was mostly abandoned, because a peer-reviewed study published in medical journal The Lancet has found that herd immunity might not work. On today's Coronacast,

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00:10:54

You thought herd immunity would save us? Maybe not

What"s That Rash? ·

2021/01/28

For much of the coronavirus pandemic, there's been an idea that when enough people are infected and then recover the health crisis will be over. It's known as herd immunity - and early on in the pandemic some countries thought it would be the best long-term strategy in dealing with COVID. Well, it's lucky that the herd immunity strategy was mostly abandoned, because a peer-reviewed study published in medical journal The Lancet has found that herd immunity might not work. On today's Coronacast,

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00:12:51

Which country is the best in the world at managing...

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2021/01/27

There's no denying that Australia has so far done well at managing COVID and keeping it out of the country. But how do we compare to the rest of the world? Well, according to a new report from the Lowy Institute, the answer is very well indeed with Australia coming in at number 8 in the world. So on today's Coronacast, how did Australia end up at number 8? And who did better? GUEST: Herve Lemahieu, Director of the Power and Diplomacy Program at the Lowy Institute

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00:10:52

What's with the hold-up with the Pfizer vaccine?

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2021/01/26

The vaccine hopes of millions of people worldwide are hanging on the Pfizer vaccine, but the supply of the shot is facing delays. Why? Well, it relies on a whole lot of things that have never happened before all happening at once, in perfect sequence. It's the first approved mRNA vaccine, it needs to be produced in the billions, and it needs to be kept at super-low temperatures until it's needed. So today on Coronacast, Norman and Tegan discuss the challenges facing the Pfizer vaccine and what it

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00:10:52

What's with the hold-up with the Pfizer vaccine?

What"s That Rash? ·

2021/01/26

The vaccine hopes of millions of people worldwide are hanging on the Pfizer vaccine, but the supply of the shot is facing delays. Why? Well, it relies on a whole lot of things that have never happened before all happening at once, in perfect sequence. It's the first approved mRNA vaccine, it needs to be produced in the billions, and it needs to be kept at super-low temperatures until it's needed. So today on Coronacast, Norman and Tegan discuss the challenges facing the Pfizer vaccine and what it

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00:10:06

Will the next vaccine approval be harder?

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2021/01/25

In news that has been eagerly awaited since the pandemic began, a coronavirus vaccine has finally been approved for use in Australia. Yesterday, the Therapeutic Goods Administration gave the mRNA vaccine the thumbs up, paving the way for its rollout for key vulnerable groups. But Australia won't have enough Pfizer vaccine for the entire population, and is relying on the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine to fill the gaps. So on today's Coronacast, why the approval of the Astra vaccine might be a bit more

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00:09:58

One whole year of coronavirus in Australia. How did...

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2021/01/24

Today marks one year since coronavirus officially reached our shores and changed our lives forever. On January 25, 2020, Victorian health authorities detected the first case of COVID-19 in a man who had flown in from Guandong province a few days earlier. On today's Coronacast, Dr Norman Swan and Tegan Taylor look back on the moment they realised that our world was about to be upturned. Also on the show: * What could the second generation of vaccines look like and why would be bother if we

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00:10:54

Should we re-think who gets the vaccine first?

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2021/01/21

In a global context, Australia is in an incredibly privileged position when it comes to the coronavirus vaccine rollout. Case numbers are very low and we're once again getting close to eliminating local spread, so we have time to monitor how the Pfizer vaccine is working in other countries. We can see what works and what doesn't, which can help inform the vaccine rollout strategy Australia takes when a vaccine eventually arrives. So on today's Coronacast, how Australia's enviable position allows

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00:11:10

The huge coronavirus challenge facing America's new...

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2021/01/20

Joe Biden has been sworn into office early this morning and now faces a monstrous battle to get COVID under any semblance of control. Yesterday, according to Johns Hopkins University, the US recorded more than 400,000 coronavirus deaths since the pandemic began. As the weeks pass and the pandemic spreads, more and more people are dying. At the moment, an American is dying of COVID roughly every 38 seconds. So on today’s Coronacast, the huge problem facing America and what President Biden might be

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00:11:03

How long does it take to bust a COVID cluster?

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2021/01/19

An analysis of NSW coronavirus clusters has found the state's COVID-19 outbreak could almost be at an end. The ABC looked at 18 coronavirus outbreaks in NSW since July last year and found that it takes authorities three weeks on average to bring an end to each cluster. That means that the cluster which Berala cluster, which began on New Year's Eve, could be in its last days. But on today's Coronacast, it all depends if contract tracers have missed any cases. Also on today's show: * A very

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00:10:51

What have we learned from the Pfizer vaccine rollout?

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2021/01/18

While the deaths of elderly people who had received the Pfizer vaccine in Norway has dominated the headlines, it's worth taking a step back and taking a broader look of the worldwide rollout to date. Millions and millions of doses of the Pfizer vaccine have now been given to people around the world, and scientists have been monitoring to see if any rarer side effects are popping up. That's because it sometimes takes larger numbers of people receiving a new drug before you can see if there are any

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00:10:51

What have we learned from the Pfizer vaccine rollout?

What"s That Rash? ·

2021/01/18

While the deaths of elderly people who had received the Pfizer vaccine in Norway has dominated the headlines, it's worth taking a step back and taking a broader look of the worldwide rollout to date. Millions and millions of doses of the Pfizer vaccine have now been given to people around the world, and scientists have been monitoring to see if any rarer side effects are popping up. That's because it sometimes takes larger numbers of people receiving a new drug before you can see if there are any

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00:11:48

Is the Pfizer vaccine the culprit in elderly deaths...

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2021/01/17

As vaccines are injected into millions of arms across the world, authorities are watching closely to see if there are any unexpected side effects. And a higher than expected number of deaths in frail and elderly Pfizer vaccine recipients in Norway is drawing scrutiny. The Norwegian Medicines Agency last week reported 13 people had died shortly after getting the Pfizer vaccine shot - all people over the age of 80 and all in nursing homes. So how do we know if these deaths are to do with the

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00:11:48

Is the Pfizer vaccine the culprit in elderly deaths...

What"s That Rash? ·

2021/01/17

As vaccines are injected into millions of arms across the world, authorities are watching closely to see if there are any unexpected side effects. And a higher than expected number of deaths in frail and elderly Pfizer vaccine recipients in Norway is drawing scrutiny. The Norwegian Medicines Agency last week reported 13 people had died shortly after getting the Pfizer vaccine shot - all people over the age of 80 and all in nursing homes. So how do we know if these deaths are to do with the

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00:10:31

Vaccines are rolling out - so when will cases drop?

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2021/01/14

Coronavirus vaccines have started rolling out around the world -- so when will we see case numbers start to drop? Preliminary data out of Israel offers some hope, but the death of a Florida physician who had received the Pfizer vaccine has sparked an investigation into its safety. (There have been no similar cases recorded in those who have received the vaccine.) Closer to home, could mining camps be the answer to Queensland’s quarantine question? And if the so-called UK strain is so infectious,

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00:11:55

Why will most Australians get a less effective vaccine?

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2021/01/13

If all goes well Australians will start receiving coronavirus vaccinations from next month. But the types of vaccines on offer are not created equal. High-risk groups will get a vaccine that’s been shown to have 95 per cent efficacy -- but the vast majority of Australians will get a locally produced shot that studies have so far found to be much less effective. Is jumping in with what we’ve got on hand the best approach? Or are we better off waiting until we can get our hands on a more effective

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00:13:41

Is the UK strain really 70 per cent more...

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2021/01/12

Pretty much since coronavirus emerged, people have been worried about it mutating, but in the past month or so reports of strains that are particularly contagious have caught the public’s attention and begun to guide public policy. What makes these strains different to earlier mutations? Is the so-called UK strain really 70 per cent more transmissible? What does this mean for vaccines, and why are similar mutations popping up in virus strains in distant parts of the world? Norman Swan and Tegan

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00:10:16

What's the point of a three-day lockdown?

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2021/01/11

On Friday, Greater Brisbane was plunged into lockdown after a worker at a quarantine hotel tested positive to the so-called UK strain of coronavirus. But no other cases emerged during the three-day lockdown, and the region opened up again last night. So what was the point of this lockdown? Was it an overreaction to a single case? Or, given that we know the virus can take up to 14 days to incubate, was it not long enough? Dr Norman Swan and Tegan Taylor are back for 2021 to answer these questions on

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