Australia can’t dump zero Covid strategy until 80% of people vaccinated, Grattan Institute warns

Epidemiologists say ‘toxic’ political culture is shutting experts out of government plans for Australia’s reopening

Australia can’t afford to abandon its zero Covid strategy until 80% of the population is vaccinated, the Grattan Institute has warned, predicting that could take until March if children are not included in the rollout.

The release of the thinktank’s report on Thursday outlining how Australia could safely reopen with Covid circulating in the community comes as a leading epidemiologist warned the country’s political culture is so “toxic” that experts are being shut out of the planning process with the federal government.

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