Talkback — COVID-19 modelling, forecasts and the move out of lockdown.

Oct 4, 2021

COVID modelling and the roadmap for opening up

Life matters, ABC Radio National 

Models make predictions that help shape the policy approaches being taken towards fighting coronavirus and some states are planning a pathway out of lockdown based on these models. The National Cabinet’s reopening plan uses modelling from the Doherty Institute. Victoria has looked to the Burnet Institute’s work, as well as the Doherty models, and those two reports differ in their predictions. Experts answer listeners questions about how modelling, vaccination rates, and data around vulnerable groups, are all being considered, as we face the coming months.

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