New antivirals, more research on long Covid and, hopefully, treatments: Experts say we’re now in a ‘totally different era’
“We need to make sure those at high-risk have an antiviral plan ahead of time and know they should get tested and access the antivirals as soon as they get symptoms. Those targeted measures are going to get us fewer hospitalisations and fewer deaths.”, said there was an “understandable spike in anxiety each time there is a Covid surge,” but says people should feel more confident returning to normal activities, even as the holidays approach.
“Healthy people must still be aware of others, and if they see someone else wearing a mask, they should assume that person is high risk and put a mask on as well.“We need to move away from the highly emotive narrative that we don’t care about the vulnerable and that we have decided to let the virus rip, and start tailoring behaviour to certain situations.”
“We need the pollen-count equivalent for Covid. We need to help people understand their risk, which can vary between metro and regional areas, and between suburbs. Maybe some variants will be more likely to put people into hospital and will be more prevalent in certain areas. That will be useful information for people to know. So we need a nationally consistent surveillance system in place.
“Mental illnesses such as eating disorders were on the rise before Covid, but particularly in Victoria lockdowns have had a significant effect on eating disorder rates and anxiety rates among young people,” Frydenberg said.
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