Monash Expert Questions COVID Response Justification

Monash University

The public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic included a range of contentious personal and public restrictions including long lockdowns imposed on schools and businesses. Now, a new book titled Pandemic Societies by Alan Petersen is critically examining these public health management strategies and considering what future pandemics may bring, including the expansion of technologies of surveillance and control, as well as opportunities for renewal caused by economic and social disruption.

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