Public policy on COVID framed on the back of 'massive modelling mistakes' - Alan Jones
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Sky News host Alan Jones says public policy on the response to COVID-19 has been framed on the back of "massive modelling mistakes".
The remarks come following a paper on the issue titled 'Forget the Cheese of Zero COVID. Escape the Mousetrap of Lockdowns'.
Mr Jones spoke with co-author of the paper Crawford School of Public Policy’s Emeritus Professor Ramesh Thakur.
"If you go back to the WHO report of October 2019 ... the harsh restrictions, we call them lockdowns, don't actually work," Professor Thakur told Sky News host Alan Jones.
"At best as a short term temporary measure that can buy you some time whereby you can ramp up your health infrastructure to COVID.
"But it has since become a default measure for all the governments."
The remarks come following a paper on the issue titled 'Forget the Cheese of Zero COVID. Escape the Mousetrap of Lockdowns'.
Mr Jones spoke with co-author of the paper Crawford School of Public Policy’s Emeritus Professor Ramesh Thakur.
"If you go back to the WHO report of October 2019 ... the harsh restrictions, we call them lockdowns, don't actually work," Professor Thakur told Sky News host Alan Jones.
"At best as a short term temporary measure that can buy you some time whereby you can ramp up your health infrastructure to COVID.
"But it has since become a default measure for all the governments."