Australians are \u201cunlikely\u201d to accept large-scale Covid-19 measures and restrictions in an inevitable future pandemic, with \u201cheavy-handed\u201d rules and large-scale vaccine mandates key factors to eroding trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a result, vaccine immunity for diseases has waned, with a warning of \u201cco-occurring outbreaks\u201d that could overrun Australia\u2019s health system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The final report into Australia\u2019s large-scale Covid-19 response has been released and warns the government that it needs to \u201crebuild trust\u201d with the public, with \u201cmany of the measures taken during Covid-19 unlikely to be accepted by the population again\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While Australians were more likely to follow government directives at the beginning of the pandemic, trust increasingly \u201ceroded\u201d as the pandemic continued, the report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Co-authored by former NSW Health director general Robyn Kruk, epidemiologist Catherine Bennett and health economist Angela Jackson, the report found this was, in part, because people weren\u2019t given reasons behind the advice underpinning restrictions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A large-scale report into Australia\u2019s response to Covid-19 found trust had been \u201ceroded\u201d due to \u201cheavy-handed\u201d measures taken in the pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":144942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[273,999,35,10792],"tags":[5982],"class_list":["post-144941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia","category-australia-politics","category-breaking-news","category-covid","tag-canberra"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t