Former AHS boss Stephen Duckett on Australia’s COVID-19 success: ‘It was significant restrictions, but it worked’

For 100 days, Australia imposed a strict lockdown to eliminate COVID-19 and now while a second wave ravages much of the world, life has returned to normal down under. Dr. Stephen Duckett, who ran Alberta Health Services a decade ago and now lives in his homeland of Australia, said the country was successful in controlling spread because it followed the science. As Breanna Karstens-Smith explains, he says what is good for health is what is good for the economy.

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