Doctors give Santa the COVID-19 green light to travel
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Relax, kids. Two Melbourne researchers have declared the man in the red suit is safe to visit more than two billion children this COVID-19 Christmas.
Calculating Santa’s chances of spreading more than goodwill in a pandemic, University of Melbourne public health doctor Associate Professor Nathan Grills and La Trobe University epidemiologist Dr Hassan Vally conclude his deliveries can go ahead.