Omicron crisis: Did Australia open up too soon?
As hospitalisations rise, Australian Doctor asks three experts what went wrong
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AD: Should the governments have at least waited for the availability of rapid antigen tests and the ability to report the results to be in place before easing restrictions?
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A/Professor Griffin: I think we should have had an implementation piece that occurred in advance of the opening up … particularly around knowing how and when we were going to use [rapid antigen tests] and having a method for recording the results.
