![]() KELLY: Well, in terms of protection against severe disease, probably quite a long time. So, most people are vaccinated in Australia, but we all got our vax, most of us got our vaccines many, many months ago. We have very high hybrid immunity at the moment from both previous infection and vaccine and so we're in a good place.īARR: Okay. ![]() They had a very quick, sharp wave of cases, but not a lot else and then they moved on.Īnd I think that's probably where we'll be. We've seen these same variants go through other countries, particularly Singapore, and most recently. KELLY: My advice at the moment is be alert but not afraid, I think would be a good way of looking at it. KELLY: No, I don’t slap politicians down. KELLY: Oh well, Kochie, you know, that's not my decision but, look, I don't think that… Can you guarantee we won't go into lockdown this Christmas no matter what the numbers get to? KOCH: We've heard this before, Paul Kelly. There's plenty of tests and so forth around and so keep going on. Now's the time to consider if you are due for a vaccine, go and get one third or fourth dose, whichever one you're eligible for.Īnd if you're in those high-risk groups, particularly people over the age of 70, make sure you've got a plan to get anti-viral treatments if you were to get infected.īut in general, we're in a much better position than we were last year. They are more transmissible, but not more severe. How it will go in the future is a matter of speculation, really, but these are these are more transmissible variants, but not more severe and compared with where we were 12 months ago, where we hadn't seen Omicron at all, this is another variation of Omicron, from the grandchildren of Omicron, if you like. PROFESSOR PAUL KELLY, CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER: Well, they certainly are rising, as you said in your intro there, Nat. Thank goodness it's been a while since we've talked to you, isn’t it? Tell us how are COVID case numbers looking right now and how much could we see those numbers rise? But we're still being urged to get vaccinated.īARR: Joining us now is chief medical officer Paul Kelly. That's because the new strains pose less of a risk. NATALIE BARR, CO-HOST: COVID cases are expected to rise from this week but unlike this time 12 months ago, we are being told not to worry.ĭAVID KOCH, CO-HOST: Phew. ![]()
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