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The modelling behind Melbourne's extended city-wide lockdown is problematic

  • Written by Joshua Gans, Professor of Strategic Management, University of Toronto

I totally support the goal of eliminating the coronavirus from Victoria and at the same time hopefully eliminating it from all of Australia.

I’ve written a book making the case this is the best way to get Australia back to normal given the uncertainty of the timeline for a vaccine and the difficulty of continually managing a pandemic.

But an...

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