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It's hard to know when to come out from under the doona. It'll be soon, but not yet

  • Written by Peter Robertson, Professor, University of Western Australia
It's hard to know when to come out from under the doona. It'll be soon, but not yetBecca Schultz/Unsplash

In the wake of our success so far in containing the spread of COVID-19, the prime minister has been prodding us to come out from under the doona.

With the premiers, he has prepared a three-step plan.

The problem, he said on Friday, is that it would be tempting to stay in lockdown tucked up under the doona forever.

And you...

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