med-mastodon.com is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
Medical community on Mastodon

Administered by:

Server stats:

373
active users

Auscandoc

Why Victoria’s restrictions weren’t in vain | Burnet Institute burnet.edu.au/knowledge-and-me
modelling of ’s public health restrictions found that the measures employed from August to November 2021, including the variant lockdown, averted more than 120,000 hospital admissions and prevented more than 5000 deaths.”

Burnet InstituteWhy Victoria’s public health restrictions weren’t in vain | Burnet Institute

“Burnet modelling accounted for the probable effect of voluntary behaviour change, including , and people restricting their own movements. While we found these behaviour changes were important in reducing transmission, in the absence of widespread vaccination they were less effective than government-enforced restrictions. The ‘group effect’ of lockdowns and other measures was vital.”