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We should listen to coronavirus experts, but local wisdom counts too

  • Written by Matthew Kearnes, Professor, Environment & Society, School of Humanities and Languages, UNSW
Makeshift hospital beds at the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne during the influenza pandemic of 1919.Museum Victoria

Public health messages about COVID-19 have been inconsistent and changed rapidly. Many have called for a unified source of expertise to guide responses to the crisis.

However, with the federal, state and local governments, as...

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