Healing the urban-rural divide: Why a 'locals-first' approach doesn't work in a pandemic
- Written by Timothy Baker, Associate Professor and Director, Centre for Rural Emergency Medicine, Deakin University
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Toilet paper and ventilators may be unlikely bedfellows, but they serve as powerful symbols of the growing tensions between urban and rural regions in Australia and elsewhere amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Last month, the media reported dozens of frenetic “supermarket swoops” across the nation. Busloads of city residents...
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