Covid 19 coronavirus: grim prediction from the Australian Medical Association on the vaccine

The president of the Australian Medical Association has made a grim prediction about when Australia will receive a coronavirus vaccine.

Appearing on ABC 7.30, Dr. Omar Khorshid said that even though trials are in progress, the possibility of one being released and available in 2021 was unlikely.

“It’s really important that we be realistic about how long it takes to get vaccinated through all the many production problems,” Khorshid said.

“The reality is that it will take us many, many more months, and we wouldn’t be surprised if it’s not even next year. [for a vaccine]. “

He suggested that some restrictions should remain in place and, when pressed, described them as “somewhere between what is happening in Western Australia, where there are virtually no restrictions, and what is happening in the rest of the country.”

“The reality is that the only way to stop the rapid spread of this virus throughout the community is to keep people separate.

“That means that certain measures will need to be implemented, such as restrictions on the number of people in restaurants, pubs and clubs, as mechanisms in place so that we can track people when they are in those places, and the ability for governments to ask the population wearing a mask if that is what should be done to protect that population.

“If we have those things in place … if an outbreak happens … it will be dealt with quickly rather than exploding in the population before the government is ready to deal with it.”

Meanwhile, the Victoria Department of Health and Human Services added several popular spots to its list of hot spots on Tuesday afternoon, which includes train lines, parks and grocery stores.

“If you have visited any of the locations listed below during the date indicated, for the next 14 days you should be on the lookout for coronavirus [Covid-19] symptoms, “said the DHHS.

“If symptoms occur, get tested right away and stay home while you wait for the results.”

It comes as Western Australia announced that Victorian arrivals to the state will no longer have to be quarantined in a hotel.

Lead demographer Bernard Salt also warned that the way people work, eat, socialize and cough in public could change forever after the coronavirus pandemic.

He told the Herald Sun that face masks could be visible in public for the next decade, and that being around strangers in restaurants and watching games at the MCG will be limited to the past.