In discussion around the drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), let us recollect the three treatments given to U.S. President Donald Trump to combat his covid19 infection: Regeneron’s monoclonal antibody therapy, the anti-viral drug remdesivir and corticosteroid dexamethasone, which is typically given to patients on supplemental oxygen or needing ventilation. If medical trials of these drugs prove successful, they may become frontline covid19 medical treatments. In contrast,…

by Patrick J. Byrne What covid19 public-health infrastructure is needed to ensure a safe pathway towards, reopening Australia particularly to avoid what Victorians have experienced? Lockdowns are a last-resort pandemic control measure, when a health department and government are caught unprepared with inadequate personal protection equipment (PPE), hospital equipment and training, inadequate face masks, sanitisation, contact tracing technology and quarantine operations. In such…