delays in declaring an emergency or closing schools were associated with more deaths
Which flies against the advice that the Australian Chief Medical Political Wonk was espousing. Murphy’s stance was effectively: because I have not read any scientific evidence that there is a risk, we can take the risk. Which also has added: I dismiss the existing evidence of a risk because of invalid excuses on how those risks don’t apply to this exact situation.
Brendan Murphy needs to face a court.