Diego Fidele/AAP May 19, 2022 Reducing COVID transmission by 20% could save 2,000 Australian lives this year Margaret Hellard, Burnet Institute; Brendan Crabb, Burnet Institute; Dominic Delport, Burnet Institute, and Nick Scott, Burnet Institute We modelled the impact small reductions in transmission would have on COVID deaths. We found a 20% drop could save the lives of 500 Victorians this year, or 2,000 people nationally.
