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Nick Golding

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Honorary Research Fellow, Telethon Kids Institute, and Professor, Curtin School of Population Health, Curtin University

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July 27, 2022

New COVID variants may be more transmissible but that doesn’t mean the R0 – or basic reproduction number – has increased

Freya Shearer, The University of Melbourne; Catherine Bennett, Deakin University; Hassan Vally, Deakin University; James McCaw, The University of Melbourne, and Nick Golding, Curtin University

Just because a variant spreads faster, it doesn’t necessarily mean it has a higher R0.

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October 5, 2021

Tired of lockdown rules? Our analysis shows most Australians have curbed mixing and helped suppress COVID

Christopher Baker, The University of Melbourne; Freya Shearer, The University of Melbourne; James McCaw, The University of Melbourne, and Nick Golding, Curtin University

There have been some very public examples of ‘compliance fatigue’. But tracking behaviour shows Australians have been responding to rules and perceived risks – and all our efforts matter.

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