This Is Not a Drill: A Hypothetical Pandemic
A highly infectious disease that started in the tropics of Southern China is sweeping the globe, with a rapidly rising death toll. The World Health Organisation warned us about Disease X – a previously unknown pathogen – and now it’s here. We knew it was coming, but we didn’t know what form it would take. So, how does Australia protect itself? And how well placed are we to cope with a true pandemic? At the third event in our This Is Not a Drill series, Ali Moore and our expert panellists confront a hypothetical public health emergency. Join Moore’s crack team as they devise a plan to protect the population and stem panic in the face of a pandemic. This event was presented with the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne and first broadcast on the ABC News channel.
A highly infectious disease that started in the tropics of Southern China is sweeping the globe, with a rapidly rising death toll. The World Health Organisation warned us about Disease X – a previously unknown pathogen – and now it’s here. We knew it was coming, but we didn’t know what form it would take. So, how does Australia protect itself? And how well placed are we to cope with a true pandemic? At the third event in our This Is Not a Drill series, Ali Moore and our expert panellists confront a hypothetical public health emergency. Join Moore’s crack team as they devise a plan to protect the population and stem panic in the face of a pandemic. This event was presented with the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne and first broadcast on the ABC News channel.