Finding the source of an outbreak is important. But the term 'patient zero' is a problem
- Written by Adrian Esterman, Professor of Biostatistics, University of South Australia
Security guards at Melbourne’s quarantine hotels have been widely blamed for Victoria’s current outbreak of COVID-19.
Reports have suggested they mixed inappropriately with people under quarantine, and did not properly follow instructions around infection control.
But late yesterday we heard the first positive case was in fact a night...
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