Australia will be like Italy

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Australian doctors issue urgent plea for governments to ramp up coronavirus response
Australian doctors have issued an urgent plea to governments to immediately change course in their response to COVID-19. 
The doctors are demanding state and federal governments implement strict lockdown and social distancing, and ramp up health resources to cope with a surge in critically ill patients.
The demands are outlined in an open letter currently circulating among doctors.
The letter's author, intensive care specialist Greg Kelly, told the ABC he consulted with intensive care colleagues at several major hospitals in Melbourne and Sydney when formulating the call for action.
"We are almost at 4,000 signatories," he said, adding he was confident "at least 3,500" were doctors.
The ABC has not been able to verify those figures.
Doctors warn against Italy-level disaster
According to the letter, Australia's health system and spread of age demographics are similar to Italy's, rather than China's.
"On current growth rates, the 300 cases in Australia today will be … 10,000 by the 4th of April" the letter reads.
They argue that under current preparations, Australia will be "in a worse position than Italy is currently in".
Italian doctors are reporting they do not have the necessary ventilators and other resources needed to save critically ill COVID-19 patients, and they have been forced to make the wrenching choice between patients who can be helped and those who will be refused the treatment necessary to save their lives.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-17/australia-doctors-coronavirus-letter-pleading-government-action/12062368 

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	and that is not good news for Aussie Australian doctors issue urgent plea for governments to ramp up coronavirus response Australian doctors have issued an urgent plea to governments to immediately change course in their response to COVID-19. The doctors are demanding state and federal governments implement strict lockdown and social distancing, and ramp up health resources to cope with a surge in critically ill patients. The demands are outlined in an open letter currently circulating among doctors. The letter's author, intensive care specialist Greg Kelly, told the ABC he consulted with intensive care colleagues at several major hospitals in Melbourne and Sydney when formulating the call for action. "We are almost at 4,000 signatories," he said, adding he was confident "at least 3,500" were doctors. The ABC has not been able to verify those figures. Doctors warn against Italy-level disaster According to the letter, Australia's health system and spread of age demographics are similar to Italy's, rather than China's. "On current growth rates, the 300 cases in Australia today will be … 10,000 by the 4th of April" the letter reads. They argue that under current preparations, Australia will be "in a worse position than Italy is currently in". Italian doctors are reporting they do not have the necessary ventilators and other resources needed to save critically ill COVID-19 patients, and they have been forced to make the wrenching choice between patients who can be helped and those who will be refused the treatment necessary to save their lives. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-17/australia-doctors-coronavirus-letter-pleading-government-action/12062368