dr. Siddhant okay how far do you think
the world is from seeing a global
pandemic declared I think we're quite
closely but there is a catch phrase
which I absolutely love but I can't own
because someone else put it up on social
media which is prepare not declare so I
think even in the if pandemic is
declared next week or in a month or two
months it is important to review our
pandemic planning and what does that
mean for an individual I think an
individual should take direction from
the government as necessary at some
stage it might be if we are in the midst
of a big outbreak that might be advised
that people have to take children out of
child care take time off work and
perhaps get extra supplies in case of an
isolation period of two or three weeks
or so such as food and medications the
Prime Minister's activated an emergency
plan for Australia what does that mean
right so it's based on these four
principles prevention preparedness
response and recovery but all it really
means is that in the event of an
outbreak in Australia we ensure that the
sick recover be that in the community or
at home and that we prevent further
transmission and for that to happen it
involves supporting the healthcare
sector in a proportionate response so
that means primary care pharmacies
making sure there are dedicated testing
centers where testing can be done in a
safe and efficient manner and of course
hospitals in terms of ward beds and
intensive care beds and stockpiling of
medications of vaccines such as the flu
vaccine and of course personal
protective equipment if you talk to
people who work in the health sector GPS
people who work work in emergency rooms
and so forth they would tell you that on
any given day of the week the system is
at capacity how much capacity do
Australian hospitals really have to deal
with a pandemic here if we got to that
look that that is a good question and of
course this plan is proportionate so
even if we do get now
break in Australia it might come in
different forms it might just be a few
cases in a few suburbs in Melbourne or
it might be widespread covert 19 through
the country and of course your capacity
to respond would be different I think
there will be a maximal tipping point
where despite good intentions and
preparedness and putting in lots of
resources our system might be able to
cope but let's hope that's not the case
if you get coronavirus how likely are
you to die right so we have a mortality
rate or a case fatality rate I should
say of two percent but that two percent
we're seeing is of confirmed cases what
we know is that there are a lot of
people out there who haven't been tested
who've had coronavirus therefore the
real case fatality rate or death rate is
probably well under 1% dr. Sen and I
thank you very much your time this
evening Thank You Lee
hi I'm Leigh sales thanks for watching
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