The chief health officer who advised Australia’s most severe and bitterly contested COVID-19 response leaves Victoria’s health system better placed to confront the next pandemic.
Bourke Street in Melbourne’s CBD in late 2020.“Look, there shouldn’t be a person in the world who’s been part of the public health response, who wouldn’t reflect on things that they would do differently, things that they regret. I’m absolutely no different in that regard,” Sutton said.
“In a situation where a pandemic is affecting all of society and is no longer just a health issue, it is no longer appropriate for a chief health officer to have those type of powers,” Blakely said. “Under [Sutton’s] watch we saw a transference back to what a democracy is about; elected politicians having the final say.
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