This webinar is presented and hosted by La Trobe University and The Ideas and Society Program

Covid-19 is no longer making many headlines but its impact is very far from over.

According to a recent study, in 2022 Covid was responsible for 10,000 deaths in Australia and was a factor in 3,000 more. Indeed, Covid-19 was "the third most prevalent cause of death in 2022, after heart disease and dementia and above stroke and lung cancer". There were already 5,000 Covid deaths by September of this year.

According to the Convenor of the Ideas and Society Program, Professor Robert Manne AO: "At a time when the Albanese government has announced an inquiry into the lessons learned during the pandemic, we have decided to convene our third event on Covid and its consequences.

Host: Associate Professor Deb Gleeson, Department of Public Health, La Trobe University

Welcome: Professor John Dewar AO, Vice-Chancellor

Speakers:

• Professor Stephanie Gras, National Health and Medical Research Council Senior Fellow, La Trobe University

• Professor Michael Toole AM, Associate Principal Research Fellow, Burnet Institute

• Dr Sarah Annesley, Tracey Banivanua Mar Senior Research Fellow, Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory Head, La Trobe University

About Ideas and Society

Convened by Emeritus Professor Robert Manne AO, La Trobe University’s Ideas and Society hosts a series of discussions where leading authorities, thinkers and writers will analyse in depth pressing issues which Australians face today.

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