Estimating measures to reduce the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Australia to guide a ‘National Plan’ to reopening

The availability of COVID-19 vaccines promised a reduction in the severity of disease and relief from the strict public health and social measures (PHSMs) imposed in many countries to limit spread and burden of COVID-19. We were asked to define vaccine coverage thresholds for Australia's transition to easing restrictions and reopening international borders.

Citation:
Saraswati CM, Judge MA, Weeda LJZ, et al. Net benefit of smaller human populations to environmental integrity and individual health and wellbeing. Front Public Health. 2024;12.

Keywords:
Air pollution; child health; climate change; consumption; environment; overshoot; pediatrics; sustainability

Abstract:
The global human population is still growing such that our collective enterprise is driving environmental catastrophe. Despite a decline in average population growth rate, we are still experiencing the highest annual increase of global human population size in the history of our species-averaging an additional 84 million people per year since 1990.