Federal politics; epidemiologist Mary-Louise McLaws explains herd immunity, child vaccination, Long Covid, and the Delta variant; Resurrecting one of Australia’s native rodents

Journalist Maddison Connaughton joins Amy to talk about the latest in federal politics. Epidemiologist Mary-Louise McLaws explains how Australia can reach herd immunity against COVID-19 and when children should be vaccinated against the virus in Australia. She also discusses the reality of Long COVID overseas and here, and whether we will ever be able to treat this virus “like the flu,” as the Prime Minister suggests. Plus when will NSW get on top of their Delta variant outbreak? Dr Kevin Rowe, senior curator of mammals at Museums Victoria talks about the exciting taxonomic resurrection of a once thought to be extinct species, Gould’s mouse, which now survives on Bernie Island, Western Australia