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I have been distracted from updating this blog by several circumstances.
I was reduced to a TV watcher for some months since contracting Ross River Fever in March 2011 and still being slowed down by it.
In December 2011, I became aware that the Queensland Ombudsman had presented to parliament in November 2011, A report titled "The Hendra Virus Report. An investigation into agency responses to Hendra virus incidents between January 2006 and December 2009".
I have been reviewing the report since then. The report does not set out to provide answers or solutions to the problems but with 78 opinions and 74 recommendations about the responses of various Queensland government agencies to Hendra virus incidents between 2006 and 2009. it is a significant rescource in understanding where things have gone wrong. I have already added some 200 "sticky notes" and am only half way through reviewing the doc. which is 405 pages in total! I will publish these notes, when complete, for the ombudsman and other interested parties.
In August 2009 I published the second draft of a discussion paper on Hendra Virus and transmission scenarios, tittled "What don't you understand about snorting horses, Mr Vet." which was circulated electronically to Biosecurity ,Hendra Virus Expert Group, Queensland Health and other persons . A postscript to this discussion paper is in press. A copy is on the tittled page on this blog!