Jan. 14, 2010 The rapid and widespread entry of the pandemic
H1N1 infection that led to a large number of infected cases in
Australia suggested a public health management failure in
containing the pandemic when it broke out in April 2009.
According to a paper in Respirology published by Wiley-
Blackwell, despite the well-intentioned and well-funded public
health effort against the pandemic, the primary failure of the
prepared public health response was the unanticipated clinical
presentation and the high infectivity of virus. In the study
entitled, "Public health Management Pandemic (H1N1) 2009
Infection in Australia -- A Failure!" senior academics,
Professor Grant W. Waterer and Professor Christine Jenkins,
polarized the issue and debated as to whether the public health
response to pandemic H1N1 2009 infection in Australia had
failed. Professor Waterer said, "There is no question that the
Australian public health response failed to prevent the H1N1
pandemic from gaining rapid and widespread entry into all are