Covid Roulette Tony Wilson for Alphington Community Centre

In our final episode we check back in with Dr Pat Charles and Dr Andrew Casamento - both from Austin Health - for some final thoughts and an overview as to where things currently stand with Covid treatment and services, and how the health care system is holding up 2.5 years into the pandemic.

‘Underlying health conditions’ is a phrase we have heard repeatedly throughout the pandemic.

Today we talk to Katia (who has a range of autoimmune illnesses and some other underlying health conditions) and her mum Sue about their family’s pandemic experience more generally and their recent bout of Covid more particularly.

Today we talk with Alistair who uses heroin, about his experience of the pandemic. The pandemic has truly posed many unexpected challenges for our society, including how to support people who were regularly using drugs when everyone was required to stay at home

A sad story on our podcast today … Ray Sneddon talks about his wife Marilyn, a nurse who stepped out of retirement to help with the quarantine program, and who lost her life to Covid in November 2021.

Today our podcast is all about missing out ... mainly on travel! Fleur tells us about her aborted Singapore holiday in January 2022 after her family of six caught Covid, and then we also talk to David about his delayed plans - including a trip to Antarctica.

Chloe's partner Don was in remission with leukaemia when the pandemic started and she was understandably particularly worried about the potential health impacts for him and vigilant about avoiding bringing it into their house.