TY - JOUR T1 - COVID-19 from the land “Down Under” in an upside-down world: an Australian perspective JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J DO - 10.1183/13993003.01844-2020 VL - 56 IS - 2 SP - 2001844 AU - Catherine Rang AU - Allen Cheng AU - Paul Kelly AU - Tom Kotsimbos Y1 - 2020/08/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/56/2/2001844.abstract N2 - We frame the world, which then frames all our seeing, thinking and doing [1]. This is true individually, professionally and at the level of all our institutions. It is a perpetual work in progress that occasionally undergoes a single seismic shift. This is the situation that the world is currently experiencing with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), notwithstanding prior warnings [2, 3].Australia's approach to the current COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in relative containment of the disease. However, it must be remembered that any defence is only as strong as its weakest link. https://bit.ly/2N2hHy1 ER -