Inpatient Outcomes in a SARS-CoV-2 Naïve Population Achieving High Vaccination Coverage Preceding Planned Virus

Eamon P Raith1, Hao Z Wong1, Joshua V Ross1

  • 1Eamon P. Raith, MBBS, PhD, FCICM, is an Associate Professor and Research Lead at Mackay Clinical School, College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Queensland; an ICU Consultant, Department of Intensive Care Services, Mackay Hospital and Health Service, Mackay, Queensland; a Senior Fellow, Critical Care Research Group, Prince Charles Hospital, Chermside, Queensland; an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria; and a Clinical Senior Lecturer, School of Medicine, College of Health, Adelaide University, South Australia. Krishnaswamy Sundararajan, MD, FCICM, is Director, Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Royal Adelaide Hospital, and an Associate Professor, School of Medicine, College of Health, Adelaide University, Adelaide, South Australia. Mark Plummer, MBBS, PhD, FCICM, is Head of Research and Innovation, Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Royal Adelaide Hospital, and an Associate Professor, School of Medicine, College of Health, Adelaide University, Adelaide, South Australia. Hao Z. Won, MBBS, FCICM, is an ICU Consultant, Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Lyell McEwin Hospital, Elizabeth Vale, South Australia. Joshua V. Ross, PhD, is Chief Data and Analytics Officer, and Nicola Spurrier, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, is Chief Public Health Officer; both in the Department for Health and Wellbeing, Government of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia. Samuel Ziesing is a Research and Evaluation Officer, and Caroline Miller, MPH, PHD, is Director of the Health Policy Centre; both at the Health Policy Centre, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, South Australia. Imogen Asser is a Research Scientist, and Michael Maclean, MBBS, is Resident Medical Officer, Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia. Lauren Fielke, MBBS, FRACP, is Director, Department of General Medicine, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia. Shailesh Bihari, MBBS, MD, DDU, FCICM, PhD, is an ICU Consultant, Intensive and Critical Care Unit, Flinders Medical Centre, and the College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University; both in Bedford Park, South Australia. All of the authors are located in Australia.

Health Security
|October 8, 2026
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