Michael McLaren has shared his reaction to the federal government’s review of their handling of the COVID pandemic and despite the lessons learnt how Australia would be worse off in the event of another pandemic.

He says everyone panicked and over-reacted, leaving everyone worse off in many ways and eroding trust.

“20 per cent of the population would openly defy the demands of government to ‘get the jab’ next time around,” he said.

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