COVID-19 INQUIRY: Health Department Moderated 50,000 Comments per Month During Pandemic

‘COVID fatigue’ set in among Australians as the pandemic progressed, the department observed.

Health workers conduct COVID-19 tests at the Bondi Beach testing clinic in Sydney, Australia, on Dec. 28, 2021. Jenny Evans/Getty Images

The Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care received and moderated more than 50,000 comments each month at the height of the pandemic.

The revelation is contained within the department’s response to the COVID-19 Response Inquiry, which has received more than 2,000 submissions.