Dear Dr Swan

Normally I merely read “Open Letters” from my supposed betters telling me why they are right and the rest of us amongst the great unwashed are wrong.  

So, composing this one to you, the ABC’s medical correspondent, is a new experience for me. 

There are three lessons I have learned in my business and professional career that I now recommend, via this open letter, that you become acquainted with. 

I write because you use your public profile and platform on the ABC not to explain to your listeners the rationale behind the federal government’s successful management of our pandemic emergency,  but rather to criticise and second guess it and stir up considerable community concern by stridently advocating your own views.   

First, when training as...