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COVID-19 Informer: 'The disease is not a great leveller'

Janine Graham
Updated April 10 2020 - 6:19pm, first published 6:00pm
Emily Maitlis introducing BBC Newsnight. Photo: Screengrab
Emily Maitlis introducing BBC Newsnight. Photo: Screengrab

She looked down the barrel of the camera and delivered this: "The language around COVID-19 has sometimes felt trite and misleading. You do not survive the illness through fortitude and strength of character, whatever the prime minister's colleagues will tell us."

Janine Graham

Janine Graham

Illawarra Mercury Deputy Editor

Onetime sports reporter, chief-of-staff, editor and national digital news editor. Email me: janine.graham@austcommunitymedia.com.au