Expecting the unexpected? Improving rural health in the era of bushfires, novel coronavirus and climate change.

The article discusses that for city-dwelling Australians, COVID-19 sent the population into a toilet paper stockpiling hysteria, and bushfires were already a dwindling memory. It mentions that people living in rural communities are more likely than their city-dwelling cousins to experience multiple physical and mental health problems; and also mentions that self-management interventions are highly effective at preventing readmission to crisis care.