Our GPs have had to change direction, and change focus, in the blink of an eye this year (photo: Unsplash).

TALES OF 2020

Reflections from the front line: COVID through the eyes of a suburban GP

Each day this month, we publish Tales of 2020, the stories of ordinary Queenslanders enduring an extraordinary year. Today, Brisbane GP Dr Genevieve McGovern steps through the daily changes that kept her colleagues and patients constantly off balance.

TALES OF 2020

The lessons of isolation went way beyond what we learnt on a laptop

Each day this month, we will publish Tales of 2020, the stories of ordinary Queenslanders enduring an extraordinary year. Today, Siena Fagan gives a teenager’s perspective on the relative merits of isolation.

TALES OF 2020

The saddest funeral of all, where hugs are banned

Each day this month, we will publish Tales of 2020, the stories of ordinary Queenslanders enduring an extraordinary year. Today, Brisbane grandmother Christine Oldham shares the unthinkable pain of farewelling a loved one during COVID restrictions.

TALES OF 2020

Scared, pregnant and deeply conflicted, a very long way from home

Each day this month, we will publish Tales of 2020, the stories of ordinary Queenslanders enduring an extraordinary year. Today, London-based nurse Emma Flynn recalls the frightening days when the virus took hold in Europe – and she learnt she would be bringing a new baby into a troubled world

TALES OF 2020

Bending, not broken: One family's journey through a year of shattered dreams

Each day this month, we will publish Tales of 2020, the stories of ordinary Queenslanders enduring an extraordinary year. Today, we meet Melissa Wearne, whose grown family has been rocked, and almost devastated, by coronavirus shut-downs.