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Originally Posted by haertig
That is amazing. They really are doing that good. Kudos to Australia!
I do hope that they all get vaccinated though. With that low of a total covid case count thus far, if they lose focus on quarantining and lockdowning for one instant, covid could sneak in and burn through like a wildfire. And they will have to open up at some time. But it looks like they may indeed have made it past the critical point to where vaccines are readily available. More than anybody, they need a successful vaccination program.
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https://covidlive.com.au/
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Originally Posted by haertig
Are the great majority of Australians getting vaccinated? Do you have any choice in that matter? Are vaccines in good supply or are there shortages? Do you know, does Australia manufacture any vaccines or all they imported?
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Vaccines are not readily available in most of the world, they're being hoarded by the US, UK, EU, Canada etc. Countries that have used non pharmaceutical measures to control the pandemic (e.g. Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand) have not been able to get vaccines - particularly the mRNA vaccines.
When the EU seized a shipment destined for Australia (because the unelected Italian PM said we didn't need it), our PM wrote to the EU Commission President requesting the vaccines we had ordered be sent to Papua New Guinea instead -- AZ/EU have refused. We've given some vaccines to PNG, and through Covax they have received some more ---- from INDIA.
In mid 2020 Australia's long established vaccine manufacturer (CSL Limited), secured a license to manufacture the AZ vaccine here. The federal government promoted as 'our ace in the hole' as it meant we wouldn't be as dependent on overseas supplies.
When the AZ clotting issue arose the federal government tried to pivot away from its 'ace in the hole' by recommending that under 50s wait for the Pfizer vaccine. This has been widely interpreted in the MSM as 'people under 50 must not get the AZ vaccine, and people over 49 must get the AZ vaccine'. Consequently all the recent cases of clotting are in people older than 50 <sigh>.
BR