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"Australia’s national vaccine advisory body is expected to decide within weeks
if a fifth Covid vaccine dose will be made available to more Australians this
year.
Meanwhile, infectious disease physicians have urged federal and state
governments to reprioritise vaccine awareness campaigns, warning the
“anti-vaccine lobby seems to have the floor”.
The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (Atagi) is assessing
this year’s Covid vaccination plan, with a decision on whether to expand fifth
dose eligibility soon. The doses are restricted to severely immunocompromised
adults.
But multiple experts have raised concerns about relatively low third and fourth
dose vaccination rates. They believe this is caused by perceptions the pandemic
is over, that Covid is no worse than having a cold, or confusion about health
advice."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
