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https://www.aap.com.au/news/covid-complacency-as-virus-becomes-third-most-deadly/>
"COVID-19 has skyrocketed to become the third leading cause of death among
Australians in 2022, raising a dire warning from experts who insist the
pandemic is not over despite widespread messaging to the contrary.
Over 20,000 more people died last year than would have if there was no
pandemic, according to figures released by the Actuaries Institute on Thursday.
The number of people dying from COVID-19 is much higher now than at any other
point during the pandemic, following the scrapping of most prevention measures
at the end of 2021.
Raina MacIntyre, head of the biosecurity research program at the University of
NSW’s Kirby Institute, said a key issue now is the relaxed approach most people
are taking towards getting booster vaccinations.
“COVID is worse than ever, and we’re doing less than ever about it,” Professor
MacIntyre said.
“So-called experts, media and government have disseminated the message since
early 2022 that COVID’s over, ‘it’s just a cold, it’s nothing’.
“When you say that to people why on earth would they go out and get a vaccine?”
She said everyone should be getting the ATAGI-recommended bivalent vaccine,
which protects against new strains of the virus."
COVID-19 Mortality Working Group: Confirmation of 20,000 excess deaths for
2022 in Australia
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Via Violet Blue’s
Pandemic Roundup: April 6, 2023
https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-81117543
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
