Tag: AstraZeneca
Grattan on Saturday: The pandemic is now putting the ‘experts’ in their own world of pain
Jeannette Young sounded at the end of her tether on Thursday
Queensland’s chief health officer attracted a storm of criticism, including the accusation she was...
Australia has not learned the lessons of its bungled COVID vaccine rollout
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Australia is now over four months into its COVID vaccine rollout, and it’s still not going well.
At the six-week mark, I...
Concerned about the latest AstraZeneca news? These 3 graphics help you make sense of the risk
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The recent announcement the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine would now only be recommended for the over 60s has highlighted the many ways we think...
What’s the ‘Indian’ variant responsible for Victoria’s outbreak and how effective are vaccines against it?
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Victoria’s seven day lockdown, which begins tonight, is an attempt to stop transmission of the quick-spreading COVID-19 B.1.617.1 variant.
Victoria’s chief health officer Brett...
What’s the risk if Australia opens its international borders? An epidemiologist explains
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Coinciding with the Trans-Tasman travel bubble starting today, over the past week there have been murmurings Australia could soon relax its borders further, through...
4 ways Australia’s COVID vaccine rollout has been bungled
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Australia’s vaccine rollout has so far been overhyped and under-delivered.
The first announcement, in August last year — that Australia had negotiated vaccine deals —...