Tag: COVID-19 vaccines
No, vaccinated people are not ‘just as infectious’ as unvaccinated people if they get COVID
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Some recent studies have shown similar peak viral loads in vaccinated people compared to unvaccinated people who contract COVID. This has raised concerns...
Nose sprays, needle-free patches, durable immunity: towards the next generation of COVID vaccines
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The past 20 months has seen an explosion of vaccine development, with COVID vaccine testing and...
Your unvaccinated friend is roughly 20 times more likely to give you COVID
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As lockdowns ease in New South Wales, Victoria and the ACT, and people return to work and socialising, many of us...
Why do some people delay getting vaccinated or pretend COVID doesn’t exist? Paradoxically, denial of death
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Vaccines save lives, and have been doing so since the development of the smallpox vaccine more than 200 years ago.
However, for vaccines...
NSW and Victoria admit they won’t get back to COVID-zero. What does this mean for a ‘fractured’ Australia?
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Australia’s two most populous states have now conceded they are unlikely to return to COVID-zero.
The highly infectious Delta variant has spread significantly...
Vaccine passports are coming to Australia. How will they work and what will you need them for?
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Even before any COVID-19 vaccines were invented, vaccine passports for participation in public activities appeared likely.
Australia’s plagued vaccine rollout meant such requirements lay...