Queensland premier raised concerns in April about giving AstraZeneca to people in their 50s theguardian.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theguardian.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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The group, led by Professor Christopher Blyth from the University of Western Australia and the affable Victorian deputy chief medical officer, Allen Cheng, no doubt thought the decision would save lives. The problem is the recommendation, coupled with unfortunately misleading reports regarding AZ’s effectiveness (real-life results from the UK show almost identical efficacy to the lauded Pfizer vaccine), has led to upwards of a third of Australians being unwilling to take a vaccine.
With the benefit of hindsight, the advisory group appears to have got it wrong. Not with regards to the rate of clotting (which at 1:100,000 is more common than what was predicted) but rather the fatality rate. So far, after more than 1.8 million doses, 24 Australians have reportedly suffered clots but only one person has died. The death occurred before physicians were fully aware of the issue and well before treatments had been refined (plus the victim had severe chronic unde
AstraZeneca gets a bad rap… but it s the adverse advice that s the bad guy here msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Nurse vaccinates 1 person in 8 hours A Victorian nurse has unloaded about the rate of vaccinations in Australia after she vaccinated just one person in eight hours.
Health by Rhiannon Tuffield 19th May 2021 6:03 PM | Updated: 6:03 PM A Victorian nurse who administered only one COVID vaccine during an eight-hour shift has aired her dismay as concern mounts around the public s uptake of the jab. The nurse, who works at a mass vaccination hub in the state, was left fuming after only being able to give one person the jab during a shift. She said there had been no issues with supply, but people were just not walking through the doors to get the vaccine.
Nurse vaccinates 1 person in 8 hours sunshinecoastdaily.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sunshinecoastdaily.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.