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Did Australia get it right on AstraZeneca?
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AstraZeneca vaccine advice may change during coronavirus outbreaks in Australia
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âThe committees, ATAGI and everyone else would be back to the drawing board and reassessing that risk-benefit equation,â she said.
This view has been backed by ATAGI executive team member Kristine Macartney, who warned that while there were many tools to control the pandemic, âcontrol is always precariousâ.
âWe would be signalling that the benefits [of the AstraZeneca vaccine] would certainly outweigh the risk if we were starting to see a big swing up in community-based transmission,â Professor Macartney said.
Epidemiologists have warned that vaccination of hotel quarantine workers would not entirely eliminate the threat of outbreaks in Australia.
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Keep calm and carry on with vaccine rollout
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It has been a mantra political leaders have oft-repeated through the pandemic: our decision is based on the best of medical advice. That advice has been difficult to follow at times, and on Thursday evening this week, was sure to have sent shockwaves through the Morrison government.
The decision by the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation to recommend the government make Pfizer’s jab the preferred vaccine over AstraZeneca’s for adults under 50 is a major setback for the vaccination rollout in Australia.