Australian Government’s Vaccination Commercial Meets With Heavy Public Backlash
The federal government’s $41 million (US$ 30.7 million) nationwide “Arm Yourself” campaign, to encourage Australians to get vaccinated with a COVID-19 jab has come under intense criticism after members of the public took to the social media platform Twitter to vent their frustration.
The 30-second commercial, which aired on Sydney television on Sunday, features a young woman on a ventilator struggling to breathe as her heart monitor beeps, with the message: “COVID-19 can affect anyone. Stay home. Get tested. Book your vaccination.”
“This ad should be immediately taken off air,” adjunct professor Bill Bowtell wrote in a post on Twitter. Bowtell is a strategic health consultant at the University of NSW and worked on the now famous 1987 Grim Reaper HIV/AIDS campaign in Australia.
Medical Professionals Say The Government’s Graphic COVID Ad Is “Inaccurate” Frightening people isn’t a good way to get people on side. Reminds me of the Grim Reaper ads in 1980’s.
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In the midst of Sydney’s COVID-19 outbreak and the rapidly increasing case numbers (112 today, 77 yesterday), the Federal Government released a graphic ad in Sydney last night, featuring a young woman hyperventilating alone in a hospital bed and medical professionals are calling into question the representation’s accuracy.
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