A year ago we longed for a vaccine. Now itâs here, weâre dangerously blase
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Is there any greater indicator of privilege than a warehouse full of Covid-19 vaccines, wasting away unused?
Freezers full of unloved AstraZeneca doses are languishing in federal government-run clinics, living for their shot to get into someoneâs arm.
Staff preparing vaccines in the pharmacy area of the NSW Vaccination Centre at Homebush, Sydney.
Credit:Pool via NCA NewsWire
Here in Australia, we shrug our shoulders at the vaccine we were once desperate to get. We are fine to wait for the Pfizer vaccine, or the Moderna, whenever they may come. Or we can just continue to live vaccine-free.
A year ago we longed for a vaccine Now it s here, we re dangerously blase
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A year ago we longed for a vaccine Now it s here, we re dangerously blase
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Health by Jade Gailberger Fewer than 1000 disability care residents have received a COVID-19 vaccine, new figures show. The disability royal commission on Monday heard from senior counsel assisting Kate Eastman that the vaccine rollout was an abject failure . But she said she understood the commission would need to hear the federal government s explanation about the low inoculation rates. These are people who represent some of our most vulnerable members of the population, Ms Eastman said. The Australian government rollout of vaccines to people with disability in residential care - and these are people who represent some of the most vulnerable people in our population - has been an abject failure.