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Analysis shows one job saved for every nine people vaccinated as economists back cash incentives
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Giving cash handouts to encourage vaccinations could save thousands of workers from joining the unemployment queue with new modelling showing one job will be saved for every nine people who get fully immunised.
Academics and leading economists are backing cash payments to encourage a higher rate of immunisation across the country following an analysis from Deloitte Access Economics calculating tens of thousands of jobs would be lost in each week of extended lockdowns in Greater Sydney.
Queensland CHO modifies AstraZeneca advice as case numbers rise
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Queensland’s Chief Health Officer says “now is the time” for people younger than 60 to speak to their GP about getting the AstraZeneca vaccine if they can’t get a dose of Pfizer.
Jeannette Young has come under fire from interstate and federal authorities over her stance on the AstraZeneca vaccine, which she has said should not be used by anyone under 40 and only by those under 60 after speaking to their GP.
She reiterated that stance on Monday, despite growing case numbers in south-east Queensland thanks to an outbreak involving several school communities with the highly transmissible Delta variant.
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