Nothing says modern Australia like wealthy private school boys taking vaccines meant for Indigenous kids.
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While aged care and quarantine workers struggle to get vaccinated, news has emerged that 163 rich private school kids were “accidentally” given Pfizer shots that were meant for Indigenous students.
Yesterday, the Sydney Local Health District announced that 163 Year 12 students from St Joseph’s College in Hunters Hill had been given Pfizer “in error” after the school inquired about vaccinating Indigenous students boarding at the school.
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NSW Health allowed about 160 year 12 students at St Joseph’s College at Hunters Hill to be inoculated against COVID-19 with the Pfizer vaccine, even though the program has only officially been rolled out to people aged 40 and above.
Multiple sources familiar with the situation told the
Herald that HSC students at the high-fee independent high school were bussed to a vaccination centre at the end of last term for their first shot, and are due to have their second shot when school resumes.
In response to a query from the
Heral
d, the college’s principal Ross Tarlinton said the school approached the Sydney Local Health District in May to inquire about the possibility of vaccinations for students given many were boarders from remote, regional and Indigenous communities.
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NSW Health allowed about 160 year 12 students at St Joseph’s College at Hunters Hill to be inoculated against COVID-19 with the Pfizer vaccine, even though the program has only officially been rolled out to people aged 40 and above.
Multiple sources familiar with the situation told the
Herald that HSC students at the high-fee independent high school were bussed to a vaccination centre at the end of last term for their first shot, and are due to have their second shot when school resumes.
In response to a query from the
Heral
d, the college’s principal Ross Tarlinton said the school approached the Sydney Local Health District in May to inquire about the possibility of vaccinations for students given many were boarders from remote, regional and Indigenous communities.
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