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We can have confidence in safety of the vaccines We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss February 18, 2021 10.30pm Normal text size Credit:Illustration: Matt Golding To submit a letter to The Age, email [email protected]. Please include your home address and telephone number. COVID-19 We can have confidence in safety of the vaccines A relatively large number of people are concerned about potential side effects of the COVID-19 vaccines. Common side effects of all vaccines may be: transient injection or site reactions (pain, redness, itching, swelling or burning), transient fever, and fainting (more common in adolescents). Some people who have had influenza vaccines would have experienced these. COVID-19 is no different. All these effects are minor and can usually be relieved by a dose of paracetamol. Australians can be assured that the COVID-19 vaccines have been approved for efficacy and safety ....
These decisions belong with government bodies We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss January 19, 2021 7.59am Normal text size The Age, email [email protected]. Please include your home address and telephone number. BUILDING MODERN MELBOURNE These decisions belong with government bodies Why should a private corporation, such as Melbourne Airport, have the planning power to stop development because they don’t want curfews or pushback from resident groups (‘‘Airport chiefs eye flight path veto’’, The Age, 18/1)? Planning decisions should remain the responsibility of state and local government entities. As for the reported 20 noise complaints a month, that it is a huge number, because once a resident has registered a noise complaint, their next complaint is not counted again, so this translates to at least 240 new complainants each year. ....