How many deaths are we prepared to risk?
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May 6, 2021 12.02am
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INDIA TRAVEL BAN
How many deaths are we prepared to risk?
The travel ban is in place while COVID-19 is running rampant in India and while we do not have sufficient quarantine facilities in Australia. Our hotel quarantine barely copes with the current level of arrivals. We still see COVID-positive cases among the arrivals, even from countries with low rates of infection. We also see cases where COVID-19 is transmitted to quarantine workers. The real question is: How many collateral infections and deaths in Australia are acceptable if we allow travellers from India into this country?
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When two aged care residents in Queensland were given a higher than recommended dose of the Pfizer vaccine, it was a nurse who sensed something wasn t quite right. The safeguards that were put in place immediately kicked into action, Health Minister Greg Hunt told the waiting media, after it was revealed the employee who administered the vaccine had not completed the required vaccination training.