Julie Leask
Julie Leask is a professor at the Susan Wakil school of nursing and midwifery at the University of Sydney. She is an adviser to the World Health Organisation on improving vaccination uptake.
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
COVID debate is masking the best line of defence
The take-up of vaccination booster shots has stalled. More worryingly, the shortfall is most pronounced in communities facing the highest risk.
- by Julie Leask
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Opinion
Vaccination
Victorian government’s lengthy lockout of unvaccinated is an overreach
Barring the unvaccinated indefinitely from everyday life is disproportionate to the risks they pose in the population.
- by Julie Leask
Opinion
Vaccination
Mandatory jab for authorised workers a difficult but necessary decision
Victoria’s sharp increase in COVID-19 cases and relatively low double-jab rate means vaccinating essential workers makes sense to limit transmission.
- by Julie Leask
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
Why making vaccinations compulsory should be a last resort
First governments should do all they can to get vaccines to the people who want and need them.
- by Jane Williams and Julie Leask
It’s great that GPs get AZ jab confidence boost, but what about the patients?
If there was ever a time to bring in no-fault vaccine injury compensation it’s now.
- by Julie Leask
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
Clotting case shows we need compensation scheme for vaccine injuries
It appears increasingly likely that the AstraZeneca vaccine may cause a new rare clotting condition. As experts work out how to treat and prevent it, Australia needs to accept its obligation to care for the few people who may be harmed in pursuit of the public good.
- by Julie Leask and Ian Kerridge
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
After a year of stress and hardship, today is a good day
This cunning virus has brought illness, deaths, lockdowns and job losses. It has separated families. There are challenges ahead, but today we start to turn that around.
- by Julie Leask
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
Public must be kept in the loop on vaccines
With the boost vaccines will bring to our existing strategies to fight COVID-19, we have so much to gain by keeping the public informed and engaged.
- by Julie Leask
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
'Balancing act': The problem with COVID mandates
Mandates for such measures as masks or vaccines come with downsides which are often overlooked.
- by Julie Leask
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
Vaccine injury compensation is the moral thing to do
Australia is one of few industrialised countries not to have a vaccine injury compensation scheme already in place.
- by Julie Leask and Nicholas Wood
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
Leaders can still build our trust to fight the virus - here's how
Trust arrives on foot and leaves on horseback: it's time for our leaders to be honest and frank.
- by Julie Leask
Original URL: https://www.theage.com.au/by/julie-leask-p4yw5g