Anti-lockdown protests show we may be in for a rude shock
Highly visible in the weekend protests were extreme fringe groups such as anti-vaxxers; their influence will affect our vaccination rates, and probably not in a good way.
Vaccinations
Saudis crack down on jab holdouts
Saudi Arabia will impose one of the world’s most sweeping vaccine mandates in an attempt to combat hesitancy towards Covid-19 shots.
Doctors take vaccination drive literally
GPs in outbreak areas are forking out thousands of dollars and driving to vulnerable patients’ homes to ensure they receive a vaccine.
Pop-up clinics bolstering rollout
Pop-up vaccination clinics opened across Sydney’s hard-hit western suburbs offering the AstraZeneca jabs to walk-ins but, bizarrely, turned away anyone aged under 40.
Victoria ‘won’ and cements our Covid future
All states are now likely to copy Victoria’s “Covid safe” template and move to a hard lockdown at the first signs of new infections in the community.
’Singles’ bubble’ plan
The NSW government will implement a “singles’ bubble” allowing residents of Greater Sydney to meet indoors, even if they are not intimate partners.
Veterans body orders workers to take jab
The mandate came as California and New York City announced new vaccine requirements affecting workers.
Why UK virus cases have suddenly fallen
The drop in infections appears to have been driven by many factors. What does it mean and what can Britons expect in the coming winter?
New strategy needed to tame Covid case surge
On an agreed date, all those with two vaccine jabs should be free to travel the nation. For the unvaccinated, curbs should continue.
In these times of need, we must embrace democracy
The challenge of the pandemic is that we need to shift from the individual to the collective, to the community.
Smarter, targeted lockdown would help save economy
The nation could be heading towards a second pandemic recession.
Widen rollout for whole nation: AMA
The Australian Medical Association’s vice-president has called on ATAGI to consider broadening its recommendation on the AstraZeneca jab to other parts of the nation.
Two million doses sitting unused in fridges
More than two millions doses of Covid-19 vaccine distributed to GP surgeries are sitting in fridges unused as hesitancy over AstraZeneca drives vaccine wastage.
Reluctant Swedes paid $30 to get jab
Swedish volunteers will be paid to be immunised in Europe’s largest test of whether small cash incentives improve jab uptake.
Berejiklian’s lockdown will drag us all down
Before our eyes we have a real-time case study of whether we can go back to a normal pre-2020 life with the virus and the vaccine.
Shock death tolls spurred faster vax rollouts
Nations like Australia, which have kept deaths low, have struggled to replicate the speed of the vaccine rollout in countries where the death rate was higher.
Jabs for kids but ‘at-risk’ remains priority
Teenagers will be allowed to join the nation’s vaccine rollout in a move that has been panned by some infectious disease experts who say the focus should remain on inoculating older Australians.
Pfizer fizzer: states reject Gladys plea
Scott Morrison and the national cabinet reject a desperate appeal from Gladys Berejiklian for more Pfizer vaccines for Sydney’s Covid-19 hot spots.
‘You’re 1400 times more likely to die in a car crash’
Readers have their say on vaccine vexation, important conversations, and our level of immigration.
Polio vaccines had side effects too
Using your Covid check-in app more will help the tracers get on top of Delta.
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