Essential services ripped from platform
The nation’s leading health authorities have condemned Facebook for blocking genuine COVID-19 advice days before the rollout of the Pfizer vaccine.
Vaccinations
Jab plans in place as vaccines arrive
Nursing homes put in place urgent plans for COVID-19 immunisation injections from next week as first doses of Pfizer vaccine land.
Vaccine headache for business
Confidence is the key to getting people back to work.
Two million doses and all Aussie-made
Two million locally manufactured doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine will be delivered to hospitals and clinics within six weeks.
Quarantine, Covid, vaccinations and fairness
The simple fact is that the virus doesn’t like fresh air and open spaces. Give returned travellers rooms with balconies and open windows and other open spaces.
PM delivers a rocket as vax debate goes feral
Scott Morrison exercises an iron hand over his ministers and mandarins, so when public chatter went off the rails, the big boss thumped the table.
When did it become a political offence to say people should look at the COVID evidence?
The current pile-on with Craig Kelly demonstrates the tendency to shoot the messenger rather than address the message.
Joko launches bid to turn tide on Covid
Indonesian President Joko Widodo kicked off the national COVID-19 vaccination program on Wednesday.
Blainey brings our history to life to put Covid in perspective
Unlike then, with today’s remarkable advances in pharmacology we will hopefully have a vaccine to halt the COVID plague in a matter of months.
Not singing from same song sheet
Changing the words of the anthem is not the PM’s decision but the people’s; border wars, vaccines and cricket tragics
Palestinians wait while Israel rolls out vaccines
The differing pictures raise questions for Israel about its obligations to the West Bank and Gaza.
International travel and the vaccine: how will it all work?
Any delay in the second vaccine dose beyond the interval used in the trials cannot guarantee coverage.
Israel set to give all its people vaccine
Israel has is the past two weeks vaccinated 12 per cent of its population — the highest vaccination rates in the world.
Important to play fair when quoting Covid death statistics
Number of gross deaths exaggerates alarm, while a per capita comparison provides a more accurate picture.
Vaccine to be rolled out with more data and utmost safety
Australia is on track to have the first COVID-19 vaccine provisionally registered by the end of January.
Latin Americans launch rollout of mass vaccinations
Three Latin American countries launched mass immunisation programs for the coronavirus on Friday.
The Covid vaccine: will you or won’t you?
Sensible, everyday Australians who normally would not blink at the thought of getting a jab are not just blinking, they’re baulking.
Husband, wife’s cancer breakthrough
Scientists have discovered how to ‘turn off’ genes that make cancer cells grow.
For anti-vaxxers, it’s Covid crunch time
A coronavirus vaccine is only months away for Australia … but sadly, there is a group of people who’ll be praying it fails. Otherwise, they’re out of business.
Naivety, greed behind failure to our security
The time has long past when such failure to safeguard national security can be explained away.
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