Letters: Young people who want vaccines now cannot get them

Young people who want vaccines now cannot get them: insufficient supplies, inability to get vaccinated without queuing hour-upon-unpaid-hour, lack of local access.

Harry's View on plan to put Rockhampton on radar for metro residents.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Scare tactics are misguided

The government’s bottom-line messaging is spot-on: “Covid can affect anyone. Stay home. Get tested. Book your vaccination.”

The “cute girl’s” obviously “fake” gasping for air belies reality; scare tactics for the targeted audience (young adults) are misguided and obscure those messages.

Every young person I know wants their vaccines, consistent with ATAGI advice (i.e. not AstraZeneca).

Young people who want vaccines now cannot get them: insufficient supplies, inability to get vaccinated without queuing hour-upon-unpaid-hour, lack of local access.

Young people working with vaccine Category 1a and 1b people were often overlooked for vaccines until now and they feel blamed for this oversight, while those who defined those categories and allocated vaccines accordingly shirk responsibility.

Every person I know wants to be fully vaccinated with highest effectiveness - consistent with ATAGI advice (i.e. for AstraZeneca, 12 weeks between first and second injections). They understand the statistics and want the optimal.

The Morrison government’s pressure on “others” to do the right thing is a ridiculously feeble attempt to point fingers at us, as opposed to acknowledging and accepting responsibility for the government’s own misjudgements on both virus and vaccine from day one through now - and for the foreseeable future, given current government rhetoric.

This government’s gasping for air is the main message I take from their scare-campaign ad.

- Judy Bamberger, O’Connor, ACT.

HARRY’S VIEW ON PLAN TO PUT ROCKY ON METRO RESIDENTS’ RADAR

Harry's View on plan to put Rockhampton on radar for metro residents.

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Originally published as Letters: Young people who want vaccines now cannot get them