Labour govt 2020-23

[dobby41]

If vaccination rates had been quicker then Astra wouldn't have been an issue. The longer you provide the public with a chance to listen to anti vax propaganda, the more problems we have. Shouldn't we have learnt that from Australia?

Interesting idea - get in quick before the public cotton on?

It was mentioned early on that having just one vaccine made things easier to roll out.

[Balance]

It was mentioned early on that having just one vaccine made things easier to roll out.

Not true.

Australia is rolling out its program using AZ & Pfizer. Moderna & Novavax to be added as supply become available. NSW data shows how quickly they have been able to roll out the vaccination program.

In Hong Kong, they are using Sinovac, AZ & Pfizer. Likewise, Thailand and Malaysia.

Are our medical personnel here really less capable than the ones in those countries to handle more than one vaccine?

[Zaphod]

Interesting idea - get in quick before the public cotton on?

It was mentioned early on that having just one vaccine made things easier to roll out.

Cotton on to what? The very small risk associated with that specific vaccine applied to people in a certain age band?

[Zaphod]

Not true.

Australia is rolling out its program using AZ & Pfizer. Moderna & Novavax to be added as supply become available. NSW data shows how quickly they have been able to roll out the vaccination program.

In Hong Kong, they are using Sinovac, AZ & Pfizer. Likewise, Thailand and Malaysia.
Are our medical personnel here really less capable than the ones in those countries to handle more than one vaccine?

I don't remember going to different doctors to administer each dose I received as a child, so I presume these professionals are at least as skilled today as they were in the past?

Some other vaccines do not require specialised refrigeration equipment like the Pfizer, so storage would not have been the major issue preventing this.

[dobby41]

Cotton on to what? The very small risk associated with that specific vaccine applied to people in a certain age band?

Exactly - I wondered the same.
Why would rolling Astra out fast make it less of an issue?

[Zaphod]

Exactly - I wondered the same.
Why would rolling Astra out fast make it less of an issue?

Because the time lag for administring a vaccine has left a larger opening for antivaxxers to rally the troops to spread mis/disinformation.

[dobby41]

Because the time lag for administring a vaccine has left a larger opening for antivaxxers to rally the troops to spread mis/disinformation.

Gotcha !

[iceman]

Interesting idea - get in quick before the public cotton on?

It was mentioned early on that having just one vaccine made things easier to roll out.

That is just yet another excuse from the Government. Every other country in the World is rolling out 2 or more vaccines and doing it much quicker than we are. That excuse just doesn't fly.

[Panda-NZ-]

Thanks to Helen for keeping us out of Iraq with only a minor team in afghanistan.

Shows that we could do with women at all levels in leadership in other countries esp the US.
The world would indeed be better if it was led by women.

[fungus pudding]

The world would indeed be better if it was led by women.

Any particular colour preference?