News by Nathan Vass, Zoe Smith, Maria Bervanakis, David Aidone 13th Jan 2021 8:39 AM
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Subscriber only Herd immunity against COVID cannot be achieved in Australia with the lower-Âefficacy Oxford-AstraZeneca Âvaccine, which the Morrison government plans to administer to millions of Australians, according to leading doctors. Medics and infectious disease experts are calling for Australia to invest in more high-efficacy vaccines, rather than relying on the ÂAstraZeneca jab. Australia has ordered 53.8 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccines which has been shown in trials to have a much lower level of efficacy than Pfizer and Moderna vaccines being injected in Britain, France, Israel and the US,
Just how contagious is the ‘mutant’ UK COVID strain? Data offers alternative facts Crikey 13/01/2021
In his most recent book
Talking to Strangers, Malcolm Gladwell discussed the concept of a “default to truth” i.e. our fundamental reaction to the receipt of new information is to believe it. We assume that people (especially those in positions of authority) are generally honest.
We have witnessed a default to truth surrounding the B.1.1.7 strain of COVID-19, often referred to as the UK mutant strain. Journalists, politicians and even chief medical officers have breathlessly warned about it. Last week Brisbane and surrounds areas were locked down for three days due to a single case, and the federal government abruptly halved the quota of returning residents.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is in daily combat with counterparts in Victoria, Queensland, and Western Australia which all blocked off the state during the latest outbreak
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A massive police presence shadowed the bikies with a police marksman hanging out of a helicopter - as fears of an all out gang war grow in Western Australia.
At the front of the procession was four riders followed by a motorcycle carrying Martin s coffin, which had Australian $100 notes printed all over it.
The coffin-carrying motorcycle was flying the Rebels club battle flag - a US Confederate flag with a cap-wearing skull and a one per cent patch.
Ms Martin speaks at her husband s funeral at the same time that thieves stole $20,000 in cash belonging to her from a safe in a family friend s home in Rockingham