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The hardest word

'Let's get real' about how badly Pfizer and AstraZeneca's rollout has been stuffed up

‘Let’s get real’ about how badly Pfizer and AstraZeneca’s rollout has been stuffed up Crikey readers have much to say about how COVID-19, the vaccine rollout (or lack of) and their privacy has affected them over the past 18 or so months of the pandemic. And “omnishambles” has become the word du jour . Victor Ayers writes: Omnishambles would be putting it mildly, but as usual the government does what it does best: put spin on it and pass the buck to anyone it can think of. It seems not to take any responsibility for its actions. If it was in the private sector, it would have been removed ages ago.

Shots in the dark

More shots in the dark

More shots in the dark

More shots in the dark LIKE FINDING A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK Following several missed vaccine rollout targets, weird attempts to shift blame to the states, and concerns of vaccine hesitancy due to rare blood clots linked to the AstraZeneca vaccine, The news comes after Greg Hunt announced the government will not purchase the Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine out of concern it carries similarly rare but severe blood clotting risks, with Guardian Australia noting that US health agencies have officially recommended states pause administration of the drug. Unfortunately the global production target for Australia’s third option, Novavax, has been pushed back until the third quarter of 2021 due to supply shortages. Although clinical trials for the drug are still underway, the ABC explains that Australia has an agreement for 51 million doses originally slated for “mid-2021, at which point executives had said full-scale vaccine production could be achieved”.