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Experts unite to help get Aussies vaccinated against COVID-19
Image: The Australian Academy of Science is launching a campaign to provide credible information to Australians considering getting a vaccine. Source: Engin Akyurt / Unsplash; CC0
Australia’s brightest scientific minds have joined forces to urge Australians to get vaccinated, arguing COVID-19 is more insidious than the rare side effects attached to some of our vaccines.
The Australian Academy of Science has launched a public campaign, backed by the Australian Department of Health, to demystify the risks of vaccines.
The message from Australian Academy of Science member, Nobel Prize recipient and Burnet Institute Board Member, Laureate Professor Peter Doherty, who has helped lead Australia’s fight against COVID-19, is clear: “Go and get the vaccine. There’s nothing to be afraid of.”
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Follow RT on Australians have condemned a government commercial which shows a young woman in hospital desperately trying to breathe as a warning to get vaccinated, with many pointing out that those in her age group cannot yet book a jab.
The graphic ad, which is set to run in Sydney – the largest city in Australia, and the one hit hardest by Covid – shows the woman panting with tears in her eyes as she is hooked up to a respirator in hospital. “Covid-19 can affect anyone. Stay home. Get tested. Book your vaccination,” the ad concludes.
WARNING: Here is the GRAPHIC Australian Government #COVID19 ad to run in Sydney. #COVID19nswpic.twitter.com/6IXgBy7miw Karen Barlow (@KJBar) July 11, 2021