Convincing vaccine fence sitters crucial to COVID herd immunity
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In this life-or-death battle against coronavirus, convincing millions of Australians still sitting on the fence about the vaccine to get the jab will be critical to the success of the countryâs immunisation strategy.
Distinctly separate from anti-vaxxers and conspiracy theorists, the estimated 3.2 million vaccine-hesitant Australians are often naturally cautious but generally vaccinate their children and are largely receptive to public-health guidance.
Claire Thwaites is 22-weeks pregnant and hesitant to take the COVID-19 vaccine due to the lack of testing on pregnant women.
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Everything you want to know about the COVID-19 vaccine
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We asked you to put your burning questions about the COVID-19 vaccines to three medical experts.
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In a bid to shed some light on the COVID-19 vaccines, we asked you to put your burning questions to three medical experts Norman Swan (Coronacast), Sophie Scott (national medical reporter) and Kylie Quinn (vaccine expert from RMIT University).
Should we wait for a vaccine that makes us immune?
This one comes from Anne Thomson, who asks:
Is a vaccine that only makes us less sick worth it. Should we hold on for a vaccine that makes us immune?
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In light of uncertainty surrounding the closure of Australia’s border amid the global pandemic, and to ensure we can deliver a viable World Congress in October 2021, we have taken the very difficult decision to cancel the in-person element of this year’s World Congress that was due to take place in Australia.
This means that we will no longer be hosting the World Congress in Sydney and will instead hold a virtual-only event. We are extremely grateful to all of our partners, particularly the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG), the Local Organising Committee as well as Business Events Sydney and the government of New South Wales, for their effort in support of what would have been an incredible event in Australia.
COVID restrictions see more WA mothers turn to home births in 2020
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Just as the coronavirus pandemic forced cultural hygiene shifts in society, it has also changed how some West Australian mothers choose to give birth.
WA Health statistics reveal the number of women giving birth at home in WA jumped by 62.6 per cent to 304 in 2020. While most still gave birth at hospital – 6965 in private hospitals, 23,773 in public hospitals – those numbers were down from previous years.
Births at private hospitals fell by about 15 per cent, down by 1224, while births at the state’s 16 public hospitals decreased by 5 per cent, down by 1220.