https://www.afinalwarning.com/489099.html (Natural News) A group of Australian scientists called on the country’s federal government to review its use of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. They argued that the jab is ineffective at generating herd immunity and has a low efficacy rate. However, the central government has rejected the proposal to pause the rollout scheduled next month.
The opposition Labor Party and some immunologists have called on the Australian government to procure additional doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines. Clinical trials for these two vaccines have shown that they have higher efficacy rates than the one produced by AstraZeneca.
Health chief defends AstraZeneca vaccine as some question Australia s COVID-19 vaccine strategy
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By the end of February, the first phase of vaccine rollouts will begin in Australia, but some experts are now questioning the choice of vaccines and the negotiations surrounding them.
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Questions have been raised about Australia s reliance on the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in the fight against COVID-19, with calls for the Federal Government to secure more doses of higher-efficacy jabs instead.
The criticism prompted the nation s former chief medical officer, now head of the Department of Health, Professor Brendan Murphy, to defend the AstraZeneca vaccine, telling 7.30 he would be very pleased to have it .
Australia's on-again, off-again approach to borders, bubbles and passenger caps is affecting confidence not only in tourism, but also international aviation.
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