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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dimorphic continuum is mashed into a
binary categorisation. Some pretty shitty treatment of people who might not be close to one of the poles, when only transwomen are supposed to be treated shittily.
The earth has two geographic poles. But almost nobody is at the north pole or the south pole .
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are you saying that you believe sex is a spectrum that sits between two poles?
By all means talk about the fairness with Semenya. I haven t looked at her situation closely so would be interested to hear ideas on how it can be resolved. But intersex and trans people aren t the same, so I m just not sure what that has to do with opening up women s sports to males. If you want to make a case for desegregating sport by sex, please do. Otherwise as far as I can see the argument is that some males should be allowed to compete against any and all females, irrespective of fairness to women. Understandably, a lot of women aren t too happy about that.
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Aussie Govt spending $24m to convince people to get COVID vaccine, but will it work? Newshub 28/01/2021
By Jessica Kaufman for The Conversation
The federal government s A$23.9 million COVID-19 vaccination information campaign, launched yesterday, aims to reassure the public about vaccine safety and effectiveness. It will also provide information about the vaccine rollout.
We ve only just started to see the campaign materials appearing online, but the government also promises other communication formats, such as print, radio and outdoor advertising.
Australia has never undertaken a vaccination program of this scale, and effective communication will be crucial to its success.
So here s the $24 million question: will this communication campaign work? Vaccine and public health communication research provide some useful insights.
Toking takes toll
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More bad news for pot tokers: a study led by the University of Queensland (UQ) has found that regular cannabis use has harmful effects regardless of the age a person starts using it.
The study examined people who began regular cannabis use in high school or in their early 20s, and compared both with non-users. Lead author Gary Chan, from UQ’s National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research, says the results linked regular cannabis use with negative life outcomes by age 35.
“Compared to non-users, regular cannabis users were more likely to engage in high-risk alcohol consumption, smoke tobacco, use other illicit drugs and not be in a relationship at age 35,” says Chan.