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Locked down and fed up, Australians find their own ways to speed vaccinations

Many Australians feel betrayed by the government's sputtering vaccine roll-out.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

His cousin, Bash Mnati, remembered him as a “perfect man”. “He was so nice, he was so good, he never had any trouble with anyone,” Mnati told the ABC. “He just got married about three months ago and his wedding party was in two months’ time. He was a soccer player, he was a very fit guy. He used to always do sports. He never smoked, doesn’t drink.” The Gunners Soccer Club, where he played, also paid tribute on Facebook. “Ady was a true gentleman both on and off the field and will be greatly missed. Rest in Peace Brother.”

Vaccine hesitancy is still high despite more than 14million Australians being in lockdown with an epidemiologist describing the campaign against AstraZeneca as a 'baffling public health disaster'. An Essential Media poll found 41 per cent of those delaying their first vaccine shot were waiting for more Pfizer doses to be more readily available from September, following four deaths from the AstraZeneca jab. While Australia has plentiful supplies of AstraZeneca, just 14.1 per cent of Australians over 16 were fully vaccinated against Covid, as of July 19, despite the Indian Delta strain being mo...

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