The bubble system is like sleeping with a casual partner. Realising that when you're intimate with that person, you're also sleeping with everyone else they sleep with too. So if NZ vaccinates all their population and opens up to other countries, what implications does that have to Australia? If the much anticipated Singapore or Japan bubbles open, then those countries open to others as well, what does that happen with the bubble with Australia? Singapore and NZ aren't going to consult Australia when they want to open up to other countries. What they may consider low risk opening to other countries may be high risk in Australia's view, the bubble has to pop and Australia becomes increasingly more isolated.
When SloMo say we're in no rush to administer vaccines, he's completely off the mark. As more countries open up with far superior vaccination programs Australia will get further and further behind and end up on the wrong side of the drag curve.
It's rather telling that where I live in the middle east (population 10 million), at least each adult has received one dose - 9 million doses given. Australia hasn't even reached 1 million.
So no, Australia can't wait.
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