ATAGI is the
advisory group, the TGA is the
regulator. Astrazeneca is legally able to be administered to anyone over the age of 18. Pfizer has just been approved for those over the age of 12. A false equivalency has emerged between what is
advised and what is
regulated. Technically doctors can inoculate those above the minimum age, but of course there's a priority for those who would most likely succumb to the disease should they get infected in among a very limited amount of vaccine.
The issue lies with the messaging and the very low risk of blood clots. The media rhetoric when the clotting issues first came into light was effectively that of you take it, death is a certainty. That reckless scaremongering combined with Government's non-existent campaign to take the jab has helped create the catastrophic situation the country is in at the moment.
At least the media's message is now changing to one which emphasises to take any vaccine offered, but make sure you take the due diligence with your health care provider before you get the jab. But some fear the damage is already done and we just have to sit tight until Pfizer supplies increase towards the end of what is increasingly looking like a long winter.
Message from the Government? Crickets.
Fuel-Off
