Well this is encouraging...
Originally Posted by The ABC
Australia should maintain its COVID-zero strategy until 80 per cent of the population is fully vaccinated, including 95 per cent of people over 70, according to a report from the Grattan Institute.
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Ms Wood said with a concerted effort, an 80 per cent vaccination rate is "ambitious, but it is achievable".
"Our numbers suggest you could get to 80 per cent by the end of the year if a vaccine becomes available for children under 12 and we distribute that in schools," she said. "If we don't get approval in the next few months for that type of vaccine, it will take longer … we think certainly by the end of March 2022 is achievable."
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March 2022 if we don't vaccinate children in school - and that's assuming we can
get to 80% in the adult population too, something that seems increasingly unlikely if the surveys of the younger generations are anything to go by...
Loos like another 11 months on Leave Without Pay. Got the letter from Centerlink today saying they'd rejected my Covid Disaster Payment claim - apparently they don't recognize FIFO employees as being affected by the Sydney lockdown or border restrictions...
