Originally Posted by
layman
Just looking at reported vaccination rates, more than 95% in the 70+ age group in the ACT have received at least one dose (83+% Australia wide).
95% of ACT 70+ year olds should be double-dosed by mid-November.
Ever the optimist, why can’t all age groups reach a 95% vaccination rate?
Supply & the ability to deliver being the main limitations ... assuming we can get past ‘vaccine hesitancy’
a large cohort who do not want to get vaccinated are females of childbearing age. And more generally the young who the virus doesn’t effect as much as the elderly. While the overall US % was nearing 70% fully vaccinated, the younger age group was only 44%. And remember their experience has been a hell of a lot worse than ours in terms of deaths per million. So as our actions are heavily shaped by our own lived experience, it may be even more difficult to get our younger age groups up to the required 70% , 80%+