Originally Posted by
dr dre
Actually WA
has pulled ahead of all bar ACT and Tasmania on total shots, and is second placed behind ACT on boosters, and a fair bit above NSW and Queensland on boosters.
I don't know where the ABC pulls its data, but yesterday's WA Health Dept figures show the following:
First doses: 98.6% (ages 12 and over)
Second doses: 95.1% (ages 12 and over)
Third doses: 54.3% (ages 16 and over)
The third dose rate has been increasing at a little over 1% per day. If that continues, then around 70% of those aged 16 and over will have received a booster by the end of the first week in March.
An article in today's The West Australian claims that hospital workers were told in a presentation by WA's health bosses that the health system is "preparing for a short, sharp peak in infections from mid-March". They supposedly claimed that "
West Australians are so heavily vaccinated against COVID that the State’s Omicron wave will potentially peak lower than anywhere else in Australia."
https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/wa-he...7#coral_thread