Posted on 10/20/2021 7:21:01 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The Australian government is planning to launch a population-wide COVID-19 vaccination booster program by 2022, pending approval from the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), the country’s medicine and therapeutics regulator.
The news of the plan comes as Australia reached the 70 percent vaccination milestone on Wednesday, which will move the nation closer to “phase B” of the national reopening roadmap, with more freedoms released.
The TGA and Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) are preparing advice on booster shots for the general population, with around 500,000 immunocompromised people having already started receiving boosters.
Health Minister Greg Hunt said he believes the general population can start receiving COVID-19 boosters later this year.
“Would I like to see it commence this year and do I expect it to commence this year? Yes, and yes,” Hunt told reporters in Canberra.
People in the aged care sector are expected to start receiving boosters from the second week of November, while Chief Health Officer Paul Kelly said those vaccinated at the start of the rollout would also be the first to receive third injections.
“They will be the first in line because they are now six or more months after that second dose,” Kelly said.
The third dose is likely to be either a Moderna or a Pfizer, with the latter expected to announce an eight-month gap between the second and booster dose.
Opposition health spokesman Mark Butler argued that health, border, and quarantine workers should also be prioritized for booster shots.
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You need another shot!
“Remember, kids! Ya ain’t vaccinated anymore until ya get yer boostah!” —Dr. A. Fasci
Which country will be the first to collapse into a war between the citizens and their government over the vaccines? Any country?
The opposition is arguing that they aren't forcing enough people to be poked. The diggers are so screwed.
pretty soon, it’ll be a yearly jab on yer birthday...
Phase S of the “reopening” is when they start operating the Soylent Green factory.
There, fixed it.
Remember, “science-following” Karen/Kaden: No matter how jabs you’ve taken before, you’re just a filthy, drooling, unvaxxed prole until you take Big Brother’s latest.
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