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A short history of vaccination campaigns in Australia and what we might expect with COVID-19 – ABC News
A vaccine has long been touted as our way out of this global coronavirus pandemic. What have previous vaccination campaigns looked like in Australia, and how might things go this time around?
Of the many things we take for granted about our modern lives hot showers, supermarkets, video streaming services perhaps none has had as much impact on our longevity as vaccines.
Back at the turn of the 20th century, the average life expectancy of an Australian baby boy was about 55. About one in 10 children died before their first birthday, many from diseases that are now controlled with vaccination.
Now, as a virus spreads around the globe that we have no existing immunity to, we’ve been fo…
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