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Australia’s Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine choice questioned as experts highlight ‘shaky’ science
Sitting in his home in New York, Geoff Porges is a long way from his family in Orange, in regional New South Wales.
In fact, during 2020, it has never felt further away for Dr Porges, a vaccine expert of 25 years and a director of therapeutics research at the one of the world’s leading healthcare investment banks.
And although he may be a long way away, this week Dr Porges made comments that reverberated back to his country of birth.
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