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Health chief on back foot over vaccines – 7NEWS.com.au
Health Department secretary Brendan Murphy has been forced to clarify “dangerous” assertions that one dose of a coronavirus vaccine will offer full protection.
The boss of Australia’s health department has come under fire for “dangerous” suggestions one coronavirus jab offers full protection against the disease.
Brendan Murphy clarified his evidence after telling the Senate’s coronavirus response committee that one dose was akin to being fully vaccinated.
“Don’t you think it’s a bit dangerous for you to be sitting here saying ‘well one shot gives you protection’?” Labor senator and committee chair Katy Gallagher told the hearing in Canberra.
“Part of what…
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