Health
‘No jab, no play’ the wrong approach to COVID-19 vaccine, doctors warn – Sydney Morning Herald
Doctors are urging governments to abandon talk of measures aimed at compelling Australians to accept a COVID-19 vaccine, saying the fast-tracked approval process will create a risk of harmful side effects.
“That does increase the risk that there might be rare side effects … that we just don’t know about.”
Asked if an approved COVID-19 vaccine would be added to the national immunisation schedule, a spokesman for federal Health Minister Greg Hunt said the decision would be made after advice from the Vaccines Expert Advisory Group led by Health Department secretary Professor Brendan Murphy.
‘Restricting travel or schooling for those who opt-out is a difficult ethical issue.’
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