Health
Protection versus immunity: the great vaccination debate – Sydney Morning Herald
With so much yet unknown, the Australian government is prioritising the saving of lives over achieving herd immunity.
Our health authorities have chosen to use this particular vaccine, we now know, because we can access it and because there are no guarantees any vaccine available in the world will prevent transmission nor that such a thing can even be done for COVID-19.
If there is another outbreak in Australia, wide administration of AstraZenecas vaccine will save lives, health authorities say.
Given the uncertainty around stopping transmission, the government has prioritised saving lives with the goal of eventually…
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