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Scientists call for pause on AstraZeneca vaccine rollout – Sydney Morning Herald
The Australian and New Zealand Society for Immunology says the AstraZeneca vaccine may not be effective enough to generate herd immunity.
Given we have fantastic vaccines against this, I think it would be wise to not rely on the AstraZeneca vaccine for controlling the virus in Australia. But it could be used as a tool to blunt the effect of COVID until those vaccines could be deployed.
Professor Stephen Turner, president of the Australian and New Zealand Society for Immunology.Credit:Joe Armao
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