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A comment on Australian Troops Will Help Enforce a Coronavirus Lockdown in Sydney, July 30. Parent comment

Re:Australian Troops Will Help Enforce a Coronavirus Lockdow... by mmerlin on Friday July 30, 2021 @05:32PM (#28012626)
Also Australian crony capitalism is rife (see the "Game of Mates" book).

The selection criteria for choosing AstraZeneca was their lobbyist being former Chief of Staff of the Liberal party.

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Re:Australian Troops Will Help Enforce a Coronavirus Lockdow... by dwd on Friday July 30, 2021 @11:06PM (#28014901)
Being able to manufacture locally was still a good idea but the thrombosis issue (and the overreaction) turned people off taking AstraZeneca, and there was no Plan B or C.

Governments don't have a lot of credibility to start with, so no one believes them when they say it's better than Covid - similar situation with the J&J vaccine in the US. Maybe a few more deaths and more lockdowns will turn people around.

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