Sydney Residents Will Now Have to Register Their Single Bubble Partner’s Name

Re:Sydney Residents Will Now Have to Register Their Single B... by markdown on Saturday August 14, 2021 @01:21AM (#28178233)

> Vaccination rates are low, not because of an unwilling populace but because the federal government failed to source enough vaccines.

Australia has been producing the Astra-Zeneca vaccine, but having deemed it unsafe for their own people, they donated large amounts to developing countries while they waited in a queue for the Pfizer vaccine. Then the Delta variant showed up and the risk-benefit ratio of the AZ vaccine changed, so now all Aussie adults can get it if they choose.

It's funny because Fiji will soon have over 80% of their eligible population vaccinated thanks to the Aussies, while Australia lags far, far behind.

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Re:Sydney Residents Will Now Have to Register Their Single B... by pmkiwi on Saturday August 14, 2021 @03:00AM (#28178673)

Fiji overtook Australia at the top of rankings for Oceania so it is not particularly a great period for them either :/.

French Polynesia is on the rise as well but NZ is holding so far!

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Re:Sydney Residents Will Now Have to Register Their Single B... by markdown on Saturday August 14, 2021 @05:39PM (#28184150)

Yup, the 3 month delay between shots was/is a big problem.

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