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Paul Karp

30 Aug, 6 tweets, 2 min read

Morrison: "...whether it was the hesitancy around the AstraZeneca
vaccine, that many shared ... but this government didn't share, I can assure you"

FACT CHECK: between 8 April and 28 June adults aged 18-40 WERE NOT ELIGIBLE for vaccines, including AZ. #auspol #qt

If the government wasn't hesitant about AstraZeneca- why didn't it use the ample wiggle room in the ATAGI advice to allow people to take it with informed consent?
theguardian.com/australia-news…

Why was there a late-night press conference passing on the ATAGI advice as if it were a fait accompli? Why did the vaccine horizons in June assume it wouldn't be used by October?
theguardian.com/business/2021/…

Where were the ads telling those aged 50 and over AstraZeneca was still their best option? And telling the under 50s it was still their choice?

Morrison only let people aged 18 to 40 take AstraZeneca on 28 June - after Delta had entered Australia and after NSW went into soft lockdown because it was clear we'd have months of community spread without enough Pfizer.
theguardian.com/australia-news…

The Morrison government were hesitant. They went ALL IN on AstraZeneca, then got spooked out of using it. Then three months later, they regretted it and just started pretending that the policy settings weren't anti-AZ, blaming ATAGI and Labor instead.

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