Stunning pace of vaccine uptake in Victoria now.
At current rate (1st doses up 1.4%/week in NSW, 2.5%/week in Vic) it's conceivable that Victoria's coverage even moves ahead of NSW next month.
A month ago they were 10 percentage points behind.
At current rate (1st doses up 1.4%/week in NSW, 2.5%/week in Vic) it's conceivable that Victoria's coverage even moves ahead of NSW next month.
A month ago they were 10 percentage points behind.
I very rarely say "x shouldn't be politicized". Most things should be politicized, and there's been lots of genuine failings worthy of criticism around Australia's handling of Covid. But this is why I most hate all this interstate rivalry nonsense.
The sheer volume of bad-faith sniping that has gone on has been mind-boggling, and profoundly dispiriting. Every time I saw some shift in the infection or vaccine data attributed to Dictator Dan or Corrupt Gladys my heart sank.
Every state has made heroic efforts against an exceptional, once-in-a-century pandemic. There's plenty of criticism to go around but I think we should celebrate what we've achieved and continue to achieve.
When I write that NSW or Vic's vaccine uptake is going well, that's a tribute to the citizens who turned up to get their doses. I wish people wouldn't keep confusing those individuals with political leaders they may not even have voted for.
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