Tuesday: new research calls for 90% vaccination rates before opening Australia. Plus: the pitfalls of online shopping
Good morning. The 2020 Paralympic Games begin today and we have stories from some of the 179 Australian athletes competing and all the information on how to watch. Plus plenty on Australia’s Covid vaccination rate and the debate over when it’s safe to reopen the country.
Australia’s national plan to end lockdowns once 80% of the adult population is vaccinated could result in 25,000 deaths and 270,000 cases of long Covid, new modelling warns. It predicts more than 10 times as many deaths as the Doherty Institute modelling that underpins the national four-phase roadmap. It comes as the Doherty Institute director, professor Sharon Lewin, confirmed vaccination rates of 70% and 80% would still protect Australia from “healthcare overload” even with a higher starting case load. Co-authors of the new report are calling for a 90% vaccination rate among all Australians, including children, and a 95% rate for vulnerable populations. Dr Zoë Hyde warned the new modelling showed it was “simply too dangerous to treat Covid-19 like the flu”. Changes in Pfizer access has led to 10,000 people a day cancelling or failing to turn up to their Covid-19 vaccination appointments in Victoria. The premier, Daniel Andrews, urged Victorians to show up for AstraZeneca bookings.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/aug/24/morning-mail-debate-over-australias-reopening-paralympics-begin-pandemic-purchase-regrets
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