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Fri Jul 30, 2021, 11:10 PM Jul 2021

How did Australia's vaccine rollout turn into a 'train wreck'?

What went wrong is a mixture of bad luck, politics, poor procurement decisions and mixed messages about the safety of one of the rollout’s key vaccines: AstraZeneca. According to Grattan Institute health program director Stephen Duckett, Australia’s vaccine strategy has been among “the worst in the world”.

“Shitstorm is the word of the moment,” he says.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/how-did-australia-s-vaccine-rollout-turn-into-a-train-wreck-20210729-p58dzu.html

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