newsGP - COVID-19 vaccines to move onto NIP
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The vaccines will no longer be available as a ‘universal program’ from 1 October, bringing significant changes to free vaccine eligibility.

From 1 October, free COVID-19 vaccines will only be available under the NIP for:

  • adults aged 75 years and over (one dose every six months)
  • adults aged 65–74 years (one dose every 12 months)
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 50–74 years (one dose every 12 months)
  • all adults aged 18 years and over with severe immunocompromise (one dose every 12 months).
  • budget_biochemist@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    27 days ago

    You can’t have all those things at the same time, mate. They’re mutually exclusive.

    It’s because scientists/medical staff and the politicians have different goals.

    Politicians want to “move on” from anything about COVID-19 because it’s an unpopular topic, and get rid of subsidies to lower budgets.

    The scientists/medical staff know that the threat isn’t over, they are aware it is still a priority, they want as many people vaccinated as possible.