Steven Rivett

Guests should be sure of their facts when commenting on the vaccine rollout. Comments on the fact that Australia is now regarded as an example of how “not to do it” and using examples like the UK and how things have returned to normal after a successful vaccine roll out is very misleading. There were still approximately 31,000 new COVID cases reported in the UK yesterday with 34 deaths. Australia had 86 cases which included people in hotel quarantine and 1 death. Six of the seven states and territories in Australia are COVID free in the community. From my perspective, Australia is doing a great job but is a product of its own success with complacency setting in by the general public with a slow uptake of vaccinations by sections of the community and the anti - Astra Zeneca sentiment recklessly promoted by the media.