Aussies increasingly willing to get vaccinated
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If Australians wish to avoid future lockdowns and restrictions, we need to get the nation’s full vaccination rate up to around 50% of the population, as has been achieved in the United Kingdom, Canada and several other advanced nations:
Australia lagging way behind.
As shown above, Australia is currently lagging well behind these levels with only 13.5% of the population fully vaccinated and a further 17.7% partially vaccinated.
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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness.
Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.