Aussies want to get vaccinated

It is heartening to see Australia’s vaccine rollout gather pace:

Daily vaccine doses increasing.

14 million jabs have now been administered nationwide:

Important milestone reached.

23.1% of Australian adults are now fully vaccinated:

23.1% of Aussies fully vaccinated.

Whereas 44.7% of adult Australians have received at least one dose:

44.7% of Aussies at least partially vaccinated.

However, Australia’s vaccination rate remains well below the developed country leaders, like Canada, UK, Spain and Israel:

Australia lagging the developed world.

The good news is that Aussies are increasingly willing to get vaccinated, according to a new survey by Newspoll, suggesting that the federal government’s 70% to 80% vaccination targets are achievable:

Only 11 per cent of adult Australian voters say they will flatly refuse to get jabbed, suggesting the country will be able to meet the Morrison government’s vaccin­ation target of 70 per cent vaccine coverage by December if supply is maintained…

The special Newspoll survey conducted for The Australian shows that vaccine hesitancy has fallen dramatically since the start of the year when 25 per cent of the population said they either planned to not get vaccinated or hadn’t made up their mind…

The poll, conducted between August 4 and August 7, suggests 86 per cent of voters had either been vaccinated or were planning to get jabbed compared, with 75 per cent six months ago before the Delta strain hit Australia.

A similar Newspoll question in February showed 17 per cent of Australian voters would refuse to get vaccinated while 8 per cent didn’t know.

An ABS survey released last month revealed similar results, with opposition to getting vaccinated falling to 11.4% in June 21, down from a peak of 13.4% in April:

More Aussies happy to get vaccinated.

C’mon Aussies, roll up your sleeves so that we can end lockdowns.

Disclosure: I am fully vaccinated with Pfizer.