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Some 94% of Australians aged 12+ have received two COVID-19 vaccine doses, but just under 60% have had a booster shot to date.
The Burnet Institute’s CEO Brendan Crabb says the low booster take-up rate is “extremely worrying”, and he argues that the emergence of the Omicron variant has made a third dose “absolutely essential”:
Burnet Institute chief executive Brendan Crabb said Australia’s lagging booster rate was “extremely worrying” and blamed the states for pursuing policies that had made people believe the virus was no longer a serious threat and that life could go back to normal.
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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.
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