#auspol #covid19 the world already struggled with anti-vaxxers. Imagine the damage that's been done to future…

#auspol #covid19 the world already struggled with anti-vaxxers. Imagine the damage that's been done to future vaccination campaigns by the persistence with a clearly risky product, which has traumatised and infuriated even those strongly pro-vax. 1/3 https://t.co/mDTatE9R29

Experts have often got behind the AZ shot because they fear the pandemic will otherwise overwhelm us. But there was another option, to collectively pressure governments to increase and strengthen other public health measures. 2/3

As it is they've given support to the economic forces in our societies that want to use vaccines as a way to bypass ongoing public health action. And in the process possibly critically damaged long-term faith in vaccines. 3/3