#auspol no means no. First rule of consent. Sexual or medical. Vaccine 'hesitancy' isn't an ignorant public.…

#auspol no means no. First rule of consent. Sexual or medical. Vaccine 'hesitancy' isn't an ignorant public. It's a public having reasons for resisting something, and those reasons not being listened to. Their risk assessment is actually textbook, the expert narrative isn't. /1 https://t.co/xofKogB6L8

Broken record, when you factor in impact as well as likelihood, the risks from the AZ vaccine are medium. Not low, or tiny - those are likelihoods, minus impact. A medium risk IS hesitancy. Low risk is just do it. High risk is stop. Medium is, hmm, not sure. Hesitancy. /2

Seeing this situation as medium risk should change the national strategy. My hunch is it will continue to be paternalistic, won't consider the practical strategic consequences of a medium risk, and instead just try more ad campaigns to persuade the public, seen as a bit dim. /3

Only the public can defeat a pandemic. The first rule of all pandemics and public health. If you place your leaders and experts on one side, and the public on the other, it's game over. /4

There is no such thing as a pandemic expert, pandemics overflow all social and discipline boundaries. The public includes the leaders and experts. It's all of us, the only expertise to defeat a pandemic. Hesitancy is a clear symptom of us not understanding this. /end