One of my favourite pages to refer vax-and-forget people to is the list of control guidelines for infectious…

One of my favourite pages to refer vax-and-forget people to is the list of control guidelines for infectious diseases, in NSW. Many members of the public are not aware these controls even exist, or that they’re applied 365 days of the year. /1 https://t.co/hEZMzhkW6Z

There is technically no such thing as a ‘sterilising’ vaccine, that prevents infection forever. Some work against infection better than others (HPV, measles for example), but none of them eradicate a pathogen on their own. They’re *always* surrounded by other controls as well. /2

Have a look at the list, measles still has a (detailed) control guideline, despite having what we often (incorrectly) call a ‘sterilising’ vaccine. These controls need to be continuously applied, every day of every year, by public health staff. The idea that we should get…/3

…vaccinated, and then do nothing else except get repeatedly infected year after year? You won’t find that in a SINGLE guideline listed here, for any pathogen. The fact we’re doing that for Covid is 100% politics, 0% public health. It’s a disgusting joke. 4/4