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What did a poobah of public health just say?

30 June 2021

11:57 AM

30 June 2021

11:57 AM

Excuse me? Excuse me? What did Queensland’s poobah of public health (and governor to be) Jeannette Young say today? Really say.

There’s her headline remarks — that healthy young people under 40 should not receive the AstraZeneca vaccine because of the risk of blood clots but instead wait until Pfizer shots are available:

We are not in a position that I need to ask young, fit, healthy people to put their health on the line getting a vaccine that could potentially significantly harm them … I don’t want an 18-year-old in Queensland dying from a clotting illness who, even if they got...

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