There will be harsh restrictions for the unvaccinated according to Chairman Dan. Ok, that assumes that the vaccines are magic bullets that will solve the Covid problem. Yet, as this blog has documented, there is growing evidence that vaccine efficiency wanes, so that constant booster jabs will be required. This could increase the probability of adverse effects. And as well, there is still the issue of breakthrough infections, where the vaccinated still get infected. So, the punitive scheme is not going to solve anything. That also supposes that the more minority view of a spike protein apocalypse, as championed by sites like Natural News.com is not true. If it is, it won’t matter either!
“Daniel Andrews has warned that unvaccinated adults will be subject to harsh restrictions – even as the broader economy reopens.
The Victorian Premier’s shift, aligning his position with that of his NSW counterpart Gladys Berejiklian, ends the race to achieve zero infections in the country’s two most-populous states as vaccination coverage rises significantly.
“When we get to those vaccination double-dose thresholds, as part of the national plan, the notion of a lockdown of the whole community is far less relevant,” Mr Andrews said on Friday after discussions with Scott Morrison.
The Prime Minister, speaking before a national cabinet meeting, said separately that the country was on track to return to pre-pandemic settings quicker than expected after the commonwealth struck a vaccine swap deal with Britain.
Australia will receive 4 million doses of Pfizer at the weekend, which together with vaccines from Singapore and Poland, will create enough supply for everyone over 12 years of age to be inoculated.
“This will enable us to bring forward significantly the opportunity for Australia to open up again under the national plan,” Mr Morrison said. “This really does break the back of (the supply issues).”
Health Minister Greg Hunt said: “The burden and balance of vaccination in Australia will have moved forward two months, from October and November to August and September.”
The equivalent doses will be supplied by Australia to Britain in December, he said.
The push from Mr Morrison and Mr Andrews to accelerate vaccinations came as Covid-19 cases continued to grow in NSW and Victoria. There were a record 1431 infections – and 12 deaths – reported by NSW authorities, while Victoria revealed 208 new locally acquired cases and one death on Friday. The source of 300 of the state’s 1189 active Covid-19 cases have yet to be confirmed.
Mr Andrews said he had spoken at length with Mr Morrison about the “vaccinated economy”. Once Victoria reached 70 per cent and 80 per cent double dose targets, “we will have opportunities to open a path in the Victorian economy to those who have been vaccinated”, the Premier said.
“What will become a bigger part of our response is a lockout of many venues for those who are not vaccinated … That might seem a bit harsh, but I’ve said this before and I will make the point again: I am not going to lock the whole state down to protect people who won’t protect themselves. If you are not vaccinated, and you could be, the chances of you booking a ticket at a sporting event, going to a pub, going to all manner of different places, will be very limited.”
Mr Andrews said work was underway with industry to pilot technology that would streamline venue check-ins with a check of vaccination status. He also signalled that Victorians stranded in NSW might soon be allowed to return home to quarantine, with new technology likely to be used to monitor compliance.”
It will be just too bad if the new Covid variants escape the mRNA net of the present vaccines. Then, all of this will need to be repeated. Forever, or at least until Australia economically collapses. Anyway, all the better for communist China to move in!