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Maintaining current rates of vaccination

The COVID vaccine rollout is certainly moving forward admirably. Authorities are predicting at this rate we might reach our 70% target in November and the 80% target by the end of the year

By Dr Linda Calabresi

Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

What will it take to increase vaccination rates?

We now have the target. We know we need to get up around the 70-80% mark in terms of vaccination coverage before we can start to think about getting back to some semblance of normality here in Australia.

By Dr Linda Calabresi

Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

Who’s up for a booster?

You might think that after the phenomenal effort general practice has put in to vaccinate the Australian population against COVID, that they’d be entitled to say ‘let someone else do the boosters.’

By Dr Linda Calabresi

Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

Report: Three New Estimates of India’s All-Cause Excess Mortality during the COVID-19 Pandemic

India lacks an authoritative estimate of the death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic. We report excess mortality estimates from three different data sources from the pandemic’s start through June 2021.

By Healthed

Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

COVID-19 Vaccinations: Should it be mandatory in general practice?

The vast majority of Australian GPs believe that COVID vaccination should be mandatory for all those who work in general practice.

By Dr Linda Calabresi

Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

Reliable information on COVID vaccine required for Aussie GPs

As millions of extra Pfizer vaccines arrive on our doorstep, information on the COVID-19 vaccine rollout remains cloudy.

By Dr Linda Calabresi

Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

How can younger Australians decide about the AstraZeneca vaccine? A GP explains

It has been a wild week for public messaging about the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine — baffling both for the public and for general practitioners like me.

By Dr Brett Montgomery

Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

Non-COVID vaccines in the COVID era

If you’re like the majority of general practices in Australia, you will be flat out juggling consents, documents and actual jabs be it AstraZeneca and/or Pfizer in the quest to conquer COVID.

By Dr Linda Calabresi

Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

GPs leading by example

Well, if nothing else, it looks as though GPs are ready to race through to stage 4 of the COVID recovery plan.

By Dr Linda Calabresi

Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

Under-40s can ask their GP for an AstraZeneca shot. What’s changed? What are the risks? Are there benefits?

Pfizer remains the “preferred” vaccine for Australians aged under 40, due to a small but real increased risk of a rare clotting disorder.

By A/Prof Nicholas Wood

Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

The Hard Sell

By Dr Linda Calabresi

Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

What is COVAX-19, the most advanced of Australia’s remaining local COVID vaccine candidates?

By Prof Paul Griffin

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Maintaining current rates of vaccination

The COVID vaccine rollout is certainly moving forward admirably. Authorities are predicting at this rate we might reach our 70% target in November and the 80% target by the end of the year

What will it take to increase vaccination rates?

We now have the target. We know we need to get up around the 70-80% mark in terms of vaccination coverage before we can start to think about getting back to some semblance of normality here in Australia.

Who’s up for a booster?

You might think that after the phenomenal effort general practice has put in to vaccinate the Australian population against COVID, that they’d be entitled to say ‘let someone else do the boosters.’

Report: Three New Estimates of India’s All-Cause Excess Mortality during the COVID-19 Pandemic

India lacks an authoritative estimate of the death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic. We report excess mortality estimates from three different data sources from the pandemic’s start through June 2021.

COVID-19 Vaccinations: Should it be mandatory in general practice?

The vast majority of Australian GPs believe that COVID vaccination should be mandatory for all those who work in general practice.

Reliable information on COVID vaccine required for Aussie GPs

As millions of extra Pfizer vaccines arrive on our doorstep, information on the COVID-19 vaccine rollout remains cloudy.

How can younger Australians decide about the AstraZeneca vaccine? A GP explains

It has been a wild week for public messaging about the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine — baffling both for the public and for general practitioners like me.

Non-COVID vaccines in the COVID era

If you’re like the majority of general practices in Australia, you will be flat out juggling consents, documents and actual jabs be it AstraZeneca and/or Pfizer in the quest to conquer COVID.

GPs leading by example

Well, if nothing else, it looks as though GPs are ready to race through to stage 4 of the COVID recovery plan.

Under-40s can ask their GP for an AstraZeneca shot. What’s changed? What are the risks? Are there benefits?

Pfizer remains the “preferred” vaccine for Australians aged under 40, due to a small but real increased risk of a rare clotting disorder.

The Hard Sell

What is COVAX-19, the most advanced of Australia’s remaining local COVID vaccine candidates?

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The COVID vaccine rollout is certainly moving forward admirably. Authorities are predicting at this rate we might reach our 70% target in November and the 80% target by the end of the year

We now have the target. We know we need to get up around the 70-80% mark in terms of vaccination coverage before we can start to think about getting back to some semblance of normality here in Australia.

You might think that after the phenomenal effort general practice has put in to vaccinate the Australian population against COVID, that they’d be entitled to say ‘let someone else do the boosters.’

India lacks an authoritative estimate of the death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic. We report excess mortality estimates from three different data sources from the pandemic’s start through June 2021.

The vast majority of Australian GPs believe that COVID vaccination should be mandatory for all those who work in general practice.

As millions of extra Pfizer vaccines arrive on our doorstep, information on the COVID-19 vaccine rollout remains cloudy.

It has been a wild week for public messaging about the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine — baffling both for the public and for general practitioners like me.

If you’re like the majority of general practices in Australia, you will be flat out juggling consents, documents and actual jabs be it AstraZeneca and/or Pfizer in the quest to conquer COVID.

Well, if nothing else, it looks as though GPs are ready to race through to stage 4 of the COVID recovery plan.

Pfizer remains the “preferred” vaccine for Australians aged under 40, due to a small but real increased risk of a rare clotting disorder.

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