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> Australia screwed up the vaccination strategy. They bought AstraZeneca and relied on a domestic vaccine that was being developed which failed in trials. New
by ajdlinux 5y ago
> Australia screwed up the vaccination strategy. They bought AstraZeneca and relied on a domestic vaccine that was being developed which failed in trials.
New Zealand also screwed up vaccinations by not buying AstraZeneca - as evidenced by the fact that they're several percentage points behind Australia and constrained by Pfizer supplies from overseas with no ability to rely on domestic or Australian manufacturing.
Australia ordered AZ from overseas, AZ manufactured locally, Pfizer, Novavax and now Moderna (as well as the UQ vaccine which as you mentioned failed).
- nl 5y agoThe issues with the non-AZ vaccines was that they didn't lock in early supply dates soon enough. For example, in June (which was already late for what was needed) Australia only had 1.7M Pfizer doses available[1] and now the PM is putting out press releases about obtaining extra supply from Poland[2]. Australia needed the doses in April/May, not September/October. [1] https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-09/australia-to-get-pfizer-covid19-vaccine-supply-august/100279944 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-09/australia-to-get-pfiz... [2] https://www.health.gov.au/news/vaccine-operations-centre-weekly-operational-update-16-august-2021-0 https://www.health.gov.au/news/vaccine-operations-centre-wee...
- ajdlinux 5y agoI'm not saying the Australian rollout has been good. I'm just saying it's been better than New Zealand.