Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jan 2021
Oxford vaccine chief says Australia can't afford to delay the jab's rollout
14 January 2021 - A key scientist behind the Oxford coronavirus vaccine has warned against pausing the planned rollout in Australia over concerns it might not generate herd immunity, arguing the proposed strategy would cost lives if the country were hit by another wave of infections.
In a strident defence of the jab developed by British researchers and pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, Professor Andrew Pollard said the focus should not be on whether vaccines stop transmission but rather their capacity to prevent serious illness and death.
