Greg Hunt (Flinders, Liberal Party, Minister for Health and Aged Care) Share this | Hansard source

To add to the Prime Minister's answer, the Department of Health engages in a myth-busting process in terms of its public information. We work exactly as he says with communities across the country. There is provision of material in multiple different languages. We work with SBS on that front. In particular, one of the things we have to deal with is medical misinformation. I would refer to the words of the esteemed Professor Greg Dore of the Kirby Institute: 'Anti-AstraZeneca-ism is one of the great blights on Australia's COVID-19 response.' Professor Dore is highly esteemed. Professor John Skerritt yesterday said that, if people hadn't been vaccinated with AstraZeneca in New South Wales, we'd be talking about deaths in their dozens every day. Unfortunately there are those who have spread material and information which does not accord with the highest standards. Quote: 'It feels like Australia is being short-changed with an inferior vaccine.' Quote: 'The issue, though, is that the rest of the country is going to be offered a lower efficacy vaccine, the AstraZeneca.' Quote: 'We're about to unleash 51 million doses of AstraZeneca.' It is the Labor Party's candidate for Higgins. (Time expired)

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