Exclusive: Vaccine recommendations should also consider effects of long Covid on the health system and workforce, Dr Michelle Ananda-Rajah says
‘We don’t have a lot in our armoury against long Covid except vaccination … there’s not much else,’ Dr Michelle Ananda-Rajah says.‘We don’t have a lot in our armoury against long Covid except vaccination … there’s not much else,’ Dr Michelle Ananda-Rajah says.
“I am frustrated, frankly, that we have overly restrictive criteria and complicated criteria around vaccine eligibility.”Ananda-Rajah was a doctor at the Alfred hospital and a prominent critic of the former Coalition government’s pandemic response before winning the seat of Higgins at the May election.
Ananda-Rajah said current rules had upset those ineligible for extra vaccinations, noting countries like the United States offered primary doses for children as young as six months and boosters for all aged over five. Her submission warned Australia “faces a growing burden of chronic disease” from long Covid, recommending the government consider vaccinating children from ages zero to four, and expanding booster access.
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