As the Government announces when it expects a COVID-19 vaccine will be available to Australians, experts warn we still do not know enough to rely on the estimate.
Health Department Secretary Brendan Murphy said the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine was "clearly the most advanced" in terms of its scientific evidence."We're still waiting for the phase 3 trials, but this gives us very quick access to an onshore product," he said.
"My view is this, and I'm sure every other vaccine specialist would say the same thing, one thing you don't want to do is rock public confidence by finding out that one of these vaccines has side effects that are not properly tested out in phase 3 trials," he said."And even Putin, in Russia, has decided to do this.
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