While more than one million people in Australia have received a booster, there are signs the rollout is behind the pace - and that the third shot may not be your last:
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"With Omicron, what you have to combine that with is the fact that the immunity we have appears to be less effective.""So we need to get booster shots to get immune levels up to a place where they are going to be protective."Dr Cromer compared the use of COVID-19 booster shots with the seasonal vaccinations used to protect against the flu.
Australia has administered more than 1.5 million booster doses – or about six boosters for every 100 people. Australia though, has a higher vaccination rate, with 76 per cent of the country fully vaccinated compared with 70 per cent of the UK and 63 per cent of Israel. “We don’t want to panic the community, because we know the first two doses still does protect you from hospitalisation for at least that five months or so."
Doherty Institute immunologist Jennifer Juno said there were early signs the first two vaccine doses were not as effective against the Omicron variant.
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