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Australia has a 'close to zero' chance of eliminating the Delta variant of Covid and it must quickly vaccinate with the AstraZeneca jab, a top doctor warns.
Professor Bruce Robinson, chairman of the National Health and Medical Research Council, called for a rapid vaccine rollout in the face of snowballing outbreaks in Queensland and NSW.
Professor Robinson believes all restrictions on the AstraZeneca vaccine should be scrapped as there aren't enough doses of Pfizer to go around.
A top doctor has warned that Australia has a 'close to zero' chance of eliminating the Delta variant of Covid-19 if restrictions aren't removed for the AstraZeneca jab
Bruce Robinson, the outgoing chairman of the National Health and Medical Research Council says the ATAGI ruling on the vaccine was 'wrong' and needs to be changed 'ASAP'
The head of Australia's top medical research organisation said the ruling by the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation was 'wrong' and needs to be changed 'ASAP'.
He is spearheading a 'second opinion' signed by some of the country's top medical practitioners, recommending everybody get AstraZeneca.
'This virus is spreading and there's probably no stopping it,' Professor Robinson told the Herald Sun.
He explained the vaccine got a 'really bad rap' and the ATAGI advice was only appropriate for a time when Covid outbreaks were under control.
The professor said he believed there was now a 'groundswell of of medical opinion which feels ATAGI's advice was wrong and that it needs to be publicly changed'.
He said this would encourage more
