Understand Australia
Vaccine comparison guide to all Australians
Australia’s vaccine rollout was thrown into disarray last month when the advice on AstraZeneca, the mainstay of our vaccine program, changed. Extremely rare blood clotting caused the government to reduce the role of AsztraZeneca, focusing its use on those aged 50 and over. That left those under 50 more reliant on Pfizer, which has been the subject of intense global demand.
The new Moderna vaccine goes some way in solving the problem posed by the changed AstraZeneca advice. There is no evidence it is causing the kind of clotting seen in rare cases with AstraZeneca. Meanwhile, a potential concern for the Novavax vaccine, which Australia has ordered, given fears it will not arrive on time.
Now that we have known that Australians are secured with at least four vaccines to use. However, how many do we actually know about each type of vaccine and their effectiveness?
