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ABossy's avatar

I agree with lowering the age asap. I'm satisfied with the research. There were no "short-cuts", only fast-tracking, plus we now have a massive cohort of vaccinated people around the world living well. I don't care that young people's covid symptoms are not severe, they can still be vectors and incubators of variants, keeping an evolving virus in circulation. I remember all the fear and misinformation around the HPV vaccine, but now young people get it without a thought. I hope these covid vaccines become as common, and soon.

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S.McRobbie's avatar

"Diverse portfolio of vaccines" has the stench of PR and corporate communications people all over it. Do our political parties forget how many of the electorate are also well versed in these very same dark arts? It doesn't persuade, it confounds.

I have a fantasy that after all this, our political leaders and their bureaucratic appointees are all graciously thanked for the hard choices they've made, are required to step down from their positions, and then barred from running for public office ever again. It seems reasonable to say you did your best, but it wasn't what was needed. Allow someone else a chance to do better, or even worse, next time.

None of the political class should be celebrated or rewarded for how this has been managed and most certainly they should not be allowed to spin a narrative that helps to further their agendas irrespective of political stripe. I am aware of the resulting loss of 'institutional knowledge', but as a citizen I am willing to make that tradeoff.

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