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fourth COVID wave kicked off in Australia
Kerry Chant
The Guardian
Aussies under 30 wouldn’t get many benefits from a fourth dose/second booster
Allen Cheng
Sydney Morning Herald
. They’ll be tested by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) before being rolled out on December 12.
“This is an Omicron-targeted vaccine that has elements of the original strain of COVID in it as well as the BA1 sub-variant of the Omicron strain,” he said.
“ATAGI has recommended that the Omicron vaccine from Pfizer be added to the booster doses available or recommended here in Australia.”
The new Pfizer booster vaccine comes as a in November. Chief health officers around the country have urged Aussies to get serious about taking precautions, so it’s time to mask up in crowded spaces and do a RAT before visiting at-risk friends and family.
NSW’s Chief Health Officer reckons the peak will hit before Christmas.
“The wave is taking off with some trajectory, it will be quite a steep wave and hopefully the decline will be equally as steep,” she said per .
“There is a sense that the wave may well peak before Christmas and we may be on the decline [by then].”
Pfizer’s new booster vaccine also comes after ATAGI experts said .
“A 30-year-old who gets COVID is probably not going to get into any trouble with it as opposed to a 60 or 70-year-old,” former ATAGI co-chair and current member Professor said, per the .
“If it has been a long time since [an older person] got their last dose then we start to worry. A 30-year-old with … three doses will be optimally protected.”
So if you’re between the ages of 18 and 30 when this new vaccine is rolled out next month, it’s probably best to just check in with your doctor about whether you need to get the jab.
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