Government details modelling behind national vaccination plan

The detailed modelling underpinning the National Cabinet vaccination plan has been publicly released, identifying young Australians as “peak” spreaders.

Labor's floated the idea of a $300 cash incentive to encourage more jabs in arms, but the PM says Australians are motivated by the knowledge vaccine saves lives Source: AAP

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• It had the grim task of working out the potential death toll in a serious outbreak.
• Once 50 per cent of the population get vaccinated, it projects there'll still be almost 9,000 deaths from the virus
• When the coverage reaches 80 per cent, it estimates the death toll will be over one thousand.

The Doherty Institute is the organisation tasked with providing scientific modelling for the government.

 

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