Logan and Bundaberg will host the first two hubs to roll out the AstraZeneca vaccine in Queensland from Monday. Frontline workers in hotel quarantine and healthcare workers will be given priority. The state has administered more than 8,000 Pfizer doses since the first shipment arrived two weeks ago.
Better test it on those poor people hey? Shouldn’t the inner city alarmists barking about this be the guinea pigs?
Just to be aware of end dates of this clinical trial.
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