Victoria and New South Wales could see coronavirus cases in their thousands well into next year.
But the risk to the community wouldn't be as it is now, with vaccination rates climbing higher every day. Epidemiologist Professor Tony Blakely told Today once the population hits double vaccinations of around 80 per cent, higher case numbers won't be such a strain to the health system. "Frankly, we're going to have to learn to deal with higher case numbers because we're probably next year going to have case numbers in NSW or Victoria at five or even 10,000 but so many of them will be vaccinated and it will just be mild breakthrough infections that the load on the heath services shouldn't be too bad," Professor Blakely said.
"But at this point in time, when we're sitting at 35 per cent double vaccinated, it's not the time to let go and assume health services can cope, we've got to get up to 70 or 80 per cent and at that point we start living with the virus in a more fulsome way."
ScottMorrisonMP I almost wasted 2 years of my life because of this clown.
ScottMorrisonMP wait what happened to Australia’s zero covid policy, lockdowns, ban on international travel, abandoning their own citizens for the past 1.5 years, & various other visa holders who are still not allowed to enter the country. Now after wasting all this time, finally aus realised 😂
ScottMorrisonMP Tell Anastasia and Mark that
ScottMorrisonMP He can. Once he has a plan for the country that the states follow to the rule. And no iporting of the virus anymore
ScottMorrisonMP We're doomed with this clown as PM. auspol
ScottMorrisonMP OMG I CANT BELIEVE HE JUST SAID, there is no need to close down, we don't close down for the Flu or any other contagious disease!! Can't believe my ears! He made shut down rules 18mths ago, he's dodging the bullet and putting all the blame on the states well,serve themselright!
ScottMorrisonMP Surely it's all these dodgy things they are putting into the vaccines that are causing the new strains? No fucking way would any clever person take it.
ScottMorrisonMP Freemasons want to reduce world populations! Is PM a Freemason?
ScottMorrisonMP A 33 year old nurse has to wait a month to get her first jab ! Is that the Scott Morrison plan!
ScottMorrisonMP They have a third dose in Europe now and mainly Pfizer and Moderna, not AstraZeneca anymore because it's less effective
ScottMorrisonMP Lies, lies, lies. They have new cases in Europe with all their vaccinations being far more advanced than in Australia. Where does PM get his info from
ScottMorrisonMP Agreed it is absolutely absurd if Scott Morrison is the prime minister & the LiberalAus are in power totally agree. Replace these corrupters of morals. AlboMP save the nation from this plague. I move that the liberal party, particularly the secret cabinet no longer be heard!
ScottMorrisonMP ScoMo has to standup now
ScottMorrisonMP Thanks for your show of confidence
ScottMorrisonMP On one hand he says I will support states but then says it’s up to those states to manage things, no responsibility from the Govt, no leadership! We need to get rid of coalition govt & back to 1st past the post voting. ResignScottMorrison
ScottMorrisonMP Only because Gladys 🤬
ScottMorrisonMP Wake up people, the politics of this is so thick you could choke on it. QLD and WA Premiers get out of the way and let’s get on with life.
ScottMorrisonMP Andrews had a chance to provide true leadership when asked about ending lockdowns at 80%, all he needed to say was 'that is the intent but...' instead he had to double down gloom and doom. Pathetic. Qld/WA Prem's doing the same. Oppose any idea from Lib's - we need some leaders!
ScottMorrisonMP First prime minister with no country joke
ScottMorrisonMP Ms Morse you gvm
ScottMorrisonMP He waits for Gladys to stuff up then backs her in as right to have gone late and soft because the spread was inevitable. Learn to live with acceptable death rates amongst elderly vaccinated and the 10% failure rates of vaccination is the plan now, false hope was only phase one😎
ScottMorrisonMP 80% of EVERYONE would work. Not 'of adults'; this is a virus that effects children too. Calls to open up early forget the very real mental health impact on COVID nurses - they will have to watch people die, same as in England right now. Our States are right to be cautious.
ScottMorrisonMP We need to hear this so called “best available medical, science economics research the world” from the actual experts, not politicians..
ScottMorrisonMP Should we now be bringing as many aussies home as possible through nsw? ScottMorrisonMP GladysB
ScottMorrisonMP What if the Doherty institute is wrong? What then?
ScottMorrisonMP 100% no country can eliminate covid. Let's open up once most are vaccinated. We must learn to live with this virus. Cheers PM
ScottMorrisonMP It’s not up to him. He has zero control over the premiers. The only one that is his muppet is GladysB . She’s an easy mark.
ScottMorrisonMP Kids can catch the 🦠 from 💉 people too! Vaxx people not only can catch the 🦠 after the 💉 but they can also infect others! Why is ScottMorrisonMP saying that to protect the kids parents need to be vaccinated!? Who looks after the kids when the parent dies because of the 💉?
ScottMorrisonMP Only started taling about reopening Australia as soon as NSW copped over 800 cases.
ScottMorrisonMP How dare (most) Premiers go against his wishes and actually do the right thing
ScottMorrisonMP For once he is right. He just needs to get the actual vaccines promised. Anyone who doesn’t want one can suffer the consequences. We have had enough case number hysteria. Vaccinate and open up.
ScottMorrisonMP Stop… our premiers will do what is necessary to protect us. Gladys stuffed up trying to please you! No one else should be expected to suffer for it! Enough is enough!
ScottMorrisonMP We've already seen that the States will ignore scottyfromqanon....and given WA Libs were all but wiped out of existence due to their 'open up' platform, I think he's totally misread the room. Incompetent.
ScottMorrisonMP Yip Covid Derangemt Syndrom is real
ScottMorrisonMP Read the DohertyReport Even at 70%80% they predict permanent masks 😷 and interstate travel restrictions 30%~50% of the time. ScottyTheAnnouncer has not read it. He says 7/10 want his plan. Put it to a plebiscite if he is so sure. Or better yet, take it to the polls. auspol
ScottMorrisonMP Give up the pro rich man BS Morrison, your gone come election day.
ScottMorrisonMP Great. Let the people of NSW continue to be the guinea pigs.
ScottMorrisonMP The deal 7 out of 10 Australians signed up for Scott was to kick off at 70% with case numbers below 30. It wouldn’t surprise me if all other States open up to each other but close their borders to NSW. I bet you will find 9 out of 10 people in those States sign up for that deal
ScottMorrisonMP Vaccine were promised by everyone for safety esp politicians,CHOs,Docs, Experts. Majority has taken it on board and obeyed. Now majority is WATCHING in disgust, the political fights splitting Aus like 2 cheeks of the arse. Let that sink in.
ScottMorrisonMP The question I ask ScottMorrisonMP you are now using the Flu as the example to why we should live with Covid. What % of the population get the flu Jab?
ScottMorrisonMP He is annoyed because lockdowns create pressure for government assistance and he doesn’t like spending $$.
ScottMorrisonMP This guy spends all the time in the world shitting on how the premiers are handling covid, telling everyone we gotta hurry get vaccinated… yet he is the one that’s fuked up multiple times in the last two years especially with the vaccine rollout.
ScottMorrisonMP Then build the quarantine facilities you keep promising Scott Morrison!!!!! Or is the media going to let you get away with another announcement!!!!
ScottMorrisonMP Should we have shut down the country when HIV hit the streets? Oh wait, let’s have pride parades instead 🥴👍
ScottMorrisonMP The self satisfied smirking is too much
ScottMorrisonMP Anyone who gives Morrison’s strawman arguments uncritiqued airtime is complicit in his tactics - no Premier is pushing a forever Covid Zero
ScottMorrisonMP I bet Scott Morrison does not have kids under 12. As a mum with 2 under 12 kids, I would like to ask govt to address the obvious no vaccines for under 12 issue before opening up.
ScottMorrisonMP EcOnoMiC ReSeArCh… 🥴
ScottMorrisonMP Full of hot air no premier has listen to what you have to say in 2 years. You have no power Morrison you’re all talk. Maybe the only way to get these premiers to start listening and start opening their states by you stopping their funding all together.
ScottMorrisonMP
ScottMorrisonMP PM and it’s Cabinet handled Delta virus so poorly and His asking how we can get out of virus when his government so as NSW government was worst ever. People dying and children are infected in thousands. He needs to wake up or just resign.
ScottMorrisonMP He's setting up a narrative that blames the states for not opening up before he calls an election
ScottMorrisonMP
ScottMorrisonMP He is right. Covid zero was meant to buy time for vaccines. Times up
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