State warned of ‘huge risk’ to vulnerable people

NSW risks setting a national reopening precedent that leaves vulnerable people behind, with social services groups warning the double vaccination target of 70 per cent could mask inequity in low-income communities.

ACOSS chief executive Cassandra Goldie and her NSW counterpart Joanna Quilty on Saturday wrote to Premier Gladys Berejiklian urgently seeking vaccination data by income. “Even in the most affluent areas, you will often find pockets of disadvantage,” she said, acknowledging extensive work was being done to reach vulnerable communities.

“As Dr Chant highlighted, people on low incomes and with great vulnerabilities live everywhere across our communities,” Ms Goldie told the“Which groups are being left behind? Has data been gathered? If it has, it needs to be released”.Ms Goldie said ACOSS could not support a recovery road map that does not specify vaccination assurances for vulnerable groups.

Ms Berejiklian said, in future, she would front the media when she needs to announce a major milestone, “or when I feel I need to be accountable,” conceding the next two months will be the most challenging. Health authorities have also expressed concern about numbers increasing on the Central Coast and in the Illawarra, while there are 74 inmates with COVID-19 at Silverwater Correctional Complex.

LucyCormack 70% mark should be complete vaccination w/ 2 jabs. In US we are 70% with single jab and rates and deaths are still rising. May want to consider 80%. Seeming as how if people are left to their own decisions they are influenced by no maskers, no vaxxers and conspiracy nutters.

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LucyCormack The only sensible leader in Australia. You cant live in a cocoon forever. The whole world is laughing at Australia & its leaders.

LucyCormack so somehow going to get a free vaccine via a free medical system (Medicare) is a disadvantage for some, do they want free transport there as well? , no wait, you can get that as well, perhaps we should pay them for their time.

LucyCormack Gladys to release the covid19 vaccinated zombies.

LucyCormack She doesn’t care.

LucyCormack ⚠️⚠️⚠️ URGENT - PLEASE DO IT IF YOU HAVENT ALREADY DONE SO ⚠️⚠️⚠️ If about 25% of the population remove access to the government on our immunization register it will make the vaccines passport unworkable. 🔥

LucyCormack What does a low income have to do with not getting a vaccine? Aren’t they free? 😂

LucyCormack the FEDERATION needs another contract writer....

LucyCormack The vaccine is free. What’s the problem

LucyCormack All with the approval of the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTTMORRISONMP and MURDOCH.

LucyCormack A pandemic of the unvaccinated is a pandemic of the poor and uneducated. We need $$ incentives to get that demographic over the line. Nothing else will do it.

LucyCormack The language in this article is misleading. NSW is not ‘opening’ at 70% vaxed but rather some restrictions are easing for the fully vaccinated. This is a highly conservative plan by world standards and every effort should be made to support vaccination across income brackets.

LucyCormack Laudable, but presumably ACOSS’s members are in the best possible position to advocate and push for vaccination in the groups they serve? There’s no supply constraint

LucyCormack When has GladysB and ScottMorrisonMP worried about the vulnerable COVID19 auspol insiders

LucyCormack I hope no one is surprised.

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