I think we just have to be a little careful with some of the generalisations.
I'd hazard a guess that the majority of LNP voting/Right wing leaning/Christian folk in NSW have been double jabbed.
Other states will no doubt follow suit...there's nothing like an outbreak to bump the vaccination rate.
I have two friends who are lay preachers (Uniting church) and they're amongst the most fervent supporters of vaccination, so it's not a religious thing either. Among friends and family the majority of practicing religious folk have had at least one dose.
We're talking a miniscule amount of actual dissenters (less than 7% and decreasing in NSW) who are refusing to be vaccinated.
Add a bit more for those for whom vaccination is not recommended.
Half or more non-vaxxed have genuine (in their minds) reasons for doing so, nothing to do with their political leanings.
Many of those may get sick and be hospitalised...and gain a natural immunity (and likely be converted as they experience the full effects of the disease.)
I suspect we're arguing a position that has already been weighed, measured and found completely acceptable to the majority of Australians.
They're happy to be vaccinated.
Full disclosure, rubbery figures over the top restrictions....there may be elements of all that, but in any war the first casualty is truth and the worst possible time to try and sort that out is in the middle of the battle where the focus should be on the enemy...the disease.
I'd hazard a guess that the majority of LNP voting/Right wing leaning/Christian folk in NSW have been double jabbed.
Other states will no doubt follow suit...there's nothing like an outbreak to bump the vaccination rate.
I have two friends who are lay preachers (Uniting church) and they're amongst the most fervent supporters of vaccination, so it's not a religious thing either. Among friends and family the majority of practicing religious folk have had at least one dose.
We're talking a miniscule amount of actual dissenters (less than 7% and decreasing in NSW) who are refusing to be vaccinated.
Add a bit more for those for whom vaccination is not recommended.
Half or more non-vaxxed have genuine (in their minds) reasons for doing so, nothing to do with their political leanings.
Many of those may get sick and be hospitalised...and gain a natural immunity (and likely be converted as they experience the full effects of the disease.)
I suspect we're arguing a position that has already been weighed, measured and found completely acceptable to the majority of Australians.
They're happy to be vaccinated.
Full disclosure, rubbery figures over the top restrictions....there may be elements of all that, but in any war the first casualty is truth and the worst possible time to try and sort that out is in the middle of the battle where the focus should be on the enemy...the disease.