Vaccination should be an entry requirement for events including music festivals both as a public health measure and an incentive to get people immunised,Grattan’s Stephen Duckett says.Credit:Edwina Pickles
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has also flagged unvaccinated people will face tougher measures than their vaccinated counterparts as the country looks to ease restrictions.
“ ...[We] would have to have more restrictions on people who are unvaccinated because they’re a danger to themselves and others,” he said on 3AW on Thursday.
Stephen Duckett,director of the institute’s health program,said surveys including theResolve Strategic research commissioned by this masthead showed while the number of people saying they wouldn’t get vaccinated had remained stable,those wanting to get vaccinated as soon as possible had grown amid fresh coronavirus outbreaks.
This month’s Resolve Political Monitor showed 12 per cent of people surveyed were not at all likely to get vaccinated,down from 15 per cent in May,while those very likely,extremely likely,booked in to get the jab or already vaccinated rose to 71 per cent from 57 per cent in May.
To date,3.7 million people have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and 8.1 million have received their first dose.
Dr Duckett said the most important group to target was the roughly 20 per cent of the population that was neither here nor there about getting vaccinated – what he called the “moveable middle”.