❓ Question regarding global vaccination rates, specifically 90% target, and its achievability in WA, prompting a response comparing successful and unsuccessful jurisdictions and defending WA's border strategy.
AnsweredQoN 498Legislative Assembly
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CORONAVIRUS
— VACCINATIONS — BORDER RESTRICTIONS
498. Ms M.J. DAVIES to the Minister for Health:
I have a supplementary question. Has any jurisdiction in the
world reached 90 per cent vaccination, and does the minister have evidence that
that rate is achievable in Western Australia; and, if so, will he table the
advice that has been provided on that basis?
Ms R. Saffioti interjected.
The SPEAKER : The Minister for Health—not
transport, health.
— VACCINATIONS — BORDER RESTRICTIONS
498. Ms M.J. DAVIES to the Minister for Health:
I have a supplementary question. Has any jurisdiction in the
world reached 90 per cent vaccination, and does the minister have evidence that
that rate is achievable in Western Australia; and, if so, will he table the
advice that has been provided on that basis?
Ms R. Saffioti interjected.
The SPEAKER : The Minister for Health—not
transport, health.
AnswerView source ↗
Madam Speaker, there are some great examples of countries and
jurisdictions that have done a great job of immunising
their community, such as Israel. There are also some examples of jurisdictions
that have absolutely failed their people, such as the Brazilian
government and the New South Wales government. So, yes, there are examples of countries that have got up to around a 90 per
cent vaccination rate. One of those is Israel. Israel continues to have disease and continues to have death and it continues to have public health
social measures. Those are all the issues that we need to consider. Israel has
a very high level of vaccination, but it still has lots of precautious and
deliberate public health social measures to keep its people safe. In Western Australia,
the fortunate nature of our geographical positioning means that we can keep
people safe with strong borders, we can keep people in work, we can keep our
economy growing and we can stop people dying. That is what the Premier is
trying to achieve.
jurisdictions that have done a great job of immunising
their community, such as Israel. There are also some examples of jurisdictions
that have absolutely failed their people, such as the Brazilian
government and the New South Wales government. So, yes, there are examples of countries that have got up to around a 90 per
cent vaccination rate. One of those is Israel. Israel continues to have disease and continues to have death and it continues to have public health
social measures. Those are all the issues that we need to consider. Israel has
a very high level of vaccination, but it still has lots of precautious and
deliberate public health social measures to keep its people safe. In Western Australia,
the fortunate nature of our geographical positioning means that we can keep
people safe with strong borders, we can keep people in work, we can keep our
economy growing and we can stop people dying. That is what the Premier is
trying to achieve.
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