In a conference call with constituents this week, he talked about placing restrictions on Australians who don’t get the shot that would see them banned from restaurants and bars.
His remarks can be heard in audio obtained by the Daily Mail Australia. When one fully vaccinated voter expressed his frustration during the conference call at being in lockdown despite getting the vaccine and said he felt more Australians would get the shot if businesses could open only to fully vaccinated patrons, Morrison agreed that it was something that should be considered when more of the population is vaccinated.
He said: “When we have such a large unvaccinated population and particularly when we’ve got an outbreak of the Delta variant, and we’re getting increasing evidence to show it’s more probably damaging to people’s health, that could move through the unvaccinated population very quick and could even come from people who are vaccinated.”
He added: “When we get our vaccination levels a lot higher, I agree with you, and I think there should be those advantages to those who have done that and taken the opportunity.”
However, it appears that he is not staying on top of the latest research – or is choosing to ignore it – as he said: “Because if you’re vaccinated, you’re less of a public health risk than you are to someone who’s unvaccinated.”
This week, data from the CDC showed that the Delta variant of coronavirus is equally contagious, regardless of whether it is contracted by a person who is vaccinated or unvaccinated. In other words, all people are equally capable of passing this virus on to others.
So far, just 17 percent of Australians aged 16 and older are fully vaccinated. Morrison has said that lockdowns may become more targeted when 70 percent of the country is vaccinated, something he thinks may happen by the end of this year....<<<Read More>>>...
