COVID vaccination target behind reopening 'bordering on child abuse', AMA WA chief warns
ABCThe WA head of the Australian Medical Association has described opening up the country once 80 per cent of adults are vaccinated as "bordering on child abuse". Key points: Vaccination targets should include children, the AMA's WA chief says Vaccination targets should include children, the AMA's WA chief says He says opening up too early risks an unacceptable death rate in children He says opening up too early risks an unacceptable death rate in children The AMA's federal president says "Delta is here to stay in Australia" AMA WA president Mark Duncan-Smith said the federal government was relying too much on Doherty Institute modelling. "Going with 70, 80 per cent of only eligible adults is neglecting our children and bordering on child abuse." "Ultimately if we only have 70 to 80 per cent of adults vaccinated, that is only 56 per cent of the total population and it doesn't include our children," he said. "If we go to end lockdowns and restrictions when we have only 55, 56 per cent of the total population vaccinated and none of our children vaccinated, then we are going to see an unacceptable death rate in our children."