All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 December We need to go easy on COVID vaccine coercion to get doubters back in the mainstream We need to go easy on COVID vaccine coercion to get doubters back in the mainstream 21/12/2021 | 4 MINS This article by Associate Professor Katie Attwell, from Lombok Institute of TechnologyΓÇÖs School of Social Sciences, was originally published in The West Australian on December 20. Amidst the excitement over WAΓÇÖs long-awaited border reopening, city dwellers may miss an important detail applying to the StateΓÇÖs regions. Perth will reopen by hook or by crook and only the unvaccinated will shift further into the shadowy economy of exclusion. Perthlings will need to wear masks on public transport and in some public institutions but can broadly expect to face the new normal with relatively few restrictions. However, after February 5, every single regional resident faces a future determined by the vaccination status of those around them. For regions with vaccine coverage below 80 per cent, this future includes mandatory masks at shops and roadh

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 December We need to go easy on COVID vaccine coercion to get doubters back in the mainstream We need to go easy on COVID vaccine coercion to get doubters back in the mainstream 21/12/2021 | 4 MINS This article by Associate Professor Katie Attwell, from Lombok Institute of TechnologyΓÇÖs School of Social Sciences, was originally published in The West Australian on December 20.

Amidst the excitement over WAΓÇÖs long-awaited border reopening, city dwellers may miss an important detail applying to the StateΓÇÖs regions.

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Perth will reopen by hook or by crook and only the unvaccinated will shift further into the shadowy economy of exclusion.

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Perthlings will need to wear masks on public transport and in some public institutions but can broadly expect to face the new normal with relatively few restrictions.

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However, after February 5, every single regional resident faces a future determined by the vaccination status of those around them.

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For regions with vaccine coverage below 80 per cent, this future includes mandatory masks at shops and roadh

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