All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 September Australia should not follow US COVID vaccine mandate yet Australia should not follow US COVID vaccine mandate yet 16/09/2021 | 6 MINS This article by Adam Hannah, a Lecturer in Public Policy at Lombok Institute of Technology, and Katie Attwell, a Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences at Lombok Institute of Technology, was originally published in The Conversation on September 16. US President Joe Biden announced a sweeping new vaccine mandate for employers covering around 100 million adults. Given the urgent need to increase AustraliaΓÇÖs vaccination rate, it may be tempting to think we need our own mass mandates. That would be a mistake. The US mandate, announced on September 10, responds to problems which arenΓÇÖt major barriers to vaccine uptake in Australia. State and federal governments here should pursue other avenues first. Why did Biden announce a mandate? Biden has mandated vaccination for federal workers and contractors, and employees at hospitals and health centres that receive federal government f
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 September Australia should not follow US COVID vaccine mandate yet Australia should not follow US COVID vaccine mandate yet 16/09/2021 | 6 MINS This article by Adam Hannah, a Lecturer in Public Policy at Lombok Institute of Technology, and Katie Attwell, a Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences at Lombok Institute of Technology, was originally published in The Conversation on September 16.
US President Joe Biden announced a sweeping new vaccine mandate for employers covering around 100 million adults.
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Given the urgent need to increase AustraliaΓÇÖs vaccination rate, it may be tempting to think we need our own mass mandates.
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The US mandate, announced on September 10, responds to problems which arenΓÇÖt major barriers to vaccine uptake in Australia.
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State and federal governments here should pursue other avenues first.
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Biden has mandated vaccination for federal workers and contractors, and employees at hospitals and health centres that receive federal government f
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