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Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon, who toured CSL's laboratories on Thursday, urged Australians to contact their GPs from September 30 to access the vaccine.
"We are urging all Australians particularly who are aged 10 and over to consider being vaccinated," she told reporters.
Source: news.ninemsn.com.au...
Originally posted by smilinggrandma
O my gosh!!!! Please think for a minute!!!...OF COURSE AT THE BEGINNING IT WILL BE VOLUNTARY!!!! THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH VACCINE TO MAKE IT MANDITORY RIGHT OFF THE BAT!!! They will get the millions of 'volunteers' first...THEN they will go after the die hards....that's when it will be mandatory....Think people THINK!!!!!!!
Originally posted by smilinggrandma
O my gosh!!!! Please think for a minute!!!...OF COURSE AT THE BEGINNING IT WILL BE VOLUNTARY!!!! THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH VACCINE TO MAKE IT MANDITORY RIGHT OFF THE BAT!!! They will get the millions of 'volunteers' first...THEN they will go after the die hards....that's when it will be mandatory....Think people THINK!!!!!!!
Originally posted by starwarsisreal
reply to post by captaintyinknots
But in Los Angeles no one cared since there since there is no vaccinations
Originally posted by AmethystSD
OP, it isn't mandatory yet, but that doesn't mean it won't be later. I hope you are right, and it won't become mandatory, but it would be foolish to assume just because it isn't yet mandatory, that it won't ever be.
I am curious as to why you are ticked off at people who are concerned.
Australia is not exactly looked upon by other nations as a leader to be followed....just because they do something means absolutely zero in terms of what other nations will do.
Originally posted by tauristercus
reply to post by captaintyinknots
Australia is not exactly looked upon by other nations as a leader to be followed....just because they do something means absolutely zero in terms of what other nations will do.
Sure, I tend to agree with you that Oz is not one of the main super powers, but still interesting to consider that Australia was one of the 1st countries to support in an ongoing role, America's war on terrorism and that lately, we seem to be in the process of developing a more visible "presence" on the world stage, especially here in the Asia-Pacific region.
But for the global "forced" vaccination to be effective and staged, it would require some kind of high level collusion between the major governments of the world ... and that would automatically involve the Australian government. So if being the 1st country to offer swine flu vaccinations on a voluntary basis, this would indicate that if there IS such a global plan in effect, that voluntary vaccination must be a major component of such a plan.
But as I mentioned in a previous post, offering a voluntary vaccination only to later enforce a forced vaccination program is logically inefficient and ludicrous.
If it's voluntary to start of with, most likely it will remain voluntary.
And if it's voluntary ... therefore, NO CONSPIRACY.
[edit on 28/9/09 by tauristercus]
Originally posted by captaintyinknots
Originally posted by tauristercus
reply to post by captaintyinknots
I was not trying to put Australia down-in fact, I love the place. But as they go does not mean the rest the world will follow.
Bringing up Australia's backing of the war on terror does not make australia look good....
And, while you all are building a place on the grand stage, you are nowhere near being an influential player....
However, did you consider that perhaps Australia is the testing ground to see whether or not people will WANT the vaccine? Small enough population to be able to make available enough vaccine for everyone, but big and diverse enough to give you a microcosm of what the people of a place such as, I dont know, AMERICA might react?
I'll bet a buffalo nickel that if the numbers of people willingly taking the vaccine in Australia are low, other countries WILL make it mandatory.
Originally posted by kmclhb
In the town i live in (in South Australia), there are two medical centres. One of them is completely booked out for the entire month of October and most of November due to people getting their Swine Flu shots.
[edit on 2-10-2009 by kmclhb]