Australian Government messaging on Covid Vaccines

• Everyone is going to get vaccinated! We have dates!
• OK, we might miss some dates. But that's Italy's fault! They were mean and didn't let us have some of the vaccines we told you we bought, but never told you the manufacturers didn't have any hope of delivering in the timelines we told you.
• We're definitely going to miss the initial dates.
• We're not going to miss any more dates, because we're not setting any more dates, so we can't blow any more deadlines, because there aren't any more deadlines.
• There's no problem with the AZ vaccine.
• There might be a problem with the AZ vaccine, but don't worry.
• We've bought metric bucketloads of Pfizer for unrelated reasons, but AZ is safe.
• Nobody under the age of 50 is allowed to have AZ. You guys should wait for Pfizer. But for everyone else, AZ is safe. Totally safe.
• Pay no attention to the people who had that reaction. Everything's under control. We're distributing the vaccine to GPs, because it's all about small business.
• No, 50 doses per week for a GPs office is a perfectly adequate number. The states shouldn't even bother opening mass vaccination centers.
• We'll be vaccinated by October. Or the end of the year. Or 2023. There is no contradiction.
• Yeah, sure, people should probably be going to the mass vaccination centers which were totally our idea.
• No, we haven't got enough Pfizer yet.
• Why aren't you lining up for AZ?
• I mean, if you want to wait for Pfizer, you can.
• But you should take AZ now.
• Except you: you can't have AZ. You have to wait for Pfizer. AZ is dangerous.
• Seriously, why aren't people lining up around the block for AZ?
• I blame the media.

I don't blame anyone who doesn't feel safe taking AZ. That said, I would totally take AZ right now it that were an option, which I am being yelled at by the government is 1) not an option, and at the same time 2) I should be ashamed for not taking the AZ vaccine they're telling me I'm not allowed to have.