On Thursday another 42 Covid-19 deaths were reported across Australia. "There is a very large proportion of adult Australians who are eligible for a booster but have not yet done so, with many of these individuals likely to have waning immunity from their first two doses," Professor Biddle said. "The experience of the first two doses, particularly side effects, may also have made some reluctant to seek out a third dose."Īlthough Australia had high success nationally with the initial rollout - where 94.4 percent of people over 16 years have had two doses - the ANU analysis shows there is no guarantee that success will be repeated in the booster rollout. but rather because people either do not have that much information about the need for a third dose or because they have made a judgement that it is not necessary for them," he said.
"The findings suggest that booster uptake is not due to active resistance. Study co-author Nicholas Biddle says 65.4 percent of people surveyed confirmed they would definitely get a booster, compared with 71.9 percent in a survey conducted in October. In January, the ANU survey of more than 3400 adults found about four in 10 Australians - or 41.5 percent - had received a third dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.
It also found young Australians aged 18 to 24, Indigenous Australians, people with low education, and those who live in disadvantaged areas, are less likely to have received a third dose of a Covid vaccine. The survey conducted by the Australian National University shows less than half of all double-vaccinated Australians aged 18 and over have had their booster. Photo: Getty Images Australians are more hesitant to take up Covid-19 boosters now than they were when the roll out began last year, a new survey has found.īut the analysis shows it's not because of vaccine misinformation or resistance, but disengagement from information about Covid-19 among some groups.
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