Many Australians under the age of 50 would be happy to take the AstraZeneca vaccine if it were offered to them, despite a blood clotting risk that led authorities to name the Pfizer jab as the preferred option for that cohort.
There are growing calls to open up Australia’s vaccination program to ensure all doses are utilised, or to redirect doses now held back for people’s second jab so that more people can get their first shot sooner.
Rose Drover, a 30-year-old from Manly who works in science communications at a university, would take the AstraZeneca jab if she were eligible.
“The benefits to the people around me, including my family, far outweigh the extremely small risks,” she said.
“Even in the extremely rare instance I did experience the clotting, I wouldn’t regret taking a vaccine because I know how devastating it would be if COVID-19 took off again and more lives were lost.”
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