While its absolutely true that #covid antivaxers have blood on their hands, its insufficient to merely blame them. This is a failure of government science communication. The most potent disinfectant against disinfo is good info. I havent seen any ads (granted I dont watch free-to-air tv) , any big announcements with clear information. Instead we've had ATAGI occasionally popping out of its shell to issue restrictions that even have GPs confused as to what they are even allowed to do. This isn't a new problem, Govt sci communication has been trash since the day #0 debacle with umming and ahhhing over masks (When has the science *ever* been unclear on respiratory viruses and masks?) and then ridiculously withdrawing astra zenica despite a chance of side-effects so low you where literally more likely to get injured driving to the clinic than you where of developing an az side effect. What that did is set off a flurry of antivaxxer bullshit thats never receeded. Even the mRNA vaccines, some of the most robustly tested and safest medications in history have millions of people literally believing all sorts of batshit conspiracy theorists. Antivaxers SHOULD be easy to defeat, they are relentless liars whos claims blatantly defy reality, and yet the government constantly loses the narrative battle against them. This is incompetent.
God help us if the birdflu goes full werewolf on us.