I put on the record my concern that the Government is continuing to rest its entire public health protection response to COVID 19 on vaccines.
Health department data reveals almost 40 per cent of primary school-aged children have not had a single COVID-19 vaccination and half have not had a booster.
Yesterday, Tasmania recorded 900 new COVID-19 cases, 51 people are in hospital and case numbers there have been high for over a month.
We have entered the age of COVID-19 denialism. If you want any evidence of that, just have a look around, have a look around this building.
Mr Speaker, we are at a critical juncture in Australia and around the world. The COVID 19 pandemic is not over.
Today’s announcement that Covid close contact restrictions will be dropped is irresponsible and potentially harmful.
Risdon Prison is overcrowded and understaffed, and now they are battling mass outbreaks of Coronavirus and staff absences.
Today Tasmania’s Covid case count is over 100,000. In real terms, that means about 1 in 5 Tasmanians has been infected.
Today’s 2,472 Covid case count is another record high, and Tasmania now has almost 12,000 active cases.
Those of us who are wearing masks all the time, we just do not want to catch COVID 19.
