vaccine anxiety

Scott Morrison assured us towards the end of February that there was no need for vaccine anxiety. However, events since then have heightened the nervousness rather than reduced it.  First there was the doctor who overdosed the vaccine. Then there was the squandering of precious vaccines that had been incorrectly stored, giving the impression of confusion and mismanagement. But the news that our first-choice vaccine, AstraXeneka, was associated with blood clots, and the government’s reaction to this, was confirmation that the national plan for vaccination was in serious trouble.

The fact is that, however many times we are told that the chances of us getting blood clots is extremely rare whereas the risk of getting the coronavirus is high, we can’t help imagining ourselves as THAT person who has the bad reaction.  Overnight we move from vaccine-hesitant to vaccine-anxious.