Dear Banjo Paterson,

«It provides us with vaccines that were miraculously produced and approved in record time»

What?? ?? ??

Are you saying that vaccines were developed and produced by states?

COVID Vaccines were developed by scientists in laboratories and produced by commercial companies.

The states, actually, are the bad people who restrict and deny us these miraculous vaccines. Until recently we could not get them at all and the state still dictate where, when, which, how many and how we can get them. They do not let us produce or import our own vaccines, nor even to leave the country in order to be vaccinated elsewhere.

You say "approved"? But who ever asked them to approve my vaccines? I should be the only one to approve or otherwise what comes into my own body!

«For the past two years, we have been at war with an invisible enemy that ruthlessly and indiscriminately attacks our civil population and there is no end in sight.»

To be precise, the enemy indiscriminately attacks both civil and uncivil human populations.

Indeed, for the past two years, we have been at war with an invisible enemy - and they, the state, were in fact on its side!

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Dear Yuyutsu,

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You ask :

1. « Are you saying that vaccines were developed and produced by states? »
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That was certainly not my intention, Yuyutsu. Our federal government purchases them for the Australian population from various overseas producers and other sources. The government has invested over $8 billion so far in the national COVID-19 vaccine rollout. It has also invested over $350 million in vaccine research and development.
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2. « You say "approved"? But whoever asked them to approve my vaccines? I should be the only one to approve or otherwise what comes into my own body! »

Please correct me if I am wrong, Yuyutsu, but I don’t think you have any vaccines. The state has them and distributes them for administration to the public. But before purchasing any vaccines, the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is responsible for assessing them before they can be used in Australia. A vaccine is only approved if its benefits are much greater than its risks.

As I indicated in my previous post, it is the duty of our state and federal governments to protect the Australian population. However, at present, we are all free to decide not to be vaccinated if we so wish.

But, as I also indicated, we are at war with this invisible enemy, and the federal government could possibly decide, sometime in the future, to render vaccination mandatory – just as it rendered military service mandatory in World War II – as a last resort if it considered the circumstances warranted such a drastic decision.

We don’t have a lot of options. For the time being, the government respects our individual freedoms. The virus does not.

If you are not already vaccinated, Yuyutsu, I sincerely hope that you and the other members of your family who are eligible do decide to be vaccinated. In my opinion, it’s not worth taking the risk of serious illness, terrible suffering, and possibly even death.

Here is a link to the federal government’s website on Covid 19 vaccine purchases and approval procedures :

http://www.tga.gov.au/covid-19-vaccine-approval-process

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Dear Banjo Paterson,

I am saddened to see you too speaking like a robot, regurgitating the regime's official line.

Given that, I obviously wouldn't tell you if I managed to obtain COVID vaccines on the black market, for surely then you would dob me in and have police come to my door, arrest me and confiscate my vaccines.

Government is the enemy of the people of the land, so is the virus, both are predators, but the latter will eventually disappear while the former seems to be more perennial.

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Dear Yuyutsu,

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You wrote :

« I am saddened to see you too speaking like a robot, regurgitating the regime's official line »
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At the latest count, there were about 230 million people worldwide infected by the Covid-19 pandemic and about 5 million deaths. Every country is concerned, except for a few small island states.

It’s not surprising that there is a certain similitude in the analysis and prevention of the problem by the health experts throughout the world, both on a national level and globally by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

I do not pretend to be an expert on such matters, Yuyutsu, and it’s not in my habits to parrot anybody’s opinion or any “regime’s official line” as you suggest.

I do my best to get to the facts, follow the evolution of the matter and consult as many contradictory expert opinions as possible, before forming my own opinion.
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« … I obviously wouldn't tell you if I managed to obtain COVID vaccines on the black market, for surely then you would dob me in and have police come to my door, arrest me and confiscate my vaccines »
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I’m sorry you have such a poor opinion of me, Yuyutsu but please be assured that I can’t see why I should act in the way you imagine.
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« Government is the enemy of the people of the land … »
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That’s a very grave and sweeping statement, Yuyutsu. If you have any grievances about a particular government, I suggest you take the matter up with your local parliamentary representative. You can also write directly to the Prime Minister.

Government in Australia is democratically elected by the people. Local and State elections are held every 4 years except in Western Australia and Tasmania where they are held every 2 years. Federal elections are held every 3 years.

If any Australian government proved to be the “enemy of the people" as you suggest – but which I seriously doubt – the people could vote it out of office at the following election.

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