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Expired Covid Vaccines mistakenly given to Tasmanian residents. · The Slippery Slope

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  head down low. Well, in Tasmania, Australia,
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  hundreds of patients have been given expired COVID vaccines.
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  Now you you might be wondering what's the issue here.
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  A pharmacy in rural Tasmania's administered expired COVID-19
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  vaccines, about 600 people over 2 years.
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  The state's health department said the issue at Yola Community
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  Pharmacy in the island's northwest was identified as a
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  review. The department's working with
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  the pharmacy. Affected persons will be
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  contacted by letter during the first week of January.
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  While getting an expired vaccine will not cause harm, it may be
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  less effective in protecting against serious illness or
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  complications from COVID-19 vaccine.
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  Yeah, so it it may. It will not cause harm, but
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  it'll be less effective than the vaccine.
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  That's not that effective anyway.
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  Less effective than a non effective vaccine.
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  COVID-19 The gift that keeps on giving.