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Speaker 1: Three sixty with Katie Wolf on Mix one oh four

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Speaker 1: point nine thanks to Joyce Main Darwin Well. Australia's COVID

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Speaker 1: nineteen vaccination program enters into another phase today, with people

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Speaker 1: over the age of fifty now able to get the

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Speaker 1: astroseneka shot from their GP and joining us on the

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Speaker 1: line to talk further about this. Palmerston GP Superclinics CEO

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Speaker 1: Robin Carl, Good morning to you, Robin.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Katie, Good morning to your listeners.

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Speaker 3: Lovely to have you on the show. Robin.

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Speaker 1: How busy are you going to be today with this

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Speaker 1: with the COVID nineteen vaccine going into the next phase.

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Speaker 2: Well, we're really hoping that our phones don't stop bringing

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Speaker 2: and that people book in and get organized to have

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Speaker 2: their vaccines done.

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Speaker 1: Now, talk us through who's actually eligible as of today.

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Speaker 2: So essentially, as of today, anybody over the age of

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Speaker 2: fifty can come and have their vaccine. People under the

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Speaker 2: age of fifty, the one A and one B criteria

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Speaker 2: still apply, so that someline workers or people with chronic

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Speaker 2: conditions that may put them at greater risk. But the

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Speaker 2: fantastic news is that if you're over fifty you can

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Speaker 2: come in and have your COVID jab and work with

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Speaker 2: us to make our community.

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Speaker 1: Say and Robin, have you already had quite a few

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Speaker 1: calls this morning people wanting to book in for their vaccine.

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Speaker 2: Well, we do actually have quite a few people booked in.

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Speaker 2: We've been quite fortunate because we're part of the Respiratory

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Speaker 2: clinic program. We were able to sneak ahead of the

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Speaker 2: game a little and start doing vaccinations for the over

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Speaker 2: fifties a week or so ago, so that the fact

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Speaker 2: that we now have the GP networks as well joining

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Speaker 2: forces with us to get everybody vaccinated who's over fifty

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Speaker 2: is so so wonderful because it means that we're just

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Speaker 2: that one step closer to getting our community back on

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Speaker 2: track to be part of the rest of the world.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and this is the thing.

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Speaker 1: There's been so much discussion really following on from the

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Speaker 1: federal budget being handed down last week about those borders

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Speaker 1: and when they're going to open internationally, and really this

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Speaker 1: vaccination program is just part of making sure that Australia

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Speaker 1: gets back on track.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, it's so critical and I think there's a small

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Speaker 2: risk because we have had such a wonderful approach to

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Speaker 2: the vaccine. Sorry, to the COVID nineteen pandemic. We've all

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Speaker 2: bands together, the communities across Australia have worked so hard

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Speaker 2: to keep everybody safe. There's a little bit of element

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Speaker 2: of people saying, oh, well, you know, we don't need

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Speaker 2: to be too concerned because we're all good here and

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Speaker 2: so we can wait to have the vaccine. But the

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Speaker 2: reality is the rest of the world is starting to

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Speaker 2: open up. We've seen the UK as of today, open

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Speaker 2: its borders to a number of countries, including Australia. So

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Speaker 2: if we don't get organized, and if we don't get

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Speaker 2: our population vaccinated, we really run the risk of getting

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Speaker 2: left behind. And we certainly don't want to see that

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Speaker 2: happen because it means all of the good work that

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Speaker 2: we've done keeping our community and our condomy going is

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Speaker 2: going to take a backward drive.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's such an important point to make, I reckon

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Speaker 1: and one which a lot of people will be thinking about. Robin,

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Speaker 1: Do you have any idea how many vaccines you guys

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Speaker 1: have administered out there at the super clinic at this stage.

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Speaker 2: Yes, we've vaccinated about a thousand people so far. Wow,

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Speaker 2: we really wish it was more than that, because we

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Speaker 2: have the capacity tory more than that. But we understand

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Speaker 2: that there's been so much focus on some of the

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Speaker 2: very very small risks associated with the astrozenic vaccine that

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Speaker 2: some people have been very cautious, and I just want

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Speaker 2: to take the opportunity to reassure people that this is

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Speaker 2: a safe vaccine. Yes, there is a very very rare

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Speaker 2: of chance that some people under the age of fifty

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Speaker 2: may have a reaction that's not particularly good for them

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Speaker 2: with the threat of a blood clot. But just keeping

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Speaker 2: it in perspective, we're all at risk of blood clots

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Speaker 2: every time we step on a plane. If we're smokers,

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Speaker 2: we're at risk of blood clots. There's lots of things

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Speaker 2: that create challenges for us with our health. What will

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Speaker 2: create a challenge for us in this instances if we

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Speaker 2: don't get vaccinated. So if you're over fifty, you're not

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Speaker 2: in the high risk group, you absolutely encouraged and supported.

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Speaker 2: You absolutely need to get your vaccine.

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Speaker 1: And Robin by the sounds of things, you guys have

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Speaker 1: got plenty of plenty of your staff out there ready

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Speaker 1: to go, So people need to roll their sleeves up and.

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Speaker 3: Get out and get vaccinated.

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Speaker 2: Most definitely, Yes, we've got four fully trained nurses who

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Speaker 2: are a very very expert in giving vaccines. You won't

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Speaker 2: even know that you've been jabbed. How good they are.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I got told that by my brother.

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Speaker 1: He recently had his and said he didn't even feel it,

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Speaker 1: which I thought was interesting.

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Speaker 2: And yeah, quick, it's efficient and you're in and you're out.

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Speaker 2: You wait, you fifteen minutes and then you're on your way.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, well that is good to hear.

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Speaker 1: And Robin, just inclosing to anybody out there listening who

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Speaker 1: is still feeling a little bit hesitant, what would you

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Speaker 1: say to them?

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Speaker 2: Look, I just encouraged them to talk to their GP

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Speaker 2: who will be able to explain to them that the

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Speaker 2: risks are so so so remote and so rare, and

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Speaker 2: that the risks associated with not having the vaccine are

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Speaker 2: so much greater. So, just to put it in perspective,

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Speaker 2: if you are unfortunate enough to contract COVID nineteen, the

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Speaker 2: risk of getting a blood clot is sixteen percent. That's

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Speaker 2: really high. So don't get vaccinated. You're going to put

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Speaker 2: yourself at risk. Get vaccinated. You're going to help our

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Speaker 2: community and yourself, get everybody safe and get our community

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Speaker 2: back on track well.

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Speaker 1: Robin, great to speak with you this morning. We really

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Speaker 1: appreciate your time. All the best to you all out

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Speaker 1: there today. I would imagine it's going to get busy.

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Speaker 2: I certainly hope so. And thanks for the opportunity, Katie.

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Speaker 3: Thank you.

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Speaker 1: That is Robin Carlvert, who is the Palmerston GP Superclinic CEO.

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Speaker 1: And just to repeat that, the COVID nineteen vaccination program

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Speaker 1: enters another phase today with people over the age of

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Speaker 1: fifty now able to get out there and get the

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Speaker 1: astrosenka shot from your GP. I know that plenty of

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Speaker 1: you who listened to the show have already had your vaccines,

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Speaker 1: but if you want to send us a message and

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Speaker 1: let us know how it's gone for you. Zero four

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Speaker 1: one eight nine, five seven, three six nine And I'm

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Speaker 1: waiting for my turn on waiting to be eligible.

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Speaker 3: I'm not quite there yet, but once i am, I'm

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Speaker 3: keen to go and get vaccinated.