It seems clear to me that much of the vaccine hesitancy (discussed in podcast link below) comes from the ‘authorities’ in the medical community and government not wanting to discuss the adverse effects of the new mRNA Covid vaccines. The public is concerned that this issue is being avoided or even being 'swept under the carpet'. Suppressed transparency and inadequate candor about the pros and particularly the cons of mRNA vaccines engenders suspicion, fear and a lack of faith in vaccines in the wider community. This leads to vaccine hesitancy, not just for mRNA Covid vaccines, but unfairly for all vaccines, unfortunately.

I believe this podcast is unbalanced, due to author bias so that the advice given is more likely to encourage than reduce vaccine hesitancy The Australian Vaccine Handbook is described as the “Bible” suggesting disciples of a religion expressing their faith in the “safe and effective” mantra rather than in open scientific data. If they read more widely beyond the medical journals captured by Industry and reviewed social media (g Covers in Australis and React19 in the US ) they would be aware of the hundreds of thousands of reports of deaths and injuries blamed on the genetic Cvid_19 vaccines The high toxicity and low efficacy of the mRNA Covid vaccines are widely recognised in the community, but we are insulated from this knowledge by our blinkers We have ignored and gaslit thsee victims. Our Federal Courts have repeatedly failed to allow the hearing of medical evidence in cases of Covid vax harms, including a class action. Many RACP Fellows who have spoken out against the censorship have been silenced and deregistered by AHPRA /Medical Boards without a peep from our College. By not explaining the real risks and benefits of vaccines we breach medical law and ethics by not obtaining valid and true informed consent. It shook me to the bones when I discovered that NO scheduled vaccine (or combination of vaccines) ever undererwent a true inert placebo controlled study with sufficient numbers of patient and duration, monitoring all outcomes to establish safety and efficacy. There is published evidence that vaccinated children are less healthy than their unvaccinated peers. There is a strong association (not proven causation) of autism and SIDS with vaccination, requiring evaluation. We also ignore the facts of mucosal immunity - ie injected vaccines do not prevent infection and transmission of aerosol-transmitted pathogens eg flu, whooping cough, measles, Covid etc so injected vaccines only reduces the severity of systemic spread. In retirement, I do not provide medical advice, but I have seen amongst my cohort of family, friends and acquaintances, a terrifying number of severe Covid vaccine injuries and several deaths. Many are now totally disillusioned with Doctors and Medicine. They are insulted by our condescending attitudes and are now lost to us. I am NOT an "anti-vaxxer" but I believe RFK Jnr is correct that we need vaccines to be proven safe, effective and necessary. Mortality from common childhood infectious diseases fell by 90-99% following WW2, before the vaccines became available. Deaths from rheumatic fever and scarlet fever, also fell simmilarly, without any vaccines. I believe we need to review the balance between safety, efficacy and need for all vaccines. This is most important before widespread release of more novel gene therapy vaccines, given the emerging evidence of long term toxicity, increased mortality, carcinogenicity and genetic modification from the mRNA Covid shots. The authors suggest the new Australian CDC should overcome vaccine hesitancy. It is to be hoped our CDC will not repeat the behaviour of the US model, discredited by financial conflicts