Medical experts call for Australia's defence force to help ramp up COVID-19 vaccine rollout

, is likely to put greater pressure on the program, particularly towards the end of the year, before the arrival of more supplies of the alternate Pfizer and Moderna jabs.

Professor McLaws says the ADF should be working with general practitioners to speed up vaccine distribution. “The ADF can support the GP rollout, the GPs can help the elderly who can't make long distances to get to the hubs, and the ADF can roll out - and should be rolling out - multiple priority groups,” she said.Experts say the military’s resources and logistical expertise make it a highly effective body for the vaccine rollout.

“It's got transport, it's got health, it's got medical, it's got engineers, it's got planners, it's got command and control... It's really well suited for a crisis,” ANU Professor John Blaxland told SBS News.“The Defence Force is actually quite busy training for the prospect of a crisis … by doing this other work relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, we're actually detracting from the ability to do that,” he said.

“There's quite a lot of companies that can do this kind of work, logistics support, transport companies… just because we've had some commercial deals fall through or not work out well, doesn't mean that there aren't other opportunities out there.”

The only thing that's needed is Pfizer for everyone.

By all means LNP move at a glacial pace, you know how that thrills me.

Are they going to push it down in our throats? The problem is not the people it’s lack of trust in the vaccine and health experts..

How on earth is the ADF qualified to do this? It's almost as if there's a mindset out there that says: 'I have no clue how to solve a problem, let's call in the ADF'.

The unvaxxed need to be made clearly distinguishable from the rest of us. Too much?

ADF perfect option to help domestically during a crisis ?

1) These medical experts should look at the biggest medical workforce, which is not Drs and definitely not the military. 2) if you want to ramp up the rollout give people information & the option of either vaccine, let them decide 3) ensure stock is available to meet demand

Is there any chance we can disband Australia’s military & transfer the staff to an Emergency Services department issued with bright orange overalls?

Are they going to assist turning away people from empty vaccination clinics?

I think the issue is supply of vaccine not who’s administering it.

Yeah it's not dystopian or anything...

If I had had a different vaccine, I would be fully vaccinated long ago and as a health care worker, I should be. How will the military change that? All smirks and mirrors, oh, I forgot, announcements too.

Will they also be responsible for procurement?

Is that Dictator Dutton's idea? Asking for Victoria. LNPDisgrace

Well if the GP Network can administer 17 million flu vaccinations every year, why was the wuhan flu jab not done via them. This is not the role of the military to do such things.

The problems isn’t t people not wanting it, the problem is the supply and lack of….

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