Commentary In an illuminating op-ed published in The Epoch Times, Tshung Chang purports to explain why the COVID-19 vaccination program in Australia is proceeding slowly. Only 1.94 million out of 25 million Australians are fully vaccinated, which is 7.7 percent of the population. This places Australia near the bottom of OECD countries that have embarked on a population-wide vaccination program. Chang opines that Australians may be reluctant to support the vaccination program unreservedly because the vaccine—whether it is AstraZeneca or Pfizer—does not offer total immunity but “simply reduces the severity of the symptoms.” In addition, he points to vaccine-related deaths, presumably the well-documented cases of blood clotting, and more generally, the safety of the vaccines. He makes the disturbing and revealing point that seniors in their 70s cannot get access to the Pfizer vaccine but “all prisoners, including those in their 70s, can.” Undoubtedly, these reasons have contributed to the …