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Millions of Australian adults are unvaccinated and it's increasing disease risk for all of us

  • Written by C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Head of the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW
imageFlu vaccination uptake rates are low in adults, including among those who work in health, aged care and childcare.from www.shutterstock.com

Public attention has recently focused on improving vaccination rates in Australian infants and children. But actually the largest unvaccinated group of people recommended for immunisation are adults.

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