# Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Thread - 2021 Breaking News

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone
**Tags:** covid-quarantine
**Created:** [January 1, 2021, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428 "2021-01-01T08:03:30Z")
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### Author: ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2021, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1353 "2021-05-13T02:15:53Z")

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> [@Riemann](#):
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> Cite? I have seen nothing from the Australian authorities saying that the reason for this move is specifically because they believe vaccines are ineffective at reducing transmission.

“Authorities”?? It’s a political decision, and has been justified in round terms, and all there are is media bytes:

> Mr Morrison said there was not yet “considerable clinical evidence that tells us transmission is preventable” after the jab.

> Prime Minister Scott Morrison says there would be at least 1000 coronavirus cases in Australia every week if the international borders were to open, even when vulnerable people are vaccinated

I don’t think that the borders are remaining closed for a ‘specific’ reason: ScoMo isn’t a ‘specific’ kind of guy.

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