This logic justified allowing fully vaccinated individuals additional freedoms notwithstanding that full vaccination does not provide complete sterilising immunity. Restrictions from lockdown for hospitality where staff and patrons are fully vaccinated, or for larger sporting events, could also be considered. Australians stare down the barrel of months of restrictions and cyclical lockdowns – not confined to Sydney – before high levels of community vaccination are achieved. These suggested programs to enhance freedom of movement across our international border honour Australia’s commitments under international human rights law. Australia’s recent halving of arrival caps, with no alternative arrangement for the fully vaccinated, lacks proportionality and disregards international human rights norms to which we are committed.

Source: The Guardian August 01, 2021 17:31 UTC