Policies that exist in various countries of excluding those who’ve chosen not to be vaccinated from places like restaurants and public buildings has been labeled vaccine apartheid, a decidedly off-key reference to South Africa’s policy in the mid-20 th century of separating people by race. And that’s a distinct minority, with more than 90% of the adult population having had at least one dose by the end of December. “Most of the problems we have today stem from the fact that there are people who are not vaccinated,” Draghi said.
While his government won a court battle against Italy’s Campania region that had fought to keep them shut, he made clear where he thinks the true trouble lies. With 100,000 new cases and 700 hospitalizations on Monday, the nation is grappling with whether to reopen schools. Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi is among the latest to show his annoyance. Leaders who’d hoped that vaccine rollouts would guide their countries back to normalcy are increasingly frustrated with the few who are not only opposed, but continuing to spread misinformation even as they are more likely to die from the disease. Australia, which may yet deport Djokovic if the government decides to push the case further, has 91% of people 12 years and over fully vaccinated.Įven in the US, where a misinformation campaign has deepened partisan divides over the response to COVID-19, more than 79% of the population aged five and older has had at least one dose.įrom vaccine and mask mandates at Broadway shows in New York to school closures in Italy, life as we once knew it is in disarray.
The European Union has around 80% of its adults fully immunized. But it’s a Pyrrhic victory in the battle against science and the thousands of researchers developing and rolling out inoculations to protect global populations. Instead, it’s a sign that he really is among a global minority that’s shrinking by the day as the high-speed spread of the Omicron variant energizes a new round of vaccinations.ĭjokovic may have secured a win when the court quashed the cancellation of his visa. The uproar in Australia to news that a Melbourne court, over the objections of the federal government and immigration authorities, had cleared the Serbian to enter the country without being vaccinated is not the bleating of a backward land at the far end of the world. NOVAK DJOKOVIC may yet defend his Australian Open tennis title, but he’s not the freedom fighter many of his supporters believe.Īs governments around the world struggle to guide their nations through a third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, tolerance for anti-vaxxers is waning.
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