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December, January 2020
Victoria, our home state, experienced catastrophic bushfires in the summer of 2019-2020. The fires were followed closely by a devastating global pandemic.
2021 – The Good News – Vaccines to the Rescue
Global scientific research and collaboration has produced of a number of successful vaccines. Large scale Covid-19 vaccination programs are still being rolled out. Our heartfelt thanks to the medical personnel, researchers, scientists, and health care workers who continue to work tirelessly and selflessly to fight this devastating, highly contagious virus.
❤ Wash hands, maintain social distance, wear a mask if possible, be kind. If vaccines are available to you, please get vaccinated. Vaccination will help to keep you safe, your family safe, and your community safe.❤
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Vaccines
The first recorded vaccine was the smallpox vaccine, first administered in the late 1700s. Since then, vaccines have saved millions of lives across the globe.
Vaccination programs in remote, less populated areas can create unique challenges. The north-west of Australia is remote, sparsely populated, and uniquely challenging.
North-West Australia – The Polio Vaccination Program 1967-1969
The Story of Robin Miller and the North-West Polio Vaccination Program
You can read a summary of the Robin Miller story under History, Heroes and Heroines. Here is a little introduction to that inspiring story:
Robin Miller, “Sugar Bird Lady”
Between 1967 and 1969, Robin Miller, young nurse and pilot, flew more than 69,000 kilometres, and dispensed 37,000 doses of Oral Sabin polio vaccine to the inhabitants of some of the remotest corners of Western Australia.
This extraordinary accomplishment began in May 1967. In October 1969, just two years after the first vaccination flight, the mission was completed.
A summary of the remarkable story of Robin Miller, “Sugar Bird Lady”, can be read on the History, Heroes and Heroines page.
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❤ Wash hands, maintain social distance, wear a mask, be kind. If vaccines are available to you, please get vaccinated. Vaccination will help to keep you safe, your family safe, and your community safe. ❤
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