Australia's Prime Minister quickly backtracked a suggestion that he would make a COVID-19 vaccine mandatory, as governments appear to acknowledge anti-vaxxers

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• Australia's leader has abandoned a plan to make a vaccine for the coronavirus compulsory for his citizens.
• On Wednesday morning, Scott Morrison told a radio station it would be "as mandatory as you can possibly make it."
• But later that day, speaking to another radio station, Morrison backtracked. "It's not compulsory. There are no compulsory vaccines in Australia," he told 2GB radio.
• Morrison's government announced Tuesday that it had signed an agreement with AstraZeneca to provide every Australian with a vaccine.
• Governments around the world appear to acknowledge that they cannot make COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory. Top US infectious-diseases expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday: "You cannot force someone to take a vaccine."
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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has swiftly rowed back a plan to make a coronavirus vaccine mandatory for all his citizens.

Morrison told told 3AW radio on Wednesday morning that taking a vaccine would be "as mandatory as you can possibly make it."

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