March Against Mandatory Vaccination protests by The Canberra Times - Dailymotion

Demonstrations against COVID-19 vaccine mandates in Canberra, Australia during February 2022.

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00:00And without dwelling on every decision we got wrong, I believe it's important to point out

00:06one mistake which was made by governments here and around the world, and that was the strict

00:12enforcement of vaccine mandates. Health officials and governments were acting with the right

00:17intentions to stop the spread. But if the impact of vaccines on transmission was limited at best,

00:24as is now mostly accepted, the law should have left more room for respect of freedom.

00:30Vaccines saved lives, but ultimately mandates were wrong. People's personal choices shouldn't

00:37have cost them their jobs. When I became Premier, we removed them, or the ones we actually could,

00:43but this should have happened faster. And if a pandemic comes again, we need to get a better

00:48balance. Encouraging people to take action, whilst at the same time protecting people's

00:53fundamental liberty.