{"id":309897,"date":"2021-11-22T19:10:43","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T09:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=309897"},"modified":"2021-11-22T19:14:07","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T09:14:07","slug":"least-hit-screaming-the-loudest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2021\/11\/22\/least-hit-screaming-the-loudest\/","title":{"rendered":"Least Hit Screaming The Loudest"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"November 22, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Anne Miller<\/strong><\/p>\n

There seems to be a lot of confusion in the South Burnett about what will happen when Queensland hits its 80 per cent double-dose COVID-19 vaccination milestone.<\/p>\n

There is a raft of local businesses boasting on Facebook that they will “welcome all” or “not discriminate” when incoming restrictions come into force.<\/p>\n

But the fact is MOST of them – including many of those making the loudest noise on social media – are not actually affected by these restrictions!<\/p>\n

It appears to be simply a marketing ploy designed to appeal to vaccine-hesitant and vaccine-resistant local residents – and probably send a not-so-subtle message that the business owner believes vaccination (and the pandemic) is unimportant.<\/p>\n

There has been a whole Facebook group set up to allow these South Burnett businesses to boast.<\/p>\n

So what will actually – by law – be not available to unvaccinated people (ie. people who have refused to be vaccinated, not people exempt from vaccination)?<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to Queensland Health’s website, from December 17 –\u00a0 or earlier, when 80 per cent of Queenslanders aged 16 and over are fully vaccinated – the following will apply.<\/p>\n

Unvaccinated people will be\u00a0unable\u00a0to:<\/strong><\/p>\n