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• Victoria aged care sector angry at ‘bizarre’ decision to allow unvaccinated visitors in homes

  28-10-2021 18:30
  
  The Andrews government has defended the absence of a Covid vaccine mandate, saying the rule balances risks with the harm of social isolationFollow our Covid live blog for the latest updatesVic: Hotspots; restrictions; vaccination rates by postcodeVaccine rollout tracker; cases and data trackerGet our free news app;get our morning email briefingThe Victorian government has doubled-down on its refusal to mandate vaccinations for visitors to aged care facilities, an approach that breaks with other
  
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• Death rate from Parkinson's rising in U.S., study finds

  28-10-2021 03:19
  A new study shows that in the last two decades the death rate from Parkinson's disease has risen about 63 percent in the United States. The study also found that the death rate was twice as high in men as in women, and there was a higher death rate in white people than other racial/ethnic groups.
  
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