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Vaccine hesitancy has climbed back into the headlines this week as the Delta variant of COVID-19 sweeps across both Australia and the United States. In the latest nationwide YouGov survey, the United States Studies Centre’s Dr Shaun Ratcliff found Australians aged 18 to 29 had the most opposition to vaccinations, with “a third of 18 to 29 year-olds saying they “will not get vaccinated” (11 per cent) or were “not sure about getting vaccinated” (22 per cent).”