Paul Kelly, CHO, Aus: In terms of the vaccines. There is no solid evidence at the moment that there is a problem with that.

BS decipher: Normally the leading-experts say 'no evidence' when they want to ostrich-head a glaring reality - no evidence of a lab-leak, no evidence of adverse vax effects, etc - but here we have a 'no solid evidence'.

That means there is evidence that even we can't deny - but we'll fend it off for as long as we can - in order to not fuel vaccine-hesitancy. If people realize the vaccine doesn't work then how will we get them to keep taking it?

The question as to why you would want people to take a vaccine that doesn't work remains unanswered.

Greg Hunt, Health Minister: The advice remains that the broad-spectrum nature of the vaccines is likely to cover emerging variants, and that's been the case with Delta and that's been the case with other variants that have emerged.

'The advice' - another favoured way to talk BS - not 'the evidence' or the 'the data' - but 'the advice' which we as politicians can conveniently hide behind. When it becomes impossible to deny that the vaccines no longer work - we'll just say the 'the advice' has changed.

Hunt: Australians do trust the vaccination program. Yes, there's been the noise of a fringe, but they're losing the battle. The vaccinators are winning the battle, and I am very hopeful that this early high level of booster acceptance will continue right through the program.

Are you sure about that? The last two weekends we've seen the fringe stage world-record sized protests in Melbourne - doesn't look like you're winning. Looks like a growing uprising.