Local heroes including politicians, sport stars, business owners, emergency workers and volunteers are lining up for their Covid vaccination and encouraging others to do the same.
Noosa Mayor Clare Stewart has issued a plea for Noosa residents to get vaccinated.
The call comes as council and Noosa Today form a partnership to launch a community campaign to encourage as many locals as possible to book a Covid vaccination.
Cr Stewart, who received her first Covid vaccination last week at Sunny Street clinic at Tewantin, said our best defence against the virus was for people to get vaccinated.
“The staff at Sunny Street vaccination hub are doing a wonderful job and are really helpful in providing detailed information about the vaccine,“ she said.
“Getting vaccinated is our way out of Covid and protects our loved ones, community and businesses.
“If we want to return to ’normal’, a large percentage of our population is required to be vaccinated, so I call on everyone to join me in the fight to get our community back on its feet.”
Cr Stewart hoped putting local community faces to the vaccination program would be a catalyst to increasing vaccination rates in Noosa.
“With more cases of the Delta variant emerging, we need to guard against complacency and we’re relying on everyone to do their bit.”
The We’re vaccinated – Are you? campaign has been joined by Olympic legend Dawn Fraser, Noosa businessman Ralph Rogers, Noosa Police Senior Sergeant Ben Carroll, QFES Station Officer Rob Frey, Barb Sheriff from Tewantin Traders Association and many more.
Noosa’s professional triathlete Belinda Granger is proud endorses the campaign.
“I say, don’t think about doing it for yourself, do it for the greater good of the Noosa community,” she said.
“The vaccination program is so important and I just hope more and more people start booking a spot.”
Council’s community services director Kerri Contini thanked the local legends for putting their face to such an important message.
“This wouldn’t be possible without the support of those who agreed to be part of it,” she said.
“There is some hesitancy in the community about vaccinations, so we just hope this community inspired campaign will motivate residents to make a booking and regain control over the COVID-19 situation.“
Ms Contini said council continued to provide support to government agencies and community organisations to increase vaccination rates across the shire.
“We simply want to create a movement towards vaccination,” Ms Contini said.
